The Ieee-488 Connector - Fluke 5790B/3 Operator's Manual

2000 REM Wait for a 5790A command to complete, polling the ESR
2010 PRINT @A%, "*OPC"
2020 PRINT @A%, "*ESR?"
2030 INPUT @A%, ES%
2040 IF ((ES% AND 1%) = 0) GOTO 2020
2050 RET

5-55. The IEEE-488 Connector

The IEEE-488 connector on the rear panel mates with an IEEE-488 standard cable. The
pin assignments of the rear-panel IEEE-488 connector are shown in Figure 5-5.
Element
PROGRAM MESSAGE
PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT
COMMAND MESSAGE UNIT
QUERY MESSAGE UNIT
PROGRAM DATA
PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT
SEPARATOR
PROGRAM HEADER SEPARATOR
PROGRAM DATA SEPARATOR
PROGRAM MESSAGE TERMINATOR
COMMAND PROGRAM HEADER
QUERY PROGRAM HEADER
CHARACTER PROGRAM DATA
DECIMAL NUMERIC PROGRAM DATA
Table 5-6. Functional Elements of Commands
A sequence of zero or more PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT
elements separated by PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT
SEPARATOR elements
A single command, programming data, or query received by the
device.
A single command or programming data received by the device.
A single query sent from the controller to the device.
Any of the six program data types.
Separates PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT elements from one
another in a PROGRAM MESSAGE.
Separates the header from any associated PROGRAM DATA.
Separates sequential PROGRAM DATA elements that are
related to the same header
Terminates a PROGRAM MESSAGE.
Specifies a function or operation. Used with any associated
PROGRAM DATA elements.
Similar to a COMMAND PROGRAM HEADER except a query
indicator (?) shows that a response is expected from the
device.
A data type suitable for sending short mnemonic data, generally
used where a numeric data type is not suitable. ("String" in this
manual.)
A data type suitable for sending decimal integers of decimal
fractions with or without exponents.
Remote Operation

The IEEE-488 Connector

Function
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