Table Of Contents - HP 8163A Programming Manual

Table of Contents

In this Manual ..................................................................... 4
The Structure of this Manual .............................................. 4
Conventions used in this Manual ........................................ 5
Related Manuals ................................................................. 6
1 Introduction to Programming
1.1 HP-IB Interface .......................................................17
Setting the HP-IB Address ................................................. 18
Returning the Instrument to Local Control ......................... 19
1.2 Message Queues ......................................................20
How the Input Queue Works .............................................. 20
The Output Queue .............................................................. 21
The Error Queue ................................................................. 21
1.3 Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions 21
Short Form and Long Form ................................................ 22
Command and Query Syntax .............................................. 22
1.4 Common Commands ..............................................25
Common Command Summary ........................................... 25
Common Status Information .............................................. 26
1.5 The Status Model ....................................................27
Annotations ......................................................................... 31
Status Command Summary ................................................ 34
Other Commands ................................................................ 34
2 Specific Commands
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