HP 16500H User Manual page 48

Programming the HP 16500B
You can program the HP 16500B over the Local Area Network (LAN)
by sending commands to the \system\program file or by sending
commands to the command parser socket.
This chapter shows you how to:
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Set up for Ethernet programming.
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Enter commands directly, using TELNET.
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Copy commands to \system\program.
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Write programs that open \system\program.
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Write programs that open the command parser socket.
The HP 16500H does not provide real-time programming control. Due
to the message handling protocol of the Ethernet LAN, messages take
varying, indeterminate amounts of time to reach their destinations.
There can be no guarantee that commands sent from your computer
will reach the HP 16500B in a timely way.
For information on the HP 16500B's programming commands, refer to
the HP 16500B System Programmer's Guide.
The \system\program File
Once you have accessed the HP 16500B's file system as the control
user, you can send programming commands by copying text strings to
the \system\program file. You can do this in the same way that any
text string is copied to a file (for example, by re-directing the output
of an echo command, by copying a file, by writing a program that
opens the file and outputs strings, etc.).
The \system\program file provides a port into the HP 16500B
command parser.
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