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Getting Started with the HP E1326B/E1411B
About This Chapter
Multimeter Overview
Chapter 1
This chapter introduces you the B-size HP E1326B and C-size HP E1411B
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5
- Digit Multimeters. The main sections of the chapter are:
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Multimeter Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
Introduction to Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16
Note
This manual is to be used with the HP E1326B or HP E1411B installed in
the HP 75000 Series B or Series C mainframe, and when the multimeter is
programmed using Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
(SCPI) language or when it is programmed at the register level.
The HP E1326B/E1411B multimeter is a register-based VXI instrument.
There are two different methods of programming the multimeter based on
the system configuration that it is used in.
If the HP E1326B is used in an HP E1300/E1301/E1302 B-size VXI
mainframe, or if the HP E1326B/E1411B is used in a C-size VXI
mainframe with an HP E1405/E1406 Command Module or with a computer
which has HP Compiled SCPI software, then it may be programmed using
SCPI language. This is the method described in Chapters 1 through 5.
If the HP E1326B is in a VME mainframe or the E1326B/E1411B is in a
C-size VXI mainframe and no HP Command Module or computer with
Compiled SCPI is present, then the multimeter must be programmed at the
register level. Appendix C covers register level programming.
The HP SCPI driver provides an error queue, input and output buffers,
status registers, and is allocated a portion of mainframe memory for reading
storage. This "instrument" may consist of the multimeter, or it can also
include multiplexers such as the HP E1345A/46A/47A/51A/53A and the
HP E1460A/76A. The instrument is operated from the mainframe front
panel or from a computer using the SCPI language.
Instruments are based on the logical addresses of the plug-in modules. The
HP VXIbus Systems Installation and Getting Started Guide explains how to
Getting Started with the HP E1326B/E1411B Multimeter 13
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