Racal Instruments 3151 User Manual page 7

3151 And 3151A User Manual
Gated Mode .............................................................................................................................. 3-19
Burst Mode................................................................................................................................ 3-20
Selecting the Trigger Source........................................................................................................ 3-21
Using the Internal Trigger Generator........................................................................................ 3-22
Selecting the Trigger Slope.......................................................................................................... 3-23
Using the Soft Trigger .................................................................................................................. 3-23
Generating Arbitrary Waveforms ................................................................................................. 3-24
What Are Arbitrary Waveforms? .............................................................................................. 3-24
Arbitrary Memory Management ................................................................................................ 3-24
Memory Management Commands ........................................................................................... 3-24
Loading Arbitrary Waveforms................................................................................................... 3-26
Reversing Byte Order............................................................................................................ 3-28
Using Shared Memory .......................................................................................................... 3-28
Sequence.................................................................................................................................. 3-30
Generating Sequenced Waveforms............................................................................................. 3-31
What Are Sequenced Waveforms?.......................................................................................... 3-31
Sequence Commands .............................................................................................................. 3-33
High Speed Sequence Downloads (3151A Only) .................................................................... 3-35
Triggered Sequence Advance.................................................................................................. 3-37
Triggered Sequence Advance Commands .............................................................................. 3-38
Inter-Module Synchronization....................................................................................................... 3-39
Synchronization ............................................................................................................................ 3-39
Amplitude Modulation Commands ........................................................................................... 3-41
System-Related Commands..................................................................................................... 3-42
Chapter 4
SCPI Command Reference .............................................................................................................. 4-1
What's In This Chapter .................................................................................................................. 4-1
Introduction To SCPI Language..................................................................................................... 4-1
Command Format....................................................................................................................... 4-2
Command Separator .................................................................................................................. 4-3
The MIN and MAX Parameters............................................................................................... 4-3
Querying Parameter Setting ....................................................................................................... 4-4
Query Response Format......................................................................................................... 4-4
SCPI Command Terminator ....................................................................................................... 4-4
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