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IEEE-488 Reference
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After burst acquisition is selected, the instrument will go into the idle state (ARM indicator off).
After taking the instrument out of idle (:INITiate or :INITiate:CONTinuous ON), the pro-
grammed scan event (:see :ARM:LAYer2 SOURce) will start the storage process.
When storage starts, the ARM indicator will turn on to denote that raw input readings are being
stored in the buffer. After the storage process is finished, the * indicator will turn on to denote
that post processing (i.e. math calculations) is being performed on the readings. When post pro-
cessing is finished, the * indicator will turn off and the instrument will return to the idle state.
The Trace subsystem is used to read the buffer.
Sending a bus command to the Model 2001 while raw reading are being acquired will abort the
acquisition and post process the readings already stored in the buffer.
NOTE: See Section 3 of this manual for complete information on burst mode.
ASTReam and SSTReam
These two "stream" parameters are used to send "fresh" A/D readings over the IEEE-488 bus
at maximum speed. The ASTReam parameter is used to send readings in the ASCII format, and
the SSTReam parameter is used to send readings in the Single Integer (counts) format. The
stream modes can be used for the following functions: DCV, ACV (average and RMS), DCI,
ACI (average and RMS) and 2. TEMP, FREQ, 4, in-circuit current, and peak measurements
cannot be used for stream mode.
With ASTReam, up to 1000 readings per second can be sent over the bus, and with SSTReam,
up to 2000 readings per second can be sent. Once the Model 2001 is placed in a stream mode,
one A/D reading will be sent over the bus every time the instrument is addressed to talk.
ASCII stream mode:
With ASTReam, only the reading is sent. All other data elements (units, reading number, time
stamp, etc.) are not included. For example, a 150 reading on the 200 range will be sent as
follows:
+150.00E+00
A line feed (LF) with EOI is used as a terminator for each reading. An overflowed reading is
returned as a +/-30,000 count reading. For example, a 10k resistor being measured on the 2k
range will return the following overranged reading:
+3.0000E+03 (Overranged ASTReam reading)
Single integer stream mode:
The SSTReam mode sends single precision integer readings. Each reading is 2-bytes in size and
is not terminated by a line feed (LF). EOI is asserted with the second byte of each reading.
With SSTReam, only the number of A/D counts are sent. For example, a 1.5V reading on the
2V range will be sent as follows:
15000
The same reading (1.5V) on the 20V range is sent as follows:
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