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7 Service ......................................................................................................................................... 52
7.1 General ............................................................................................................................................... 52
7.2 Cleaning .............................................................................................................................................. 52
7.3 Basic Operation................................................................................................................................... 52
7.4 Module Removal ................................................................................................................................. 55
7.5 Replaceable Parts ............................................................................................................................... 58
8 Remote Control ............................................................................................................................ 60
8.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 60
8.2 PGUI32 Program Requirements ......................................................................................................... 60
8.3 IEEE Interface ..................................................................................................................................... 62
8.4 RS232C Interface ................................................................................................................................ 63
8.5 PGUI32 Setup and Installation ............................................................................................................ 65
8.6 Troubleshooting - RS232C .................................................................................................................. 67
8.7 Troubleshooting - IEEE-488 / GPIB .................................................................................................... 70
8.8 PGUI32 Distribution Files .................................................................................................................... 72
8.9 Software Registration .......................................................................................................................... 73
9 Introduction to SCPI ..................................................................................................................... 74
9.1 Conventions Used in This Manual ...................................................................................................... 74
9.2 The SCPI Commands and Messages ................................................................................................. 74
9.3 Using Queries ..................................................................................................................................... 76
9.4 Structure of a SCPI Message .............................................................................................................. 76
9.5 SCPI Data Formats ............................................................................................................................. 79
9.6 Bus Throughput and Timing Considerations ....................................................................................... 79
10 SCPI Command Reference ...................................................................................................... 80
10.1 Subsystem Commands ................................................................................................................... 80
10.2 Calibration Subsystem .................................................................................................................... 81
10.3 Measurement Subsystem ............................................................................................................... 85
10.4 Instrument Subsystem .................................................................................................................... 88
10.5 Source Subsystem .......................................................................................................................... 89
10.6 Output Subsystem ........................................................................................................................... 92
10.7 Limit Subsystem .............................................................................................................................. 96
10.8 Display Subsystem .......................................................................................................................... 97
10.9 System Commands ......................................................................................................................... 98
10.10 Common Commands .................................................................................................................... 100
11 Programming Examples ......................................................................................................... 106
11.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 106
11.2 Bus Throughput and Timing Considerations ................................................................................. 106
11.3 Making Measurements .................................................................................................................. 108
12 Status Registers ..................................................................................................................... 110
12.1 Power-On Conditions .................................................................................................................... 110
12.2 Standard Event Status Group ....................................................................................................... 111
12.3 Status Byte Register ..................................................................................................................... 111
12.4 Examples ...................................................................................................................................... 112
Appendix A : SCPI Command tree .................................................................................................... 113
Appendix B : SCPI Conformance Information ................................................................................... 114
Appendix C : Error Messages ........................................................................................................... 115
Index .................................................................................................................................................. 116