Wai - Wait-To-Continue - Keithley 2016 User Manual

4-46 Remote Operation
*WAI — Wait-to-Continue
Description
Two types of device commands exist:
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Use the *WAI command to suspend the execution of subsequent commands until the device
operations of all previous Overlapped commands are finished. The *WAI command is not
needed for Sequential commands.
The Model 2016 has three overlapped commands:
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Note: See *OPC, *OPC? and *TRG for more information.
The :INITiate commands remove the Model 2016 from the idle state. The device operations
of :INITiate are not considered complete until the Model 2016 returns to idle. By sending the
*WAI command after the :INITiate command, all subsequent commands will not execute until
the Model 2016 goes back into idle.
The *TRG command issues a bus trigger that could be used to provide the arm, scan, and
measure events for the Trigger Model. By sending the *WAI command after the *TRG
command, subsequent commands will not be executed until the pointer for the Trigger Model
has finished moving in response to *TRG and has settled at its next state.
Program fragment
PRINT #1, "output 02; :syst:pres"
PRINT #1, "output 02; :init:cont off;:abort"
PRINT #1, "output 02; :trig:coun 1;sour tim"
PRINT #1, "output 02; :samp:coun 30"
PRINT #1, "output 02;:init; *wai"
PRINT #1, "output 02; :data?"
PRINT #1, "enter 02"
LINE INPUT #2, a$
PRINT a$
Sequential commands - A command whose operations are allowed to finish before the
next command is executed.
Overlapped commands - A command that allows the execution of subsequent commands
while device operations of the Overlapped command are still in progress.
:INITiate
:INITiate:CONTinuous ON
*TRG
Prevent execution of commands until previous
commands are completed
'Select defaults
'Place 2016 in idle
'Program for 30 measurements
and
'then stop (idle)
'Start measurements and send
*wai
'Query a reading
'Get reading after 2016 goes
into idle
'Read the reading
'Display the reading