Programming instructions

program commands, 1–12
program data, 1–10
queries, 2–12
subsystems, 1–12
N
NL, 1–12, 5–6
Notation Conventions and Definitions,
5–12
Numeric
data, 1–10
program data, 1–10
variables, 2–10
O
online help file, 7–2
Operation
Complete (OPC), 6–4
status, 6–2
Operation19
Status Register (OPR), 6–14
OPR (Operation Status Register), 6–14
Output
command, 1–4
OUTPUT statement, 1–3
Output11
queue, 6–19
Overlapped Commands, 5–11
P
Parameters, 1–5
Parity, 4–8
Parser, 2–3
Power On (PON), Status Bit, 6–4
Printer mode
RS-232-C, 4–7
Program
data, 1–5, 1–10
example, 2–5
syntax, 1–4
Program message, 5–9
syntax, 1–4
terminator, 1–12, 5–8
unit separator, 5–8
programmer’s reference, 7–2
programming conventions, 5–2
Protocol, 4–8
DTR (Data Terminal Ready), 4–8
XON/XOFF, 4–8
Q
Query, 1–5, 1–8
command, 1–8
response, 2–8, 5–11
Query Error (QYE), Status Bit, 6–4
Question mark, 1–8
R
Receive Data (RD), 4–4, 4–6
reference for programmers, 7–2
Registers
Histogram Event, 6–17
Limit Test Event, 6–15
Mask Test Event, 6–16
Standard Event Status Enable, 6–13
reliability of measured data, 6–2
Request Control (RQC), 6–4
Request Service (RQS), 6–4
Request To Send (RTS), 4–6
Response
data, 2–11
Generation, 5–11
Root Level commands, 5–6
RQC (Request Control) Status Bit, 6–4
RQS (Request Service) Status Bit, 6–4
RS-232-C, 4–2
S
sample programs, 7–3
Separator, 1–5
Sequential commands, 5–11
serial poll
of Status Byte Register, 6–10
SPOLL example, 6–10
serial poll (SPOLL) in example, 6–10
Service Request Enable Register, 6–11
setting
bits in SRE Register, 6–11
LCL bit, 6–14
Standard ESE Register, 6–13
TRG bit, 6–11
Short form, 1–9
Simple command header, 1–6
Spaces, 1–5
SRE (Service Request Enable Register),
6–11
Standard
Event Status Enable Register, 6–13
Event Status Register, 6–12
Status Data Structure Model, 6–2
Status, 2–12
of an operation, 6–2
registers, 2–12
Status Byte Register, 6–9 to 6–10
and serial polling, 6–10
Status Reporting, 6–2
Bit Definitions, 6–4
Data Structures, 6–5 to 6–8
Decision Chart, 6–20
Stop bits, 4–8
String variables, 2–9
Subsystem commands, 5–6
summary bits, 6–9
T
Talking to the instrument, 1–3
Terminator, 1–12
Three-wire Interface, 4–4
Transmit Data (TD), 4–4, 4–6
Transmit On/Transmit Off, 4–8
TRG bit in the status byte, 6–11
Trigger (TRG), 6–4
Event Register, 6–11
Truncation Rules, 5–10
U
UER (User Event Register), 6–14
Uppercase, 1–9
User
Event Register (UER), 6–14
Request (URQ), 6–4
W
White space, 1–5
X
XON/XOFF, 4–8
Index
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