Programming Examples; Preliminary Information - Sony Tektronix VX4792 User Manual

Programming Examples

Preliminary Information

VX4792 User Manual
The Programming Examples section provides programming examples that
describe the following instrument control functions:
H Instrument control and basic waveform generation (page 2–40)
H Synchronous arbitrary waveform generation (page 2–41)
H Define equations (page 2–43)
H Compile equations (page 2–44)
H Transfer waveforms (page 2–45)
Before using the example programs, be sure to read the Preliminary Information
that follows.
The VX4792 Arbitrary Waveform Generator requires some setup before you can
generate waveforms. The module must be configured and installed into a VXIbus
mainframe (see page 1–3 for instructions). A controller and software that can
communicate manually with the waveform generator are also required. A
possible configuration may include, but is not limited to, the following
components:
H Tektronix VX1410 VXIbus Mainframe
H Tektronix VX4521 Advanced Slot 0 Resource Manager
H IBM-PC compatible computer with National Instruments GPIB-PC2A card
H IBIC software
Refer to the applicable user manuals of your system components for additional
information.
To generate arbitrary waveforms for use within some of the examples, you must
first generate waveform data externally and load it into the waveform generator
over the VXIbus. Refer to Generating Waveforms on page 2–3 for additional
details.
Some commands and instrument responses in the following examples may be
too long to fit on one printed line. When this happens, the line will break at some
point and continue on the line immediately following. The line will never break
where a space character should be entered. Be careful to type the entire command
as one program message; do not break it up (as it appears in the manual).
The examples in this section use the complete command forms, but the
abbreviated forms are also valid.
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