Abbreviations Used In This Document; Terminators - HP 8112A Operating, Programming And Servicing Manual

Abbreviations used in
this Document

Terminators

Note
EOL End of Line Sequence (used for termination).
Sequence Character(s) at the end of a line or message
EOI Signal End-or-Identify Signal (separate HP-IB signal line used
for terminating a message)
C R carriage-return; ASCII character with the ASCII-code
13
CST current settings command (used to read the current
instrument
LF line-feed; ASCII character with the ASCII-code 10
STB Status Byte Register
Request Service Bit
Service Request
Serial Poll (used to determine whether a device is
requesting service; returns the value of the Status Byte
Register)
Parallel Poll (not supported by ithe HP 8112A)
Learn ASCII string returned after a C!jT command; contains
String all necessary commands to set the HP 8112A to its
present state. The Learn String may later be sent back
to the device to place it in this state.
The HP 8112A accepts the following terminators:
n
n
LF and EOI
n
LF alone is not accepted as terminator when the HP 8112A is
connected to a HP9000 Series 200/300 controller. When connected to
other controllers, the HP 8112A may accept LF as terminator.
The HP 8112A itself, terminates a data message sent to the computer
with:
The EOI line is not polled by the HP 8112A.
state)
Programming 6-3