Introduction To Programming An Oscilloscope; Introduction - HP 54501A Programming Reference Manual

Introduction to Programming an Oscilloscope
1
Introduction
This
chapter introduces you to the basic concepts ofHP-IB
communication
and provides
information and examples to get you started
programming. The
exact
mnemonics for the commands are listed in
chapters
5 through
17.
There are four
basic operations that
can
be done with
a
controller and an
oscilloscope via
HP-IB. You
can:
1.
Set up the instrument
and
start
measurements
2.
Retrieve
setup
information and measurement results
3.
Digitize
a
waveform and
pass
the data to the controller
4. Send
measurement data to the
instrument
Other more complicated
tasks
are accomplished with
a
combination
of
these four basic functions.
This
chapter deals mainly with
how to
set up
the instrument, how to
retrieve
setup
information and
measurement results,
how
to
digitize
a
waveform, and how
to
pass
data to the controller. The chapter
is divided
into two
sections.
The first section
(page
1-2) concentrates on program
syntax,
and
the second section
(page 1-11)
discusses programming
an
oscilloscope.
Refer
to the chapter "Measure Subsystem" for information
on sending measurement data to the instrument.
Note
The programming examples in this
manual
are written in
HP
Basic 4.0
for an
HP
9000
Series
2001300 Controller.
HP 54501A
Programming
Introduction to Programming an Oscilloscope
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