HP 82479A Owner's Manual page 11

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
This manual describes the Data Acquisition Pac for the HP 71B Handheld Computer. Before you attempt
to use the pac, you should be familiar with the HP-71B Handheld Computer, the HP 82401 A HP-IL
interface, and the HP 3421 A Data Acquisition/Control Unit. In particular, you should be familiar with
the following HP-71 operations: keyboard operation, file operations, writing and running simple
subprograms, manipulating data, using flags, and correcting error conditions (refer to the HP-71 Owner's
Manual). You should have a general understanding of the following HP-IL operations: device assignment,
printer and display operations, mass storage operations, and simple I/O operations for instrument control
(refer to the HP 82401A HP-IL Interface Owner's Manual). You should have a general understanding of
the HP 3421 including channel numbering, option configuration, and standard instrument control
commands (refer to the HP 34214 Data Acquisition/Control Unit Operating, Programming and
Configuration Manual).
To become familiar with the Data Acquisition Pac, you should start by reading sections 1 and 2 in this
manual. Section 1 "Introduction," gives a general description of the HP-71, the HP 3421A, and the
applications provided by this pac. Section 2, "Getting Started," tells how to install the ROM module and
prepare a data acquisition system. Section 2 also gives examples that show how to use the keywords and
application programs in the pac.
After you have read sections 1 and 2, go on to the sections that describe the features of the pac that you
want to use:
e Section 3, "Keywords," describes the functions, statements, and keywords that the Data
Acquisition Pac adds to the BASIC language.
e Section 4, "Status Program," describes a program used to determine the status of the HP 3421A.
e Section §, "Front Panel Program," describes a program that makes the HP-71 a front panel for the
HP 3421A.
e Section 6, "Strip Chart Program, describes a program that creates strip charts on a ThinkJet
printer.
o Section 7, "System Monitoring," describes a program that allows you to monitor a system on a
video dipslay.
e Section 8 "Defining A Data Logging Problem, outlines the process of defining and running a
long-term data logging experiment. Section 8 refers to two sections: section 9, "The SETUP
Program," which describes the program used to define a data logging experiment; and section 10,
"The LOG Program," which describes the program used to carry out the data logging experiment.
e Section 11, "The REPORT Program," describes a program that generates printed reports from data
files generated by the strip chart, system monitor, and log programs
eo Section 12, "The TRANSFER Program," describes a program used to transfer data to the
HP 44456 System Software package for HP Series 200 computers.
e Section 13, "The MSDOSXFR Program," describes a program used to transfer data to the MS-DOS
environment.
e Section 14, "Operational Verification," describes a program used to check the proper operation of
option cards plugged into the HP 3421A Data Acquisition/Control Unit.
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