Agilent Technologies 4263B User Manual

4263B
Getting Started
This
section
will
teach
you the
basics of
operating the
4263B in
GPIB remote
mode (from
now
on
referred
to
as
remote). This
includes reading
the GPIB
address,
sending commands
to the
4263B
,
and
retrieving
data from
the 4263B
.
Input/Output
Statements
The
statements used
to operate
the 4263B
in
remote
depend
on
the
computer
and
the
programming
language being
used.
In
particular
,
you
need
to
know
the
statements
the
language
uses
to input
and
output
information.
F
or
example
,
the
input
statements
for
the
HP
9000
series
200
or 300
B
ASIC
language
are:
ENTER
or TRANSFER
The
output
statement
is:
OUTPUT
Read
your
computer
manuals
to
nd
out
which
statements
you
need
to
use
.
Reading
the
GPIB
Address
Before
you
can
operate the
4263B in
remote,
you need
to
know
its
GPIB
address
(factory
setting=17).
T
o
check
the
address
,
press
.
A
typical
display
is:
The
displayed
response
is
the
device
address
.
When
sending
a
remote
command,
you
append
this
address
to
the
GPIB
interface's
select
code
(normally
7).
F
or
example
,if
the select
code is
7
and
the
device
address
is 17,
the appended
combination is
717.
Every
device
on
the
GPIB
bus
must
have a
unique address
.Y
ou
can
assign
new
GPIB
addresses
.
Sending
a
Remote
Command
T
o
send
a remote
command
to
the
4263B
,
combine
the
computer's
output
statement
with
the
GPIB select code
, the device
address, and nally the 4263B command. F
or example
, to reset the
4263B, send:
OUTPUT 717;"*RST"
Notice that the
Rmt annunciators is ON. This means the 4263B is in the remote mode
.
4-2 Remote Operation (To Control from a Computer)

Agilent Technologies 4263B Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	4263B
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English