Fundamental Operation
Configuring for Remote Control
Chapter 252
Configuring for an RS-232 Interface
1. Press Utility > GPIB/RS-232 LAN > RS-232 Setup.
2. Press
RS-232 Baud Rate.
Press the desired baud rate softkey to set the baud rate.
3. Press
RS-232 Echo Off On.
This toggles the state of the SCPI echoing on the RS-232 connection. Set as desired.
4. Press
Trans/Recv Pace None Xon.
This toggles from no handshaking (
Trans/Recv Pace None) to XON/XOFF handshaking
(
Trans/Recv Pace Xon) when transmitting or receiving data via RS-232. Set as desired.
5. Press
Reset RS-232.
This deletes the data from the RS-232 buffer. Pressing this key will discard any
unprocessed SCPI input received over RS-232.
6. Press
RS-232 Timeout.
This allows you to enter a value in seconds before the instrument generates an RS-232
timeout after not receiving data on the serial bus.
These RS-232 parameters are not affected by an instrument preset or by a power cycle.