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Section 5 Status Messages ......................... 5-1
5.1 IEEE488.2 Standard Status Model ................................ 5-3
5.2 Status Byte (STB) Register ............................................ 5-5
5.3 Enabling the Service Request (SRQ) ............................. 5-9
5.4 Standard Event Status Register ..................................... 5-10
5.5 Extended Event Status Register .................................... 5-14
5.6 Techniques for Synchronizing
the MT8801C with a Controller ....................................... 5-18
Section 6 Initial Settings .............................. 6-1
6.1 General Description ........................................................ 6-2
6.2 Bus Initialization by the IFC Statement .......................... 6-3
6.3 Initialization for Message Exchange by DCL
and SDC Bus Commands .............................................. 6-4
6.4 Device Initialization by the *RST Command .................. 6-5
6.5 Device Initialization by the PRE/INI/IP Command ......... 6-6
6.6 Device Status at Power-on ............................................. 6-7
Section 7 Sample Programs........................ 7-1
7.1 Notes on Creating the Program...................................... 7-2
7.2 Sample Program (Example of Program
Using Visual Basic)......................................................... 7-3
Section 8 Waveform Data Storage Format. 8-1
8.1 Notes on Fetching the Waveform Data .......................... 8-2
8.2 Waveform Data Storage Format .................................... 8-3
Appendixes.................................................... App-1
Appendix A ............................................................................. A-1
Appendix B ............................................................................. B-1
Appendix C Index................................................................... C-1