5502A
Operators Manual
5-2
Terminators ................................................................................................. 5-35
Incoming Character Processing ................................................................... 5-35
Response Message Syntax .......................................................................... 5-36
Check 5502A Status ............................................................................................. 5-37
Serial Poll Status Byte (STB) .......................................................................... 5-38
Service Request (SRQ) Line ....................................................................... 5-40
Service Request Enable Register (SRE) ...................................................... 5-40
Programming the STB and SRE.................................................................. 5-41
Event Status Register (ESR) ............................................................................ 5-41
Event Status Enable (ESE) Register ............................................................ 5-41
Bit Assignments for the ESR and ESE ........................................................ 5-41
Program the ESR and ESE .......................................................................... 5-42
Instrument Status Register (ISR) ..................................................................... 5-43
Instrument Status Change Registers ............................................................ 5-43
Instrument Status Change Enable Registers ................................................ 5-43
Bit Assignments for the ISR, ISCR, and ISCE ........................................... 5-43
Program the ISR, ISCR, and ISCE .............................................................. 5-45
Output Queue ................................................................................................... 5-45
Error Queue ..................................................................................................... 5-45
Remote Program Examples.................................................................................. 5-46
Guidelines to Program the Calibrator .............................................................. 5-46
Write an SRQ and Error Handler .................................................................... 5-47
Verify a Meter on the IEEE-488 Bus .............................................................. 5-48
Verify a Meter on the RS-232 UUT Serial Port .............................................. 5-48
Use *OPC?, *OPC, and *WAI ........................................................................ 5-48
Get a Thermocouple Measurement .................................................................. 5-49
Use the RS-232 UUT Port to Control an Instrument ....................................... 5-49
Input Buffer Operation .................................................................................... 5-50