Fluke 8505A - Command Character Categories

Execute,
Trigger,
and Interrupt
when Ready
(cont)
To
provide the interrupt, the Bit-Serial
Interface
(Option
-06) and the Parallel Interface
(Option -07)
transmit
a
single
”CR". The IEEE-488 interface
(Option
-05) provides
an interrupt by generating
a service
request (SRQ).
The reading
triggered
by the
"@"
character
can
be
obtained
by
inserting
a "G" (get)
command in the
following
command string
(terminated
by a
"?").
The
character
and the IEEE-488
Bus
command
"Group
Execute
Trigger
"
perform the same
function.
Command characters
are classified within
the following five groups:
1. FUNCTi
2. RANGE
4.
CONTROL
There are
7 function
command characters.
Whenever one of these characters
is used, the state
of the
instrument
will be changed
as
follows:
RANGE
Auto
MODIFIERS
Offset,
Scaling, Limits,
Peaks modes are turned
off; stored values
for
these modes are retained.
MEMORY,
CONTROL Unchanged
If
a
function
is selected
requiring an
optional module which is
not loaded, the function
of the instrument
will be
undefined,
and the error
code will be set to
19.
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DC ‘
DC Volts
AC Volts
DC Coupled
AC Volfs
|
DC Current
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