HP 4155A Programmer's Guide

Contents
1. Using HP Instrument BASIC
Before Op erating IBASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
To Switch Screen Mo de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
FrontPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
External Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
To Use the Help Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Creating and Executing a Simple IBASIC Program . . . 1-7
Step 1. Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Step 2. Exiting from Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Step 3. Executing Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Mo difying Program by using Editor Functions . . . . . 1-10
Step 1. Inserting Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Step 2. Deleting a Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Step 3. Renumbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Step 4. Inserting Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Step 5. Recalling Deleted Line . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Step 6. Indenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Saving and Getting a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Step 1. Saving a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Step 2. Listing Contents of Diskette . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Step 3. Clearing a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Step 4. Getting a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Summary of Softkeys and Keyboard Operations for Editor 1-19
Other Basic Features of IBASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Branching/Repeating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Subprograms and COM Blo cks . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
IBASIC Basic Operation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
To Execute HP Instrument BASIC Commands . . . . 1-25
To Execute Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
FrontPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
External Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-25
To List Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
To Retrieve Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
ToSave Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
IBASIC Editor Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
To Start the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30
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HP 4155A Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	4155A
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English