HP 4155A Programmer's Guide

Change 1
To Quit the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-30
To Move the Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
To Insert Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-31
To Delete Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
To Insert Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-32
To Delete Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
To Scroll Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
To Recall Most Recently Deleted Line . . . . . . . . 1-34
Control from External Computer . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
ToDownload a Program to HP 4155A/4156A . . . . . 1-36
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-36
To Upload a Program from HP 4155A/4156A . . . . . 1-38
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-38
To Control State of HP 4155A/4156A Program . . . . 1-40
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-40
Creating ASP-like IBASIC Programs . . . . . . . . . 1-41
Step 1. Creating Programs by using the Typing Aid
Softkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-41
Step 2. Executing the Program . . . . . . . . . . . 1-43
Step 3. Creating a Longer Program . . . . . . . . . 1-43
Programming Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45
Example ASP Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-45
Corresp onding IBASIC Program. . . . . . . . . . 1-45
Reading HP 4155/56 Data to IBASIC Variables . . . . 1-46
Auto Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-47
HP 4145 ASP and HP 4155A/4156A Corresp onding
Keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-48
2. Reference: HP Instrument BASIC
IBASIC Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
All IBASIC Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
IBASIC Output Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Command Entry Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
System Message and Display Line . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Blue Key & Green Key Shift Status . . . . . . . . 2-5
Execution Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
IBASIC Status Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Keys for IBASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Front-panel Keys for IBASIC . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
PAGE CONTROL key group . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
MARKER/CURSOR key group . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
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HP 4155A Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	4155A
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English