Contents
vi Programming Guide
Event Status Register    3-39
Using the Questionable Data/Signal Status Register to Alert the Computer
When Automatic Interpolator Calibration is Disabled—Example 3    3-39
Questionable Data Status Register    3-40
Using the Operation Status Register to Alert the Computer When
Measuring has Completed— Example 4    3-40
Operation Status Register    3-40
How to Program the Counter to Display Results    3-43
Configuring the Counter’s Display    3-43
Commands for Displaying Non-Scaled/Offset Results    3-43
Commands for Displaying Scaled/Offset Results    3-44
Commands for Displaying the Limit Graph    3-44
Commands for Displaying Statistics Results    3-44
Commands for Enabling and Disabling the Display    3-45
How to Program the Counter to Synchronize Measurements    3-46
Synchronizing Measurement Completion    3-46
Resetting the Counter and Clearing the HP-IB Interface    3-46
Using the *WAI Command    3-46
Using the *OPC? Command    3-47
Using the *OPC Command to Assert SRQ    3-48
How to Program the Counter for Math/Limit
Operations    3-49
Updating Math and Limit Results Over HP-IB    3-49
Using the Scale and Offset Over HP-IB    3-50
How to Program the Counter to Define Macros    3-52
Writing SCPI Programs    3-55
Programming Examples    3-58
Using HP BASIC    3-58
To Send a Double-Quoted String    3-58
To Send a Single-Quoted String    3-58
Using QuickBASIC    3-59
Using Turbo C    3-59
List of the Programming Examples    3-59
Easiest Way to Make a Measurement (HP BASIC)    3-60
To Make a Frequency Measurement (HP BASIC)    3-62