HP 54501A - Page 7

Introduction
This
manual
explains
how to
program
the
HP
54501A Digitizing
Oscilloscope
and
lists
the
commands
and
queries
associated
with
this
instrument.
It
is
divided
into
17
chapters
and
2
appendices.
Chapter
1
introduces
you
to
the
programming
syntax
required
to
program
this
instrument
and
provides
some
basic
programming
concepts
to
get
you
started
programming..
Chapter
2
describes
the
interface functions
and
some
general
concepts
of
HP-IB.
Chapter
3
describes
the
operation
of
instruments
that
operate
in
compliance
with
the
IEEE 4882
standard.
This
chapter
also
describes
the
status
reporting features
that
are
available
over
the
HP-IB.
Chapter
4
covers
the
conventions
which
are
used
to
program
the
instrument as
well as
conventions
used
in the
remainder
of
this
manual.
This chapter
also
includes
a complete
command tree
and
alphabetic
command
cross-reference.
Chapter
5 lists
the
Common Commands
which
are
the
commands
defined
by
IEEE
488.2.
These
commands
control
some
functions
that
are
common
to
all
IEEE
488.2
instruments.
Chapter
6 lists
the
Root Level
Commands
which
control
many
of
the basic
functions of
the
instrument.
Chapter
7 lists
the
System
Subsystem
Commands
which
control
some
basic
functions of the
oscilloscope.
Chapter
8
lists
the
Acquire
Subsystem
Commands
which
set
the
parameters
for
acquiring
and
storing
data.
Chapter
9 lists
the
Calibrate
Subsystem
Commands
which set
time
nulls
(channel-to-channel
skew).
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54501A
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