HP 8712C User Manual

Automating Measurements
Operator Interaction
Once you have selected a menu, the same menu will be displayed
for subsequent key presses of the m hardkey. (This is not true if
your IBASIC program has changed. If your program has changed, the
User REZIN mode is reset to OFF’.)
By selecting &YSTEM OPTIONS) System CordRig SMtki~ Auta-St;ep
User TM, Input; you can automatically step through the user-defined
(BEGIN) menu keys by use of a switch connected to the USER TTL IN/OUT
rear panel connector. See “Using User-Defined [BEGIN) with a Switch, ’ later
in this chapter for more information.
Selecting the User BEGIN softkey will run a macro function deEned by a
sequence of IBASIC commands defmed within an IBASIC program. IBASIC
programs to be used for User I&GIN must have the following structure:
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!The following label must be present.
DO NOT REMOVE
User-begin: !
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! Define softkey labels
OUTPUT 087lX;“DISP:MENU2:KEYl ‘Test Setup l’;*WAI”
OUTPUT 087lX;“DISP:MENU2:KEY2 ‘Test Setup 2’;*WAI”
OUTPUT 987lX;“DISP:MENU2:KEY3 ‘Save Results’;*WAI”
OUTPUT @87lX;“DISP:MENU2:KEY4 ‘Print Results 4’;*WAI”
User-pause: PAUSE
GOT0 User-pause
!The following key labels must be present.
DO NOT REMOVE
User,keyl:
!Insert code for softkey 1 here
GOT0 User-pause
User,key2:
!Insert code for softkey 2 here
GOT0 User-pause
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User,key7:
!Insert code for softkey 7 here
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GOT0 User-pause
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HP 8712C Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	8712C
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English