G-4 GPIB 488.1 Protocol 2400 Series SourceMeter
®
User’s Manual
NRFD hold-off
*OPC, *OPC?, and *WAI are still functional but are not needed for the 488.1 protocol.
When sending commands, the GPIB is automatically held off when it detects a terminator.
The hold-off is released when all the commands have finished executing, or if there is
some parser or command error. An exception is an initiate command, which releases the
hold-off immediately and does not wait for all of the readings to be acquired. This imme-
diate release of bus hold-off is done to support GET, SDC, IFC, *TRG, *RCL, *RST,
SYSTem:PRESet, and ABORt during data acquisition.
NDAC hold-off
NDAC hold-off is included with the GPIB 488.1 protocol mode to allow a single instru-
ment to hold off all others on the bus until it is finished executing a command. The follow-
ing command controls NDAC hold-off:
SYSTem:MEP:HOLDoff ON | OFF
The default is OFF, but NRFD hold-off will still be enabled and will prevent an instrument
from accepting further commands. See Figure G-1 for the complete IEEE-488 handshake
sequence.
Figure G-1
IEEE-488 handshake sequence
DATA
DAV
SOURCE
SOURCE
VALID
ALL READY
ACCEPTOR
NRFD
NDAC
ALL ACCEPTED
ACCEPTOR
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