8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes
Programming Guide
1 Introduction to
Programming
GPIB Interface / 8
Message Queues / 13
Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions / 15
Common Commands / 20
The Status Model / 23
This chapter gives general information on how to control your instrument
remotely.
Descriptions for the actual commands for the instruments are given in the
following chapters. The information in these chapters is specific to the
8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter, 8164A/B Lightwave Measurement
System, and 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System and assumes that
you are already familiar with programming the GPIB.