8 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes Programming Guide
1 Introduction to Programming
GPIB Interface
The interface used by your instrument is the GPIB (General Purpose
Interface Bus).
GPIB is the interface used for communication between a controller and an
external device, such as the tunable laser source. The GPIB conforms to
IEEE standard 488-1978, ANSI standard MC 1.1 and IEC recommendation
625-1.
If you are not familiar with the GPIB, then refer to the following books:
• The International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE
Standard 488.1-1987, IEEE Standard Digital Interface for
Programmable Instrumentation.
• The International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE
Standard 488.2-1992, IEEE Standard Codes, Formats, Protocols and
Common Commands For Use with ANSI/IEEE Std 488.1-1987.
To obtain a copy of either of these last two documents, look at:
http://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/instrumentation_and_measur
ement.html
In addition, the commands not from the IEEE-488.2 standard, are defined
according to the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
(SCPI).
For information about SCPI, and SCPI programming techniques, please
refer to:
• Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments.
Web: http://www.ivifoundation.org/docs/scpi-99.pdf
See also: http://www.ivifoundation.org/scpi/
The interface of the 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter, 8164A/B Lightwave
Measurement System, and 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System to
the GPIB is defined by the IEEE Standards 488.1 and 488.2.
Table 1 on page -9 shows the interface functional subset that the
instruments implement.
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