Features and Functions 4
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– Front-Panel Operation: After selecting the port, press to read the bit
pattern (the least significant bit is on the right). The bit pattern read from the
port will be displayed until you press another key, turn the knob, or until the
display times out.
To add a digital read to a scan list, choose the following item.
DIO READ
From the front-panel only, you can specify whether you want to use binary or
decimal format.
USE DECIMAL , USE BINARY
– Remote Interface Operation: From the remote interface, you can read an 8-bit
byte from one port or a 16-bit word from both ports using the following
commands. If you are going to read both ports simultaneously, you must send
the command to port 01 and neither port can be included in the scan list
To redefine the scan list to include a digital read (8-bit read only), send the
following command.
SENS:DIG:DATA:BYTE? (@302) Read port 02
SENS:DIG:DATA:WORD? (@301) Read both ports together
CONF:DIG:BYTE (@302) Add port 02 read to scan list