Keysight E4981A - Page 114

114 Keysight E4981A 120 Hz/1 kHz/1 MHz Capacitance Meter
Measurement Applications (Sample Programs)
Reading Measurement Results in ASCII Format Using *TRG Command
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Example 9-6 Reading Measurement Results in Ascii Format using *TRG Command
Sub Example6()
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' Configuration
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Dim defrm As Long 'Session to Default Resource Manager
Dim Agte4981a As Long 'Session to instrument
Dim Result As String * 500
Dim Res As Variant
Dim Nop As Integer, i As Integer
Const TimeOutTime = 30000
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
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' Open Instrument
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ErrorCheck viOpenDefaultRM(defrm)
Call SelectMode(defrm, Agte4981a)
ErrorCheck viSetAttribute(Agte4981a, VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE, TimeOutTime)
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' Setup Start
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ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, "SYST:PRES;*CLS" + vbLf, 0)
ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, ":FORM ASC" + vbLf, 0)
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ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, ":INIT:CONT ON" + vbLf, 0)
ErrorCheck viVPrintf(Agte4981a, ":TRIG:SOUR BUS" + vbLf, 0)