Finding Your W ay Through This Manual
You should use this Programmer's
Handbook together with the User's
Manual. That manual contains speci
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fications for the counter and explana
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tions of the possibilities and
limitations of the different measuring
functions.
Sections
The chapters in this manual are di
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vided into three sections aimed at dif
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ferent levels of reader knowledge.
The ‘General’ Section, which can be
disregarded by the users who know
the IEEE-488 and SCPI standards:
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Chapter 2, Default Settings, sum-
marizes the instrument settings af-
ter sending the *RST command.
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Chapter 3, Introduction to SCPI,
explains syntax data formats, sta-
tus reporting, etc.
The Practical Section of this manual
contains:
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Chapter 4, Programming Exam
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ples, with typical programs for a
number of applications. These
programs are written in C and are
also available as text files on the
included Manual CD.
The “Programmer’s Reference” Sec
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tion of this manual contains:
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Chapter 5, Instrument Model, ex
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plains how the instrument looks
from the bus. This instrument is
not quite the same as the one used
from the front panel.
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Chapter 6, Using the Subsystems,
explains more about each subsys
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tem.
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Chapter 7, Error Messages, con-
tains a list of all error messages
that can be generated during bus
control.
– Chapter 8, Command Reference,
gives complete information on all
commands. The subsystems and
commands are sorted alphabeti-
cally.
Index
You can also use the index to get an
overview of the commands. The in
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dex is also useful when looking for
additional information on the com
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mand you are currently working with.
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