Philips PM3350A - PLOT and PRINT VIA Teee-488 INTERFACE

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5 PLOTTING AND PRINTING
5.3 PLOT AND PRtNT VIA IEEE-488 INTERFACE
This mode is only possible for the /40 version of the oscilloscope. All information
on the screen will be plotted out or printed out: this includes the settings of the
displayed traces. The set up is done as follows;
- Enter the service menu by pressing the MENU key and keep it pressed. Now
also press the AUTO SET key and * becomes visible on the LCD.
- Press softkey APPL to enter the application preselect menu.
- Press softkey IEEE to enter the IEEE set up menu.
- Select the IEEE address with the ADDRESS softkey (0..30).
- Select the IEEE mode with the T/L softkey
(TALKER/LISTENER, TALK ONLY or LISTEN ONLY).
- Press softkey RETURN.
- Press softkey PLOT.
From now on the set up procedure for digital plotter and printer is different; first
the procedure for the digital XY plotter is explained;
- Select "plot-digital" in the top text area with softkey PLOT-KEY. This has the
result that the digital plot action is started if the front panel key PLOT is
pressed.
- Press softkey PLOT-D to enter the digital plotter menu.
- Select the plotter type with softkey TYPE; the selected plotter is indicated in
the top text area.
These types are: PM8153/1 PM8153/6
PM8154 (limited plot-size!) PM8155
HP747SA (limited plot-size!) HP7550
- Select the format of the hard copy; can be choosen between 0,5x and 2x the
screen size via softkey FORMAT.
- If you select AUTOion, a hard copy is plotted after each single shot.
. Press front panel key AUTO SET once to return to normal oscilloscope use.
The procedure for the set up for the dot matrix printer is as follows:
- Select "printer" in the top text area with softkey PLOT-KEY. This has the result
that the printer is started if the front panel key PLOT is pressed.
- Press softkey PRINTER to enter the printer menu.
- Select the printer type with softkey TYPE; the selected printer is indicated in
the top text area of the CRT screen. It is possible to choose between FX80
and HP2225.
- If you select AUTO;on, a hard copy is printed after each single shot.
- Press front panel key AUTO SET once to exit the appl.cation preselect menu..
Ph.lips offers three different cable types to connect the oscilloscope to the
plotter or printer via the IEEE-488 bus:
- Type PM2295/05: cable length 0,5m.
- Type PM2295/10: cable length 1 m.
- Type PM2295/20: cable length 2 m.
S.3 PLOT AND PRINT VIA IEEE-433 INTERPACE