Section 2: Installation Model 2601B-PULSE System SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
2-12 2601B-PULSE-901-01A April 2020
Remote interface connections
The 2601B-PULSE supports the following remote interfaces:
• USB: Communicate with the instrument over a USB connection.
• LAN: Local area network (LAN) communications provide the flexibility to build scalable and
functional test or data acquisition systems with a large degree of flexibility.
• GPIB: General purpose interface bus is an IEEE-488 instrumentation data bus.
• RS-232: Communicate with the instrument over the serial port or with another instrument using its
serial port.
The 2601B-PULSE can be controlled from only one communication interface at a time. The first
interface from which it receives a message takes control of the instrument. It ignores the other
interfaces until the instrument is returned to local operation.
For more information about the remote interfaces, see:
• USB communications (on page 2-13)
• LAN communications (on page 2-15)
• GPIB operation (on page 2-29)
• RS-232 interface operation (on page 2-32)
Figure 11: 2601B-PULSE IEEE-488, LAN, USB, and RS-232 connections