User`s guide

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Programming and Documentation Conventions

Program Examples

The BASIC program examples given for commands in the online Programmer’s

Reference were written using the HPBASIC 6.3 programming language. The

programs always assume the oscilloscope is at address 7 and the interface is at

address 7 for a program address of 707. If a printer is used, it is always assumed

to be at address 701.

In these examples, give special attention to the ways in which the command or

query can be sent. The way the instrument is set up to respond to a command

or query has no bearing on how you send the command or query. That is, the

command or query can be sent using the long form or short form, if a short form

exists for that command. You can send the command or query using upper case

(capital) letters or lower case (small) letters. Also, the data can be sent using

almost any form you wish. If you are sending a timebase range value of 100 ms,

that value could be sent using a decimal (.1), or an exponential (1e-1 or 1.0E-1),

or a suffix (100 ms or 100MS).

As an example, set the sweep speed to 100 ms by sending one of the following:

• Commands in long form using the decimal format.

OUTPUT 707;":CHANNEL1:RANGE .1"

• Commands in short form using an exponential format.

OUTPUT 707;":CHAN1:RANG 1E-1"

• Commands using lower case letters, short forms, and a suffix.

OUTPUT 707;":chan1:rang 100 mV"

Including the Colon Is Optional

In these examples, placing the colon as the first character of the command is

optional. The space between RANGE and the argument is required.