Programming instructions

Table Of Contents
Addressing
By using the front-panel menus, you must place the instrument in the
“Connect to Computer” mode. Use the Print/Utility menu key on the front
panel to do this after you have installed the HP-IB interface on the rear panel
of the oscilloscope. Use this menu to set the HP-IB address for the
oscilloscope.
Each device on the HP-IB resides at a particular address, ranging from
0 to 30.
The active controller specifies which devices talk and which listen.
An instrument may be talk addressed, listen addressed, or unaddressed by
the controller.
If the controller addresses the instrument to talk, the instrument remains
configured to talk until it receives an interface clear message (IFC), another
instrument’s talk address (OTA), its own listen address (MLA), or a universal
untalk command (UNT).
If the controller addresses the instrument to listen, the instrument remains
configured to listen until it receives an interface clear message (IFC), its own
talk address (MTA), or a universal unlisten command (UNL).
Programming over HP-IB
Addressing
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