Programming instructions
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Title Page
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Programming
- Chapter 2 Programming Getting Started
- Chapter 3 Programming over HP-IB
- Chapter 4 Programming over RS-232-C
- Chapter 5 Programming and Documentation Conventions
- Chapter 6 Status Reporting
- Figure 6-1. Status Reporting Overview Block Diagram
- Table 6-1. Status Reporting Bit Definition
- Status Reporting Data Structures
- Status Byte Register (SBR)
- Service Request Enable Register (SRER)
- Trigger Event Register (TRG)
- Standard Event Status Register (SESR)
- Standard Event Status Enable Register (SESER)
- User Event Register (UER)
- Local Event Register (LCL)
- Operation Status Register (OPR)
- Limit Test Event Register (LTER)
- Mask Test Event Register (MTER)
- Histogram Event Register (HER)
- Arm Event Register (ARM)
- Error Queue
- Output Queue
- Message Queue
- Key Queue
- Clearing Registers and Queues
- Figure 6-3. Status Reporting Decision Chart
- Chapter 7 Installing and Using the Programmer's Reference
- Chapter 8 Programmer’s Quick Reference
- Warranty
- Index
Truncation Rules
The truncation rule for the mnemonics used in headers and alpha arguments
is:
The mnemonic is the first four characters of the keyword unless:
The fourth character is a vowel, then the mnemonic is the first
three characters of the keyword.
This rule is not used if the length of the keyword is exactly four
characters.
Some examples of how the truncation rule is applied to various commands
are shown in the following table.
Table 5-2
Mnemonic Truncation
Long Form Short Form
RANGE RANG
PATTERN PATT
TIMEBASE TIM
DELAY DEL
TYPE TYPE
Programming and Documentation Conventions
Truncation Rules
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