User`s guide

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Suffixes and Multipliers 63
Response Data Types 63
SCPI Command Completion 64
Using Device Clear 64
RS-232 Troubleshooting 65
SCPI Conformance Information 65
SCPI Confirmed Commands 65
Non-SCPI Commands 65
7 - PROGRAMMING THE DC SOURCE 67
Introduction 67
Programming the Output 67
Power-on Initialization 67
Enabling the Output 67
Output Voltage 68
Output Current 68
Triggering Output Changes 69
SCPI Triggering Nomenclature 69
Output Trigger System Model 69
Setting the Voltage or Current Trigger Levels 69
Initiating the Output Trigger System 70
Generating Triggers 70
Making Measurements 71
Controlling Measurement Samples 71
Current Ranges and Measurement Detector (Agilent 66311B Only) 72
Window Functions 72
Voltage and Current Measurements 73
Pulse Measurements (Agilent Model 66311B Only) 73
Returning All Measurement Data From the Data Buffer 74
Internally Triggered Measurements 75
SCPI Triggering Nomenclature 75
Measurement Trigger System Model 75
Initiating the Measurement Trigger System 75
Selecting the Measurement Trigger Source 76
Generating Measurement Triggers 76
Pre-event and Post-event Triggering 78
Programming the Status Registers 79
Power-On Conditions 79
Operation Status Group 81
Questionable Status Group 82
Standard Event Status Group 82
Status Byte Register 82
Determining the Cause of a Service Interrupt 83
Servicing Operation Status and Questionable Status Events 83
Monitoring Both Phases of a Status Transition 84
Inhibit/Fault Indicator 84
Remote Inhibit (RI) 84
Discrete Fault Indicator (DFI) 85
Using the Inhibit/Fault Port as a Digital I/O 85
8 - LANGUAGE DICTIONARY 87
Introduction 87
Subsystem Commands 87
Common Commands 91