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Chapter 8 281
IBASIC Controller
PROGram Subsystem
Example 8-34 Syntax
PROGram[:SELected]:STATe?
Example 8-35 Example
OUTPUT 714;"PROGram:SELected:STATe?"
ENTER 714;State$
or
OUTPUT 714;"PROG:STAT?"
ENTER 714;State$
:STRing <varname>{,<svalues>} The :STRing command is used to
set, from an external controller, the value of string variables or string
arrays in an IBASIC program in the Test Set. <varname> is the name of
an existing string variable or string array in the IBASIC program.
<svalues> is a list of comma-separated quoted strings which are used to
set the value of <varname>.
NOTE If the variable name <var_name> is longer than 12 characters it must
be sent as string data (<var_name> enclosed in quotes). For example,
OUTPUT 714;"PROG:STR ’Var_name’,’data’".
Attempting to send a <var_name> longer than 12 characters as
character data (<var_name> not enclosed in quotes) will generate the
following error: HP-IB Error: -112 Program mnemonic too long.
If you want to append the IBASIC “$” string identifier onto the string
variable name, the string variable name must be sent as string data,
that is enclosed in quotes. For example, OUTPUT 714;"PROG:STR
’Var_name$’,’data’"
Appending the IBASIC “$” string identifier onto the string variable
name without enclosing the string variable name in quotes will
generate HP-IB Error: -101 Invalid character.
If an attempt is made to set the value of a string variable or array and
no IBASIC program is in the Test Set an IBASIC Error: -282
Illegal program name is generated. If an attempt is made to set the
value of a string variable or array and the string variable specified in
<varname> does not exist in the program an IBASIC Error: -283
Illegal variable name is generated. If a quoted string value is too
long to fit into the string variable then it is silently truncated when
stored into the IBASIC string variable. If the specified string variable
cannot hold all of the quoted strings an IBASIC Error: -108
Parameter not allowed is generated.