User`s manual

Procedure 5:
Apply Power
Agilent E1406 Command Module with an External Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
HP 9000 Series 700 Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Agilent E1497A/ E1498A Embedded V743 Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Agilent RADI-EPC7 Embedded 486 Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Where To Go Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Procedure 6:
System Programming and Debugging
COMM1 : Verify Communication with the Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
COMM1A : GPIB Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
COMM1B : Embedded Controller Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
COMM1C : SICL Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
COMM1D : C-SCPI Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Debugging Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
DEBUG1 : Sending SCPI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
SCPI Command Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
DEBUG2 : Verify the System Logical Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
DEBUG3 : Start Each Program by Fully Resetting Each Instrument . . . . . . . . . 6-9
DEBUG4 : Query the Instrument for Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
DEBUG5 : Query all Command Parameter Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
DEBUG6 : Verify that the Amount of Data to be Entered is Equal to the Amount of
Data Generated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
DEBUG7 : Check the Instrument’s Arm-Trigger Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
DEBUG8 : Execute Coupled Commands Within a Coupling Group . . . . . . . . . 6-12
How to Execute Coupled Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
DEBUG9 : Check for Command Synchronization Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Appendix A:
Terms and Definitions
What is the Resource Manager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
What are the Slot 0 Functions? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
What is the Command Module’s 10 MHz Clock Source? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
What is the Command Module’s Bus Request Level? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
What is Command Module Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
What is the Servant Area? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5
What is the Command Module’s Primary GPIB Address? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
What is the VXI-MXI Module? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
What are the VXI-MXI Logical Address Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
What is an Instrument Identifier? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
What are Virtual Instruments? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
What is the Logical Address? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
What are Downloadable Instrument Drivers? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
What Display Terminals Can Be Used? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
What are Interrupt Lines? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
Appendix B :
Configuration and Start-up Errors
Checking for Instrument Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
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