Specifications

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Remote Operation
Using GP-IB
NOTE When sending strings to the instrument either the double quote (“) or
the single quote may be used (‘),the former being more suited to
PASCAL programs which make use of single quote, the latter being
more suited to use in BASIC programs, which uses double quote as a
delimiter. In this manual the double quote has been used throughout.
Message Format
The Agilent 71612 Series has the capability of returning data in the following formats:
•STRING
• NUMERIC
• BOOLEAN
•BLOCKDATA
String
The following example returns an ASCII string representing the instrument serial number,
enclosed in quotes. This should be entered into a string variable.
Example:
10 OUTPUT 718;“*IDN?”
20 ENTER 718;Serial$
30 PRINT Serial$
40 END
Possible Result = “AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES,70843C,GB00000123,C.01.01”
Numeric
Returns one of three numeric formats and can be entered into a string or numeric variable.
The three formats are:
• An integer.
• A number with embedded decimal point.
• A number with embedded decimal point and exponent.
Integer
Example:
10 OUTPUT 718;“*STB?”
20 ENTER 718;Status_byte$
30 PRINT Status_byte$
40 END
Requests the contents of the status byte. Possible Result = +64