Agilent Technologies Agilent 4396B, Gpib Programming Manual

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Example Commands
EXECUTE "SING"
EXECUTE "ANAOCH1"
Semantics
Handling GPIB command parameters and a query command's return value when an GPIB
command is executed by the execute command:
T o transfer GPIB command parameters , use a WRITEIO command. This command must
be executed before the EXECUTE command. One WRITEIO command is required to
transfer one parameter . F or example , to transfer two ANARANGE command parameters to
the EXECUTE command, write the program as follows:
WRITEIO 8,0; 100E6
WRITEIO 8,1: 200E6
EXECUTE "ANARANG"
T o receive a query command's return value , use a READIO function. The READIO
function returns only one specied return value . F or example , four return values (Za ,
Fa , Zr , and Fr ) of the query command OUTPRESO? must be received by writing the
program as follows:
EXECUTE "OUTPRESO?"
Za=READIO(8,0)
Fa=READIO(8,1)
Zr=READIO(8,2)
Fr=READIO(8,3)
GPIB Commands that work dierently when executed by the EXECUTE command:
When the following GPIB command is executed by the EXECUTE command, it works
dierently than when it is executed by the OUTPUT command.
SING The 4396B executes EXECUTE "SING" to sweep once . Execution of the
next statement is suppressed until the sweep is completed. Therefore ,
the completion of the sweep need not be supervised using a status
register .
BASIC Commands Specic to 4396B B-5