Agilent Technologies Agilent E5810A, User Manual

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58 Chapter 2
Installing the E5810
Verifying Instrument Communication
Instrument Page Functions
From the
Find and Control Instruments Connected to your E5810
page, you
can check instrument communication, send command/queries, and do other
functions.
Checking Instrument
Communication
To check instrument communication, first select (highlight) the instrument to
be addressed by clicking the SICL Address in the
Instruments Connected
column. Then, depending on the instrument selected, you can use button
functions (device clear, *IDN?, etc.) to communicate with the instrument.
Sending
Commands/Queries
You can also send instrument-specific commands to applicable instruments
using the Instrument Command line and then clicking
Send
,
Receive
, or
Query
. In addition, you can clear the display on the screen by clicking the
Clear History
button, set the timeout value (in seconds) by typing in the
desired value in the
Timeout (sec)
dialog box, and clear all pending
operations on instruments connected to the E5810 by clicking the
Clear
Pending Operations
button.
Example: Querying
a DC Voltage Value
For example, the figure on the next page shows one way to identify and
query the DC voltage value of a DMM instrument at SICL address gpib0,22.
See
Chapter 3 - Using E5810 Web Access for details