Chapter 1 Before You Start ...
Getting Started
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Programming Guide
Getting Started
Before attempting to program the Counter, take some time to familiarize yourself
with the content of this guide. The remainder of this chapter contains the following
information:
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An explanation of how you should use the programming guide based on
your experience programming instruments and your testing requirements.
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A description of the guide contents.
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A statement of assumptions that are made in the guide.
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A list of related documentation.
How to Use This Guide
How you use this guide depends upon how much you already know about
programming instruments and how complex your measurement requirements are.
Let’s start by establishing your programming background, and then discuss the
type of measurements you want to perform.
New Users
What You Should Understand
As a new user, you should understand that you must have some understanding of a
high-level language such as Pascal, BASIC, C,
or FORTRAN before you can use the command set defined in this guide to control
the Counter. (In Chapter 3, “Programming Your Universal Counter for Remote
Operation,” there are programming examples provided in HP BASIC, Microsoft
QuickBASIC, and Borland
Turbo C.) However, whatever language you use,
command strings that control the Counter remain the same.
Summary of Contents for 53131A
Page 1: ...Programming Guide HP 53131A 132A 225 MHz Universal Counter ...
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Page 13: ...1 1 Before You Start ...
Page 24: ...Chapter 1 Before You Start Related Documentation 1 12 Programming Guide ...
Page 25: ...2 2 Command Summary A Quick Reference ...
Page 68: ...Chapter 2 Command Summary RST Response 2 44 Programming Guide ...
Page 69: ...3 3 Programming Your Universal Counter for Remote Operation ...
Page 167: ...4 4 Command Reference A Dictionary ...
Page 310: ...Chapter 4 Command Reference WAI Wait to Continue Command 4 144 Programming Guide ...
Page 311: ...5 5 Errors ...
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Page 330: ...H Manual Part Number 53131 90044 Printed in U S A NOVEMBER 1996 ...