HP 8360, User Handbook Manual

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100: Setup the source’s sweep time to 1 second.
110: Send the command to the source to ensure that the
previous commands are completed and the source is ready to begin
controlled sweeps.
120: Enter the response to the *OPC? into the variable X. The
response should be a ‘1’.
130: Start of the loop.
140 and 150: Prompt the operator for the number of sweeps to
take. The number of sweeps to take is stored in the variable N.
Enter 0 to quit the program.
160: Don’t take any sweeps if N is less than 0.
170: Start a FOR/NEXT loop to take N sweeps.
180: Display the number of this sweep on the computer display.
190: Initiate a single sweep on the source and then wait until
the pending operation is complete. Return a ‘1’ when the sweep
completes.
200: Enter the response to the *OPC? into the variable X. The
program execution will halt on this ENTER statement until the
sweep is finished.
210: Repeat the sequence N times.
220: End of the IF statement to skip sweeps if N is negative.
230: Exit the program if the value of N is 0.
Using the
The following example illustrates the use of the command to
Command, Example
cause the synthesizer to perform a synchronous sweep.
Program 7
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20 ABORT 7
30 LOCAL 7
40 CLEAR Source
50 REMOTE Source
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OUTPUT
80
OUTPUT STOP MODE
90 OUTPUT
100
OUTPUT
110 ENTER Source;X
120 FOR TO 4
130
OUTPUT
140 OUTPUT
150 OUTPUT
160
OUTPUT
170
OUTPUT
180
OUTPUT
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