Keithley SourceMeter 2400, User Manual

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14-4 Remote Operations 2400 Series SourceMeter
®
User’s Manual
GPIB operation
This section contains information about GPIB standards, bus connections, and primary
address selection.
GPIB standards
The GPIB is the IEEE-488 instrumentation data bus with hardware and programming
standards originally adopted by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers)
in 1975. The SourceMeter conforms to these standards:
• IEEE-488.1-1987
• IEEE-488.2-1992
The above standards define a syntax for sending data to and from instruments, how an
instrument interprets this data, what registers should exist to record the state of the
instrument, and a group of common commands. The SourceMeter also conforms to this
standard:
• SCPI 1996.0 (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments)
This standard defines a command language protocol. It goes one step farther than
IEEE-488.2-1992 and defines a standard set of commands to control every programmable
aspect of an instrument.
GPIB connections
To connect the SourceMeter to the GPIB bus, use a cable equipped with standard
IEEE-488 connectors as shown in
Figure 14-1 .
Figure 14-1
IEEE-488 connector
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