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User Manual 3155
Programming Reference 4-1
Chapter 4
PROGRAMMING REFERENCE
What’s In This
Chapter
This chapter lists and describes the software drivers that are supplied
with the instrument. It also lists and describes the set of SCPI-
compatible (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments)
commands used to operate the 3155. To provide familiar formatting
for users who have previously used the SCPI reference documenta-
tion, the command descriptions are dealt in a similar manner. In par-
ticular, each sub-system's documentation starts with a short descrip-
tion, followed by a table showing the complete set of commands in
the sub-system; finally the effects of individual keywords and pa-
rameters are described. Complete listing of all commands used for
programming the 3155 is given in Table 4.1.
What’s Required
In order for you to start programming the Model 3155, you’ll need to
have some files, libraries and header files installed in various fold-
ers of your computer. Check that you have all of these files before
you start with your own application.
When you run the install program from the supplied CD, the installa-
tion program automatically generates a folder with the name 3155. In
this folder you’ll have three other sub-folders: Bin, Include and
Lib/MSC. Check in the Bin sub-folder that you have RIComm.dll and
3155drv.dll, check in the Include sub-folder that you have RIComm.h
and 3155drv.h and check in the Lib/MSC folder that you have RI-
Comm.lib and 3155drv.lib. Source code for an application example is
also included in the main folder.
To program the 3155, you’ll need to copy the header and library files
to your application folder. You’ll also need the above two libraries
and a set of SCPI commands. Description of the libraries and their
functions is given below, followed by detailed introduction to SCPI
format and syntax.