Tektronix, Inc. P6240, User Manual

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Communicating with Remote Instruments
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To Set Up for Remote Operation
To set up remote communications, be sure your setup will meet GPIB protocol
and interface requirements just described. Then do the following procedures.
To connect the logic scope, plug an IEEE Std 488.2-1987 GPIB cable into the
GPIB connector on the logic scope rear panel and into the GPIB port on your
controller. (See Figure 3-14.)
Rear Panel Controller
Figure 3-14: Connecting the Logic Scope to a Controller
To select the GPIB port, press SHIFT
➞
UTILITY
➞
System (main)
➞
I/O
(pop-up)
➞
Port (main)
➞
GPIB (pop-up).
You must set two important GPIB parameters: mode and address. To set those
parameters:
Press SHIFT
➞
UTILITY
➞
System (main)
➞
I/O (pop-up)
➞
Port
(main)
➞
GPIB (pop-up)
➞
Configure (main)
➞
Talk/Listen Address,
Hardcopy (Talk Only), or Off Bus (side). (See Figure 3-15.)
Talk/Listen Address configures the port for controller-based system operation.
Use the general purpose knob or the keypad to define the address.
Hardcopy (Talk Only) configures the port for the hardcopy output without
controller supervision. Once so configured, the logic scope will send the
hardcopy data to any listeners on the bus when the HARDCOPY button is
pressed.
Pressing HARDCOPY with the port configured any other way causes and error,
and the logic scope responds with a message saying the selected hardcopy port is
currently unavailable.
Off Bus disconnects the logic scope from the bus.
Connect the Logic Scope
to the GPIB
Select GPIB Port
Configure the GPIB Port