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16500B/16501A Logic Analysis System Programmer's Guide
16500-97009
April 1994

Programmer’s Guide
Publication number 16500-97009
Second edition, April 1994
For Safety information, Warranties, and Regulatory
information, see the pages behind the index
Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 1987, 1990, 1993, 1994
All Rights Reserved
HP 16500B/16501A
Logic Analysis System
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In This Book
This programmer’s guide contains general
information, mainframe level commands,
and programming examples for
programming the HP 16500B/16501A
Logic Analysis System. This guide
focuses on how to program the system
over the HP-IB and the RS-232C
interfaces. However, if you have the
optional HP 16500L LAN Interface
Module, you will need to use the
HP 16500L LAN Interface Module
User’s Guide along with this guide to
program the system over the LAN.
Along with the programmer’s guides for
the individual modules, this guide
provides a complete set of programming
information for your system.
Organization
When you received your HP 16500B you
received two binders, Volume 1 and
Volume 2. The Volume 2 binder gives
you a place to insert the module
programmer’s guides when the Volume 1
binder is full.
As you purchase additional measurement
modules, insert their programmer’s
guides in the back of this binder or in the
second binder.
What is in the HP 16500B/16500A
Programmer’s Guide?
The HP 16500B/16501A Programmer’s
Guide is organized in three parts.
Introduction to Programming
1
Programming Over HP-IB
2
Programming Over RS-232C
3
Programming and
Documentation Conventions
4
Message Communication
and System Functions
5
Status Reporting
6
Error Messages
7
Common Commands
8
Mainframe Commands
9
SYSTem Subsystem
10
MMEMory Subsystem
11
INTermodule Subsystem
12
Programming Examples
13
Index
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Part 1 Part 1 consists of chapters 1 through 7 and contains general
information about programming basics, HP-IB and RS-232C interface
requirements, documentation conventions, status reporting, and error
messages. If you are already familiar with IEEE 488.2 programming and
HP-IB or RS-232C, you may want to just scan these chapters. If you are
new to programming logic analyzers you should read part 1.
Chapter 1 is divided into two sections. The first section, "Talking to the
Instrument," concentrates on program syntax, and the second section,
"Receiving Information from the Instrument," discusses how to send queries
and how to retrieve query results from the instrument.
Read either chapter 2, "Programming Over HP-IB," or chapter 3,
"Programming Over RS-232C" for information concerning the physical
connection between the HP 16500B/16501A Logic Analysis System and your
controller.
Chapter 4, "Programming and Documentation Conventions," gives an
overview of all instructions and also explains the notation conventions used
in the syntax definitions and examples.
Chapter 5, "Message Communication and System Functions," provides an
overview of the operation of instruments that operate in compliance with the
IEEE 488.2 standard.
Chapter 6 explains status reporting and how it can be used to monitor the
flow of your programs and measurement process.
Chapter 7 contains error message descriptions.
Part 2 Part 2, chapters 8 through 12, explain each command in the
command set for the mainframe. These chapters are organized in
subsystems with each subsystem representing a front-panel menu.
The commands explained in this part give you access to common commands,
mainframe commands, system level commands, disk commands, and
intermodule measurement commands. This part is designed to provide a
concise description of each command.
Part 3 Part 3, chapter 13, contains program examples of actual tasks
that show you how to get started in programming the HP 16500B/
16501A Logic Analysis System at the mainframe level. The complexity of
your programs and the tasks they accomplish are limited only by your
imagination. These examples are written in HP BASIC 6.2; however, the
program concepts can be used in any other popular programming
language that allows communications over HP-IB, RS-232C, or the
optional HP 16500L LAN Interface Module.
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Contents
Part 1 General Information
1 Introduction to Programming
Introduction 1–2
Talking to the Logic Analysis System 1–3
Talking to Individual System Modules 1–4
Initialization 1–4
Instruction Syntax 1–6
Output Command 1–6
Device Address 1–7
Instructions 1–7
Instruction Terminator 1–8
Header Types 1–9
Duplicate Keywords 1–10
Query Usage 1–11
Program Header Options 1–12
Parameter Data Types 1–13
Selecting Multiple Subsystems 1–15
Receiving Information from the Logic Analysis System 1–16
Response Header Options 1–17
Response Data Formats 1–18
String Variables 1–19
Numeric Base 1–20
Numeric Variables 1–20
Definite-Length Block Response Data 1–21
Multiple Queries 1–22
System Status 1–23
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2 Programming Over HP-IB
Interface Capabilities 2–3
Command and Data Concepts 2–3
Talk/Listen Addressing 2–3
HP-IB Bus Addressing 2–4
Local, Remote, and Local Lockout 2–5
Bus Commands 2–6
3 Programming Over RS-232C
Interface Operation 3–3
RS-232C Cables 3–3
Minimum Three-Wire Interface with Software Protocol 3–4
Extended Interface with Hardware Handshake 3–5
Cable Examples 3–6
Configuring the Logic Analysis System Interface 3–9
Interface Capabilities 3–10
RS-232C Bus Addressing 3–11
Lockout Command 3–12
4 Programming and Documentation Conventions
Truncation Rule 4–3
Infinity Representation 4–4
Sequential and Overlapped Commands 4–4
Response Generation 4–4
Syntax Diagrams 4–5
Notation Conventions and Definitions 4–5
The Command Tree 4–6
Tree Traversal Rules 4–8
Command Set Organization 4–9
Subsystems 4–10
Program Examples 4–12
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5 Message Communication and System Functions
Protocols 5–3
Syntax Diagrams 5–5
Syntax Overview 5–7
6 Status Reporting
Event Status Register 6–4
Service Request Enable Register 6–4
Bit Definitions 6–4
Key Features 6–6
Serial Poll 6–8
Parallel Poll 6–9
Polling HP-IB Devices 6–11
Configuring Parallel Poll Responses 6–11
Conducting a Parallel Poll 6–12
Disabling Parallel Poll Responses 6–13
HP-IB Commands 6–13
7 Error Messages
Device Dependent Errors 7–3
Command Errors 7–3
Execution Errors 7–4
Internal Errors 7–4
Query Errors 7–5
Part 2 Commands
8 Common Commands
*CLS (Clear Status) 8–5
*ESE (Event Status Enable) 8–6
*ESR (Event Status Register) 8–7
*IDN (Identification Number) 8–9
*IST (Individual Status) 8–9
*OPC (Operation Complete) 8–11
*OPT (Option Identification) 8–12
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*PRE (Parallel Poll Enable Register Enable) 8–13
*RST (Reset) 8–14
*SRE (Service Request Enable) 8–15
*STB (Status Byte) 8–16
*TRG (Trigger) 8–17
*TST (Test) 8–18
*WAI (Wait) 8–19
9 Mainframe Commands
BEEPer 9–6
CAPability 9–7
CARDcage 9–8
CESE (Combined Event Status Enable) 9–10
CESR (Combined Event Status Register) 9–11
EOI (End Or Identify) 9–13
LER (LCL Event Register) 9–13
LOCKout 9–14
MENU 9–15
MESE<N> (Module Event Status Enable) 9–16
MESR<N> (Module Event Status Register) 9–18
RMODe 9–19
RTC (Real-time Clock) 9–20
SELect 9–21
SETColor 9–23
STARt 9–24
STOP 9–25
XWINdow 9–26
10 SYSTem Subsystem
DATA 10–5
DSP (Display) 10–6
ERRor 10–7
HEADer 10–8
LONGform 10–9
PRINt 10–10
SETup 10–12
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11 MMEMory Subsystem
AUToload 11–8
CATalog 11–9
CD (Change Directory) 11–10
COPY 11–11
DOWNload 11–12
INITialize 11–14
LOAD [:CONFig] 11–15
LOAD :IASSembler 11–16
MKDir (Make Directory) 11–17
MSI (Mass Storage Is) 11–18
PACK 11–19
PURGe 11–20
PWD (Present Working Directory) 11–21
REName 11–22
STORe [:CONFig] 11–23
UPLoad 11–24
VOLume 11–26
12 INTermodule Subsystem
:INTermodule 12–4
DELete 12–5
HTIMe 12–6
INPort 12–7
INSert 12–8
PORTEDGE 12–9
PORTLEV 12–10
SKEW<N> 12–11
TREE 12–12
TTIMe 12–13
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