Setting Pulse Gate Control ..........................................................................................................16
Setting the System Internal Rate Generator ..........................................................................16
Setting System Mode of Operation ............................................................................................16
Enabling System Trigger or Gate...............................................................................................16
Power On Configuration...............................................................................................................16
Setting Auto Start Mode...............................................................................................................16
4 505 Menus..................................................................17
505 Menu Structure ........................................................................................18
CHANNEL Menu...........................................................................................................................18
MODE Menu....................................................................................................................................18
TRIG/GATE Menu .........................................................................................................................18
SYSTEM Menu ...............................................................................................................................19
SETUP Menu ..................................................................................................................................19
5 Operating the 505 ....................................................21
Quick Start - Normal Internal Rate Generator Operation........................22
Quick Start - Normal External Trigger Operation......................................22
System Timer Overview..................................................................................23
To Use Continuous Mode..............................................................................................................23
To Use Single Shot Mode ..............................................................................................................23
To Use Burst Mode.........................................................................................................................23
To Use Duty Cycle Mode...............................................................................................................24
Channel Timer Overview ...............................................................................24
To Use Normal Mode Function....................................................................................................24
To Use Channel Single Shot Function ......................................................................................24
To Use Channel Burst Mode Function ......................................................................................25
To Use Channel Duty Cycle Function .......................................................................................25
To Use the Channel Gating Function........................................................................................25
External Input Overview................................................................................25
To Generate a Pulse on Every Trigger Input..............................................26
To Generate a Burst of Pulses on Every Trigger Input.............................26
To Start a Continuous Stream of Pulses Using the External Trigger.....26
To use the External Gate to Control the System........................................27
6 Programming the 505..............................................29
Talking to the Pulse Generator.....................................................................30
RS232 Interface Overview..............................................................................30
GPIB Interface Overview ...............................................................................30
Programming Command Types and Format...............................................31
IEEE 448.2 Common Command Format.....................................................31
SCPI Command Keywords.............................................................................31
SCPI Command Format.................................................................................31
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