HP 1650B Owner's manual

Programming Reference
HP 1650B/HP 1651 B Logic Analyzers
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HEWLETT
PACKARD
@Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 1989
Manual Number 0165040913 Printed in the U.S.A. August 1989

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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Programming an Instrument
Introduction ..............................................
..l- 1
Programming Syntax
........................................ l-2
Talking to the Instrument .................................. l-2
Instruction Syntax
......................................... l-2
Output Command ......................................... l-3
Device Address
........................................... 1-3
Instructions ..............................................
1-3
Instruction Header ........................................
1-3
White Space. .............................................
1-4
Instruction Parameters
.....................................
l-4
Header Types ............................................ l-4
Combining Commands from the Same Subsystem .............. l-6
Duplicate Keywords .......................................
1-6
Query Usage
............................................. l-7
Program Header Options ..................................
1-8
Parameter Syntax Rules ...................................
. l-8
Instruction Terminator ................................... l-10
Selecting Multiple Subsystems
............................. l-10
Programming an Instrument ................................. l-11
InitiaIization
............................................. l-11
Example Program ........................................
1-12
Program Overview .......................................
1-12
Receiving Information from the Instrument
................. . l-12
Response Header Options ...............................
.l-13
Response Data Formats ..................................
1-14
String Variables ......................................... l-l.5
Numeric Base ...........................................
1-16
Numeric Variables .......................................
1-16
Definite-Length Block Response Data ..................... .l-17
Multiple Queries ......................................... .l-18
Instrument Status ........................................
1-18
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Chapter 2
Programming Over HP-IB
Introduction .............................................. ..2- 1
Interface Capabilities ........................................ 2-l
Command and Data Concepts
................................ .2-l
Addressing ................................................
.2-2
Communicating Over the HP-IB Bus (HP 9000 Series 200/3OO
Controller) ...............................................
..2- 3
Local, Remote, and Local Lockout
............................
-2-4
BusCommands
...........................................
..2- 5
Device Clear ............................................ .2-5
Group Execute Trigger (GET) .............................
.2-5
Interface Clear (IFC) .....................................
.2-5
Chapter 3 Programming Over RS-232C
Introduction .............................................. ..3- 1
Interface Operation .......................................... 3-l
Cables ...................................................
..3- 2
Minimum Three-Wire Interface with Software Protocol
.......... .3-2
Extended Interface with Hardware Handshake .................
.3-3
Cable Example ..............................................
3-4
Configuring the Instrument Interface
.......................... .3-5
Interface Capabilities .......................................
.3-5
Protocol ...... ..~........................................3- 5
Data Bits ................................................
3-6
Communicating Over the RS-232C Bus
(HP 9000 Series 200/3OO Controller)
............................
.3-6
Lockout Command
......................................... .3-7
Chapter 4Programming and Documentation Conventions
Introduction .............................................. ..4- 1
Truncation Rule ............................................ .4-l
Infinity Representation ...................................... .4-2
Sequential and Overlapped Commands ........................
.4-2
Response Generation ........................................
4-2
Syntax Diagrams
...........................................
.4-2
Notation Conventions and Definitions .........................
.4-2
The Command Tree
........................................ .4-4
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CommandTypes..........................................4- 4
Tree Traversal Rules ......................................
4-4
Examples ................................................
4-4
Command Set Organization .................................. .4-8
Subsystems ...............................................
4-8
ProgramExamples
........................................
..4- 9
Chapter 5
Common Commands
Introduction ................................................ 5-l
*as
................................................
.5-3
*ESE .................................................
5-4
*ESR .................................................
5-6
*IDN ...............................................
..5- 8
*opt
................................................
.5-9
*RST
.............................................. .5-10
*SRE.. ............................................
..5-11
*sTB
............................................... .5-13
*wAI
...............................................
.5-15
Chapter 6 System Commands
Introduction .................................
:. ............ .6-l
ARMBnc ...........................................
..6 -4
DATA................................................6- 5
Section Header Description ............................... .6-8
Section Data ............................................ .6-8
Data Preamble Description ................................ .6-8
Acquisition Data Description ............................. .6-11
DSP .................................................
6-18
ERRor...............................................6-19
HEADer.............................................6- U)
KEY. ................................................
6-21
LER .................................................
6-23
LOCKout
..........................................
..6-2 4
LONGform...........................................6- 25
MENU ..............................................
6-26
MESE ...............................................
6-27
MESR ............................................... .6-29
PPOWer ........................................... ..6-3 1
PRINt .............................................
..6-3 2
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RMODe ...........................................
..6-3 3
SETup.. ........................................... ..6-.
STARt...............................................6- 36
STOP ...............................................
.6-37
Chapter 7
MMEMory Subsystem
Introduction ................ ................................
7-1
AUToload ..........................................
..7- 4
CATaIog ............................................
..7- 5
COPY ...............................................
.7-6
DOWNload .........................................
..7- 7
INITiaIize ...........................................
..7- 8
LOAD................................................7- 9
LOAD.. ........................................... ..7-10
PACK ............................................. ..7-11
PURGe..
.......................................... ..7-12
REName.. ......................................... ..7-13
STORe
.............................................
.7-14
UPLoad
...........................................
..7- 15
Chapter 8
DLlSt Subsystem
Introduction .............................................. ..8- 1
DLISt ................... .............................. 8-2
COLumn .................. ............................
8-3
LINE ............. ....................................
8-5
Chapter 9
WLlSt Subsystem
Introduction ................................................ 9-l
WLISt ...............................................
.9-2
OSTate .............................................
..9- 3
XSTate ............................................. ..9- 4
OTIMe
.............................................
..9- 5
XTIMe .............................................
..9- 6
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