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Commands That Require a Clean Sweep
Many front panel commands disrupt the sweep in progress. For example, changing the channel
or measurement type. When the analyzer does execute a disruptive command in a sequence,
some instrument functions are inhibited until a complete sweep is taken. This applies to the
following functions:
n
autoscale
n
data
+
memory
Forward Stepping In Edit Mode
In the sequence modify mode, you can step through the selected sequence list, where the
analyzer executes each step.
Titles
A title may contain non-printable or special ASCII characters if you download it from an
external controller. A non-printable character is represented on the display as a.
Sequence Size
A sequence may contain up to 2 kbytes of instructions. Typically, this is around 200 sequence
command lines.
‘Ib
estimate a sequence’s size (in kbytes), use the following guidelines.
Type of
Command
Size in Bytes
Typical command
2
Title string character
1
Active entry command
1 per digit
Embedding the
Valne
of the Loop Counter In a Title
You can append a sequentially increasing or decreasing numeric value to the title of stored data by
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after
the
title
string.
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must limit the title to three characters if you will use it as a disk
tile
name. The three-character
title and five-digit loop counter number reach the eight-character limit for disk flle names.)
This feature is useful in data logging applications.
Autostartiug Sequences
You can
define
a sequence to run automatically when you apply power to the analyzer.
lb
make an autostarting sequence, create a sequence in position six and title it “AUTO”. To stop
an autostarting sequence, press
ml.
To
stop an autostarting sequence from engaging at
power on, you must clear it from memory or rename it.
The GPIO Mode
The instrument’s parallel port can be used in two different modes. By pressing [Local) and then
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the
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either
the
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or
the
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The GPIO mode switches the
parallel
port into a “general purpose input/output” port.
In this mode, the port can be
COMWted
to test
tlxtures,
power supplies, and other peripheral
equipment that the analyzer can interact with through test sequencing.
Application and Operation Conoepts
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