GW Instek GDS-800 Series Programming Manual - Manual (Page 6)

GDS-806/810/820/840 Programming Manual
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2. Computer’s Connection
A personal computer with a GPIB card is the essential stuff in order to operate the
oscilloscope via GPIB interface.
The connections between oscilloscope and computer are following:
I.
Connect one end of a GPIB cable to the computer.
II. Connect the other end of the GPIB cable to the GPIB port on the Oscilloscope.
III. Turn on the oscilloscope.
IV.
Turn on the computer.
The GPIB interface capabilities:
The GPIB interface of the oscilloscope corresponds to the standard of IEEE488.1-
1987, IEEE488.2-1992 and SCPI-1994. The GPIB interface functions are listed as
follows:
SH1 (Source
Handshake):
The oscilloscope can transmit multilane messages
across the GPIB.
AH1 (Acceptor
Handshake):
The oscilloscope can receive multilane messages
across the GPIB.
T6 (Talker): Talker interface function includes basic talker, serial
poll, and un-address if MLA capabilities, without talk
only mode function.
L4 (Listener): The oscilloscope becomes a listener when the
controller sends its listen address with the ATN
(attention) line asserted. The oscilloscope does not
have listen only capability.