Measurement Computing Serial488/4 - Manual (Page 37)

Section 2 Getting Started
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the Serial488/4 by depressing the rear panel pow er switch. A ll of the front panel
LEDs should light for approximately one second w hile the Serial488/4 performs an
internal ROM and RAM self test. At the end of this self test all indicators should turn
off except Power.
Run the Keyboard Controller program and verify that the CMD> prompt appears
on the screen. The following is a listing of commands given to the Serial488/4 and
the response received. Responses are separated by extra vertical space
for easier
reading although these spaces will not actually appear when using the program.
CMD>
Command prompt from Keyboard Controller program
CMD>OUTPUT08;S0X
Restore configuration to factory default values
CMD>CLEAR
Reset the Serial488/4
CMD>ENTER08
1.3C0E0F0G0I000K0M000P0R0Y0Z55880
Status message shows all default options are in use
CMD>OUTPUT08;P1U1X
select port 1 and port 1 status
CMD>ENTER08
1.3A0B009C0D1G0I00000L1N0O00000T010U1
Status message shows all default options are in use
CMD>OUTPUT08;a1b7d0x
Change the configuration of port 1
CMD>ENTER08
1.3A1B007C0D0G0I00000L1N0O00000T010U1
Status message shows new options are in use
CMD>OUTPUT08;P3U3X
select port 3 and port 3 status
CMD>ENTER08
1.3A0B009C0D1G0I00000L1N0O00000T010U3
Status message shows all default options are in use
CMD>OUTPUT08;C2X
Change parity option for port 3
CMD>OUTPUT08;C?X
Request current parity option
CMD>ENTER08
C2
C2
is returned since we changed the default
CMD>OUTPUT09;hello message
send "hello message" out port 3
CMD>OUTPUT08;P1X
select port 1