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Measurement Computing Serial488A User Manual

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4.6.7 Unlisten (UNL)

UNL places the Serial488A in the Listener Idle State.

4.6.8 Untalk (UNT)

UNT places the Serial488A in the Talker Idle State.

4.7 IEEE Address Selection

SW3-1 through SW3-5 select the IEEE bus address of the Serial488A when in

the IEEE Peripheral mode. The address is selected by simple binary weighting with
SW3-1 being the least significant bit and SW3-5 the most significant. The following
figure shows the IEEE address of the Serial488A set to 10.

SW3 View for IEEE Address Selection

OPEN

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1

0

DOT

Switch

Side
View

0 x 16
1 x 8
0 x 4
1 x 2
0 x 1

= 0
= 8
= 0
= 2
= 0

+

IEEE Address = 10

4.7.1 Listen Only Mode

Listen Only is a special type of Peripheral operation. In the Listen

Only mode the Serial488A accepts all data transmitted on the bus and
transfers it out its serial port. The Serial488A is set to Listen Only mode
by setting its address to 31 (switches SW3-1 through SW3-5 all open).

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