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Measurement Computing Micro 488/EX rev.2.1 User Manual

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Section 4

General Programming

4.4

The Micro488/EX will respond with…
Micro488/EX Revision 1.0 Copyright (C) 1988 IOtech
Inc.

Now type…
SET TIME 1:00 PM

TIME

The Micro488/EX will respond with…
01:00:02 PM

The actual time returned will depend, of course, on how long an interval
passes between typing the SET TIME and TIME commands.

Now type the following to change the TIME output to a 24 hour format.
TIME FORMAT HH:MM:SS

TIME

The Micro488/EX will respond with…
13:00:15

To test the functionality of the WAIT command, type…
SET TIME 1:00 PM

WAIT TIME 1:01 PM

TIME

There will be a one minute delay at which time the Micro488/EX will
respond with…
13:01:00

For more information, refer to the following TIME related commands.

SET TIME
TIME
TIME FORMAT
WAIT