Some BASIC examples:
10 CLEAR 7
to clear all GPIB instruments, or
10 CLEAR 719
to clear an addressed instrument.
Related statements used by some computers:
RESET
CONTROL
SEND
The preceding statements are primarily management commands
that do not incorp orate programming co des. The following two
statements do incorp orate programming co des, and are used for data
communication.
Output
Output is used to send function commands and data commands from
the controller to the addressed instrument. The syntax is:
where USING is a secondary command that formats the output in a
particular way, such as a binary or ASCI I representation of numbers.
The USING command is followed by \image items" that precisely
dene the format of the output; these image items can b e a string of
co de characters, or a reference to a statement line in the computer
program. Image items are explained in the programming co des where
they are needed. Notice that this syntax is virtually identical to the
syntax for the ENTER statement that follows.
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