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Operating and Programming
• When a sequence is defined, the specified commands are checked for
proper syntax and absolute parameter range limits. If an error is
detected during compilation, the entire sequence will be discarded.
More extensive error checking, such as channel range expansion and
validation, is performed when the sequence is executed.
• If you define a sequence with a name already in use by another
sequence, the new definition will overwrite the previous definition (no
error is generated).
• A sequence name can contain up to 30 characters. The first character
must be a letter (A- Z), but the remaining 29 characters can be letters,
numbers (0- 9), or an underscore ( _ ). Blank spaces are not allowed.
• When stored in memory, the user- defined sequence names are
converted to all uppercase letters. For example, when stored
“MySeq_1” is converted to “MYSEQ_1”.
• A sequence may invoke another sequence, but may not invoke itself
recursively. In addition, the number of invocations is limited to four
levels of nesting and this is enforced at the time of execution.
Exceeding the limit will abort the sequence and an error will be
generated.
• At the time of sequence definition, a sequence may reference another
undefined sequence; however, at the time of execution an error will be
generated if an undefined sequence is invoked.
• Up to 500 unique sequences can be stored in non- volatile memory.
Each sequence is limited to 1024 bytes.
• While a scan is running (see
instrument prevents use of all channels in banks that contain one or
more channels in the specified scan list (these channels are dedicated
to
the scan). Therefore, if a sequence attempts to operate a channel in
a scanned bank, an error is generated and the entire sequence will
be discarded.
• If the command overlap function is enabled, all switching operations
within the sequence follow the overlapping rules. If the command
overlap function is disabled, all commands within the sequence are
processed in a serial fashion in the exact order in which they are
received. Note, however, that within a single command containing a
<ch_list> parameter (e.g.,
ROUT:CLOSE (@1001:1010)
), the order of the
individual switch operations is not guaranteed.
The following command defines a sequence named “MYSEQ_1”, which
closes several channels on the instrument and then opens a single
channel.
ROUT:SEQ:DEF MYSEQ_1,"ROUT:CLOS (@1001:1009);OPEN (@1001)"