Using the *wai command, example program 7, Using the, Command, example – HP 8360 User Manual

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100: Setup the source’s sweep time to 1 second.

110: Send the

command to the source to ensure that the

previous commands are completed and the source is ready to begin
controlled sweeps.

120: Enter the response to the *OPC? into the variable X. The

response should be a ‘1’.

130: Start of the loop.

140 and 150: Prompt the operator for the number of sweeps to

take. The number of sweeps to take is stored in the variable N.
Enter 0 to quit the program.

160: Don’t take any sweeps if N is less than 0.

170: Start a FOR/NEXT loop to take N sweeps.

180: Display the number of this sweep on the computer display.

190: Initiate a single sweep on the source and then wait until

the pending operation is complete. Return a ‘1’ when the sweep
completes.

200: Enter the response to the *OPC? into the variable X. The
program execution will halt on this ENTER statement until the
sweep is finished.

210: Repeat the

sequence N times.

220: End of the IF statement to skip sweeps if N is negative.

230: Exit the program if the value of N is 0.

Using the

The following example illustrates the use of the

command to

Command, Example

cause the synthesizer to perform a synchronous sweep.

Program 7

10

20

ABORT 7

30

LOCAL 7

40

CLEAR Source

50

REMOTE Source

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70

OUTPUT

80

OUTPUT

STOP

MODE

90

OUTPUT

100

OUTPUT

110

ENTER Source;X

120

FOR

TO 4

130

OUTPUT

140

OUTPUT

150

OUTPUT

160

OUTPUT

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OUTPUT

180

OUTPUT

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