GIP User's Guide This manual supplements the 54XXA Series Scalar Measurement Systems Operation Manual. Insert it behind the tab marked "Options/Supplements" in that manual. This User’s Guide provides information for operating Series 54XXA Scalar Measurement Systems with the IEEE-488 General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB). All 54XXA GPIB commands (i.e., Product Specific Commands) are listed and described. The set of IEEE-488 Interface Function Messages recognized by the 54XXA are listed and the 54XXA response described. Included is a brief description of the IEEE-488 General Purpose Interface Bus hardware and the bus data transfer and control functions. The information about the IEEE-488 Interface bus presented in this manual is general in nature. For complete and specific information, refer to the ANSI/IEEE Std 4881978 document entitled “IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation”. This document precisely defines the set of dedicated hardware signal lines Interface functions, protocols, and messages for the Interface bus. This manual is intended to be used in conjunction with the Series 54XXA Scalar Measurement System Operation Manual. Refer to that manual for information about equipment set up for GPIB operation and installation of the National Instruments GPIB-PCII/IIA Interface card and associated Software For additional information about use of 54XXA systems with the IEEE-488 GPIB bus, refer to Application Note 5400A-3 (located behind this manual). This application note contains example program routines for automated data save/recall operations that are written in Microsoft QuickBasic ®.

GIP User's Guide This manual supplements the 54XXA Series Scalar Measurement Systems Operation Manual. Insert it behind the tab marked "Options/Supplements" in that manual. This User’s Guide provides information for operating Series 54XXA Scalar Measurement Systems with the IEEE-488 General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB). All 54XXA GPIB commands (i.e., Product Specific Commands) are listed and described. The set of IEEE-488 Interface Function Messages recognized by the 54XXA are listed and the 54XXA response described. Included is a brief description of the IEEE-488 General Purpose Interface Bus hardware and the bus data transfer and control functions. The information about the IEEE-488 Interface bus presented in this manual is general in nature. For complete and specific information, refer to the ANSI/IEEE Std 4881978 document entitled “IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation”. This document precisely defines the set of dedicated hardware signal lines Interface functions, protocols, and messages for the Interface bus. This manual is intended to be used in conjunction with the Series 54XXA Scalar Measurement System Operation Manual. Refer to that manual for information about equipment set up for GPIB operation and installation of the National Instruments GPIB-PCII/IIA Interface card and associated Software For additional information about use of 54XXA systems with the IEEE-488 GPIB bus, refer to Application Note 5400A-3 (located behind this manual). This application note contains example program routines for automated data save/recall operations that are written in Microsoft QuickBasic ®.