Fluke Autoranging CombiScope Instrument PM-3390B User Manual
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CONTENTS
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1 ABOUT THIS MANUAL
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1.1
What this Manual Contains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
2 GETTING STARTED WITH SCPI PROGRAMMING
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2.1
Preparations for SCPI Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1.1
2.1.1
System setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.1.2
Programming environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
2.2
Initializing the CombiScope Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.2.1
2.2.1
How to reset the CombiScope instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.2.2
How to identify the CombiScope instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.2.3
How to switch between digital and analog mode . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.3
Error Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
2.4
Acquiring Traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
2.4.1
2.4.1
How to acquire a single shot trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
2.4.2
How to acquire repetitive traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
2.5
Measuring Signal Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
2.5.1
2.5.1
How to make a single shot measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
2.5.2
How to make repeated measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
3 USING THE COMBISCOPE INSTRUMENTS
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3.1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.2
Fundamental Programming Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.2.1
3.2.1
Measurement instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.2.2
Single function programming using the instrument model . . 3-5
3.2.3
Instrument setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.2.4
Front panel simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7