HP (Hewlett-Packard) HP 8360 Manuel D’Utilisation

Although discrete parameters values look like command keywords,
do not confuse the two. In particular, be sure to use colons and
spaces properly. Use a colon to separate command mnemonics from
each other. Use a space to separate parameters from command
mnemonics.

Boolean Parameters. Boolean parameters represent a single binary
condition that is either true or false. There are only four possible
values for a Boolean parameter.

Examples of Boolean parameters:

O N

OFF

1

0

Examples of Boolean parameters in commands:

100 OUTPUT 

 

110 OUTPUT 

 

When debugging a program, you may want to know if an instrument

error has occurred. Some instruments can display error messages on
their front panels. If your instrument cannot do this, you can put the
following code segment in your program to read and display error
messages.

10 !

T h e   r e s t   o f   y o u r

!   v a r i a b l e   d e c l a r a t i o n s

60 INTEGER Err-num
70 !
80 ! Part of your program
9 0   !   t h a t   g e n e r a t e s   e r r o r s

100 !
110 !

200 REPEAT
210

OUTPUT 

220

!   q u e r y   i n s t r u m e n t   e r r o r

230

ENTER 

240

! Read error 

 message

250

PRINT 

260

!   P r i n t   e r r o r   m e s s a g e

270 UNTIL Err-num = 0
2 8 0   !   R e p e a t   u n t i l   n o   e r r o r s
290 !
3 0 0   !   T h e   r e s t   o f   y o u r   p r o g r a m
310 !