VISA: Monitor a Channel to Ensure it Remains in Limit Read Me

This sample program shows how you can use the counter's status registers to determine when a command sequence is completed.

Date: Sep 2003

Version: 1.0

Language: Microsoft® Visual Basic 6

Instruments: Frequency Counters

OS Requirements: Microsoft Windows® 98 SE, NT® 4.0, ME, 2000, or XP

Additional Software: Agilent IO Libraries M.01.01.04 (or later)

This sample program shows how you can use the counter's status registers to determine when a command sequence is completed. The program sets up the counter to make period measurements indefinitely until an out of limits measurement occurs. The upper limit is set to 1.05 ms and the lower limit is set to .95 ms. If a measurement falls outside of these limits, the counter will stop measuring and send the out of limits period to the computer. The out of limit period is sent in ASCII format to preserve resolution.

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