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IBASIC Controller
Introduction
Introduction
The Test Set contains an instrument controller that can run programs
to control the various instruments in the Test Set and
instruments/devices connected to the Test Set’s external I/O ports
(HP-IB, serial, and parallel). Refer to “Overview of the Test Set” on page
22 for a complete description of the Test Set’s hardware architecture.
The instrument controller runs a subset of the Agilent Technologies
Rocky Mountain BASIC programming language called Agilent
Technologies Instrument BASIC or IBASIC. Using this programming
language, it is possible to develop programs which use the Test Set’s
instruments to automatically test a variety of radios. Software is
available from Agilent Technologies for testing the major radio systems
currently in use today. Users can also develop their own IBASIC
programs for automated radio testing.
This chapter is designed to provide the programmer with the
information needed to develop IBASIC programs for use on the built-in
IBASIC controller. Refer to the individual Agilent Technologies
software manuals for information on using the IBASIC controller with
Agilent supplied software.
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