GPIB remote control system

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About GPIB

GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus) is an interface standard for connecting computers and peripherals, which supports the following international standards: IEEE 488.1, IEC-625, IEEE 488.2, and JIS-C1901. The GPIB interface allows you to control the Keysight E5071C from an external computer. The computer sends commands and instructions to the E5071C and receives data sent from the E5071C via GPIB.

System Configuration

Use GPIB cables to connect between the E5071C, the external controller (computer), and peripherals. The following figure shows the overview of the system configuration of the GPIB remote control system.

Configuration of the GPIB remote control system

 

Required Equipment

Scale of system you can construct

Device selector

The device selector is a unique value assigned to each device that is used by the controller to select the control target (to send/receive messages) among devices connected on the GPIB remote control system.

The device selector consists of a select code (usually, 7) and a GPIB address. For example, when the select code is 7 and the GPIB address is 17, the device selector is 717. The select code must be set for each system. The GPIB address must be set to a unique value for each device, which is used to identify devices on the same system. In the description and sample programs in this manual, it is assumed that the device selector is set to 717.

Setting the GPIB address of E5071C

To set the GPIB address for talker/listener mode, See Setting_talker_listener_GPIB_address_of_E5071C.