Program Fact 1. Remotely Control FlexOTO Stations

This programmer's help documents the SCPI commands needed to build FlexOTO Hardware Diagrams and run Station Test Plans. However, we recommend that you:

  • Build the Hardware Diagram using the graphical user interface as this task should rarely be done or changed. Use Setup files to save your configuration.
  • If you decide to write scripts for the Hardware Diagram, take a look at this example script, which demonstrates a complete setup.

  • Write programs to build and run Test Programs on each launched Station.

See the following table for the VISA addresses that FlexOTO automatically assigns to Stations. Notice that the hislip address index is shown in red to highlight that the index matches the Station number.

Send FlexOTO programming commands to FlexOTO's Stations. Never send FlexDCA or FlexOTO commands to FlexDCA or the optical switch.

Automatically Assigned Hardware Diagram and Station HiSLIP Addresses
Process
Tabs
HiSLIP Address
Hardware Diagram TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip0,4880::INSTR
Station 1 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip1,4880::INSTR
Station 2 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip2,4880::INSTR
Station 3 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip3,4880::INSTR
Station 4 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip4,4880::INSTR
Station 5 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip5,4880::INSTR
Station 6 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip6,4880::INSTR
Station 7 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip7,4880::INSTR
Station 8 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip8,4880::INSTR
Station 9 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip9,4880::INSTR
Station 10 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip10,4880::INSTR
Station 11 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip11,4880::INSTR
Station 12 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip12,4880::INSTR
Station 13 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip13,4880::INSTR
Station 14 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip14,4880::INSTR
Station 15 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip15,4880::INSTR
Station 16 TCPIP0::<computer name>::hislip16,4880::INSTR