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CHAPTER 2 Quick Start - Just the Basics
Defining Instrument Commands
Does your instrument require a command from the computer to prompt
it to start or stop transmitting data? Check your instrument’s manual
for a section on ‘External Control’.
1. If your instrument does require such commands, work your way
through the following section.
2. If your instrument does not require a command from the computer,
click the ‘OK’ button and skip ahead to the section, ‘Opening the
Instrument’, Page 15.
If your instrument requires a command from the computer, click on the
‘Command’ button located along the bottom of the [Setup Instruments]
dialog box (see Figure 2.2, Page 10) to open the [Instrument Command
Setup] dialog box, shown in Figure 2.4.
Figure 2.4: Define the instrument commands
You can enter up to twenty commands here, which you can then send
to the instrument to control its operation. For example, your instrument
may require SWD-Collect to send a command of ‘S’ to prompt the
instrument to send data.
Please refer to Chapter 4, (see Pages 36 to 38) for additional information on sending commands.
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