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Send#

Sends a string (command) to the selected device.

Description#

Sends the entered string (command) to the selected device via the communication interface (TCP/IP, RS232, GPIB) defined for the device. A termination character (LF, CR, CR and LF or Null) is added to the entered string and the string is encoded (ISO 8859-1) as set in the device properties. The communication interface, termination character and encoding can be set (if the respective option is available) for the corresponding device in the device manager.

Input parameters#

Parameter Description
Device The device to which the command is sent.
Command The string that is send to the selected device. Must be not empty. (character encoding as set in device properties if this option is available)

Supported devices#

Every device that is available in the device manager.

Example#

Goal:\ Sending the *IDN? command to a device that can process SCPI commands.

Hardware setup:\ Connect a device (that can process SCPI commmands) to the computer running Measmatic over TCP/IP. 

flowchart LR
    A(Measmatic) o---o |TCP/IP| B(Device)

In the device manager add a new generic device to the current test site configuration. Change the name, the IP address and port in the device properties of the device.

Measmatic setup:

  1. Add a new Send test to the test sequence by dragging and dropping a Send test from the test picker into the test sequence.
  2. Select the device in the Device selector and enter IDN? into the Command* input.
  3. To receive the device's response, add a new Receive test to the test sequence.
  4. Execute the test sequence by pressing the run all tests button.

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