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GPIB-232/485CT-A User Manual

About This Manual

The GPIB-232/485CT-A User Manual describes the features, functions, 

and operation of the GPIB-232CT-A and GPIB-485CT-A. This manual 

assumes that you have a general knowledge of RS-232 or RS-485 serial 

communications and the GPIB.

Conventions

The following conventions appear in this manual:

This icon denotes a note, which alerts you to important information.

This icon denotes a caution, which advises you of precautions to take to 

avoid injury, data loss, or a system crash.

bold

Bold text denotes items that you must select or click on in the software, 

such as menu items and dialog box options. Bold text also denotes 

parameter names.

GPIB-232/485CT-A

GPIB-232/485CT-A refers to either the GPIB-232CT-A or GPIB-485CT-A 

box.

IEEE 488 and

IEEE 488 and IEEE 488.2 refer to the ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987 

IEEE 488.2

and the ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.2-1992, respectively, which define the 

GPIB.

italic

Italic text denotes variables, emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction 

to a key concept. This font also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word 

or value that you must supply.

monospace

Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the 

keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and syntax examples. 

This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives, paths, directories, 

programs, subprograms, subroutines, device names, functions, operations, 

variables, filenames and extensions, and code excerpts.

monospace bold

Bold text in this font denotes the messages and responses that the computer 

automatically prints to the screen. This font also emphasizes lines of code 

that are different from the other examples.