How to clear a HP 5316A counter over GPIB ?

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I use a HP 5316A counter to count the output of a particle detector. The counter is controlled from Labview through GPIB.

Everything works well with the exception that I don't know how to clear (zero) the counter through GPIB (what pushing the RESET/LOCAL button on the front panel does).

The GPIB RE command resets the whole instrument to its default values, threshold and all, like power cycling would.

How do I clear the counter through GPIB ?

Can anybody send me a list of GPIB instructions for this counter or a copy of its user manual ?

Thank you

George

mike · Accepted Answer

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Mantra · Answer

You can use a GPIB bus clear or a GPIB device clear. These are integral to GPIB rather than the instrument command set (which is why you didn't find it). On newer instruments (I think the 5316 is too old) you can do the IEEE488.2 *RST command. The specifics of how to do a device clear depend on the driver you are using. For VISA it's 'viGpibSendIFC' for bus clear and 'viClear' for device clear.

How to clear a HP 5316A counter over GPIB ?

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