50g

Maybe I don't understand the nature of your problem.
Are you getting the error when you press the "xmit"
key? Or are you getting the error when you try to put
"*IDN?" on level 1 of the stack?

--- ntesla66 <ntesla66@...> wrote:

> No go Don. It gives me the "too few arguments" error
> or just multiple
> quotes. Trying to get the darned thing to send
> strings of ASCII
> characters to control my HP35670a analyzer.
> Interface is serial
> through a national instruments GBIP-232CV-A
> converter and I have
> Eric's rs-232 cable..which works great by the way.
> Regards
> Matthew
> 
> --- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, Don Hart <ddhart1@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Press the alpha shift key first, then the *
> > 
> > --- ntesla66 <ntesla66@...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Howdy All. Yep I set hyperterminal to "8N1 19k
> baud
> > > Xon/off" and the
> > > program works as advertised. You have to be sure
> and
> > > set these
> > > parameters in the "APPS" i/o functions transfer
> > > section and leave it
> > > set to Kermit. 
> > > I have a newbie question (the 50g is my first HP
> > > calc ever) How do I
> > > pass characters that the calc recognizes as
> > > operators with out a
> > > syntax error? Characters such as +*? . Say I
> wanted
> > > to transmit the
> > > string "*IDN?" This would cause a GPIB device to
> > > return its identity.
> > > Regards
> > > Matthew
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >      
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