Chapter 1 Before You Start ...
How to Use This Guide
1-8 Programming Guide
• Review the remaining information in this guide to determine what is applicable
to your programming requirements.
If you need more information than is contained in this guide, see the section in this
chapter titled “Related Documentation.”
Applications
After you have read the appropriate information and written some measurement
programs, you may want to expand the scope of your applications. The following
two techniques are explained in detail:
• If you are going to write interrupt-driven programs (or if you just want to
determine the status of the Counter), read the section titled “Status Reporting”
in Chapter 3.
• If you are going to write programs to transfer data between the Counter and
an external computer, read the sections titled “Overview of Response Message
Formats,” and “Command Settings for Optimizing Throughput” in Chapter 3.