[time-nuts] 2 questions on HP 5371A/5372A

[Ed Palmer]

Geez, you'd think nobody had one of these things.

1.  The 5372A doesn't use anything so common as "gate time".  No, it 
uses "interval sampling" instead.  Take a look in the Operating Manual 
on page 1-23 "Time Interval Measurement with Interval Sampling Arming".  
Clear as mud, isn't it?  But that's what you want.  The maximum gate 
time is 8 seconds.  The same applies to frequency measurements.

2.  The closest thing they've got to a screensaver is the "Display 
Blank" which really isn't anything close to a screensaver. :-(   It's 
described on page 12-6.

Ed


On 9/5/2013 7:59 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
> 1.       what or where is the gate time for the 5371A/5372A
>
> 2.       how do I turn that CRT off while making very  l o n g  GPIB measurements?
>