GPIB interface of IBM-PC compatible microcomputer and multimeter HP3457A for the automatization of temperature measurements

The measurement of temperature distribution of the beam transport devices, utilized in the IEAv linac, takes several hours to be completed. At the beam transport laboratory, these experiments are controlled with the help of a MS-quick BASIC code denominated TERMOJ. This code uses the software of STD-8410 plate to promote the communication between an IBM-PC compatible microcomputer and the programmable multimeter HP3457A via GPIB interface. This work presents information for the automation of experiments using thermocouples to obtain temperature distributions with the TERMOJ code. Also, suggestions of how modify the algorithm of the program for the specific situations are indicated. (author)