repairing/testing 82161a IL issue using 82162a

[Sylvain Cote]

In the 1980s, my HP-IL debugging setup was:

• HP-41 (C, CV or CX) → HP-IL loop controller
  • 82160A HP-IL module
  • 82183A Extended I/O module
    
• HP-41 (C, CV or CX) → HP-IL messages tracer #1 (before peripheral)
  • 82160A HP-IL module
  • 00041-15043 HP-IL Development Module (SCOPE mode with 1.5 delay mode)
  • 82143A Thermal Printer (to print HP-IL messages without affecting HP-IL loop)
    
• The HP-IL peripheral to debug
• HP-41 (C, CV or CX) → HP-IL messages tracer #2 (after peripheral)
  • 82160A HP-IL module
  • 00041-15043 HP-IL Development Module (SCOPE mode with 1.5 delay mode)
  • 82143A Thermal Printer (to print HP-IL messages without affecting HP-IL loop)
    

Today, my HP-IL debugging setup is:

• HP-41 (C, CV or CX) → HP-IL loop controller
  • 82160A HP-IL module
  • 82183A Extended I/O module
    
• PIL-Box → HP-IL messages tracer #1 (before peripheral)
  • connected to a PC with USB running pyILPER/ILPER/etc with a SCOPE window active and logging to a file
    
• The HP-IL peripheral to debug
• PIL-Box → HP-IL messages tracer #2 (after peripheral)
  • connected to a PC with USB running pyILPER/ILPER/etc with a SCOPE window active and logging to a file