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Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI)

ABOUT THIS APPENDIX

IF YOU WILL NOT BE PROGRAMMING USING SCPI COMMANDS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ THIS APPENDIX.

This appendix documents the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI), formerly known as TMSL, and applies to Agilent Models 603xA Series Autoranging System DC Power Supplies with the serial numbers shown on the cover page of this manual.

READER PATH

All readers should read the "INTRODUCTION" of this appendix.

If you are unfamiliar with the Agilent 603xA power supplies, read through Section 3 of this Operating manual first, then return to this appendix.

If you are unfamiliar with SCPI, see "References", in this appendix.

NOTE	TMSL (Test and Measurement Systems Language) and HPSL
	are earlier versions of SCPI. If you have used either of these languages, you probably will have no
	difficulty using SCPI.

If you are familiar with SCPI, but unfamiliar with programming this power supply, read the ’’Language Dictionary" and "Status Reporting" in this appendix.

REFERENCES

The following documents will assist you with programming in SCPI

∙.1Beginner’s Guide to SCPI Agilent Part No. H2325-90001.

Highly recommended for anyone who is not a programmer and who has not had previous

SCPI (or TMSL) programming experience.

∙·1Tutorial Description of the Agilent Technologies Interface Bus Agilent Part No. 5952-0156. Highly recommended for those not experienced with the IEEE 488.1 and 488.2 standards.

∙These are two formal documents concerning the GP-IB interface:

2ANSI/IEEE Std 488.1-1987. IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation. Defines the technical details of the GP-IB interface. While much of the information is beyond the need of most programmers, it can be used to clarify formal definitions of terms used in this and related documents.

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