Interface/Instrument Behaviour Settings – The SYSTem Subsystem

Instrument Setup and Status

command:

syntax:

description:

parameters:

response:

example:

:SYSTem:HELP:HEADers?

:SYSTem:HELP:HEADers?

Returns a list of GPIB commands.

none

Returns a list of GPIB commands

syst:help:head? → Returns a list of all GPIB commands

command:

:SYSTem:PRESet

 

syntax:

:SYSTem:PRESet

description:

Sets the mainframe and all installed modules to their standard settings. This command has

 

the same function as the Preset hardkey.

 

The following are not affected by this command:

 

• the GPIB (interface) state,

 

• the backlight and contrast of the display,

 

• the interface address,

 

• the output and error queues,

 

• the Service Request Enable register (SRE),

 

• the Status Byte (STB),

 

• the Standard Event Status Enable Mask (SESEM), and

 

• the Standard Event Status Register (SESR).

parameters:

none

response:

none

example:

SYST:PRES

 

 

command:

syntax:

description:

parameters:

response:

example:

:SYSTem:TIME

:SYSTem:TIME<wsp><hour>,<minute>,<second> Sets the instrument’s internal time.

•the first value is the hour (0 .. 23),

•the second value is the minute, and

•the third value is the seconds.

none

syst:time 20,15,30

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8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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