IEEE 488.2 Common Commands Quick Reference

This table lists, by functional group, the IEEE 488.2 Common (*) Commands that can be executed by the E1563A and E1564A Digitizers. However, commands are listed alphabetically in the following reference. Examples are shown in the reference when the command has parameters or returns a non-trivial response. Otherwise, the command string is as shown in the table. For additional information, see IEEE Standard 488.2-1987.

Category

Command

Title

 

Description

 

 

 

 

System Data

*IDN

Identification

Returns the identification string of the

 

 

 

Digitizer. Includes latest firmware version.

 

 

 

 

Internal

*RST

Reset

Resets the Digitizer to:

Operations

 

 

range:

256V

 

 

 

 

 

 

input state:

ON

 

 

 

input filter:

OFF

 

 

 

TTLT states: OFF

 

 

 

data format:

ASCii

 

 

 

See Chapter 2 for the reset state.

 

 

 

 

Internal

*TST

Self-Test

Returns “0” if self-test passes. Returns

Operations

 

 

a non-zero value if self-test fails. Use

 

 

 

SYST:ERR? to retrieve the error from the

 

 

 

Digitizer. See Appendix C for a complete

 

 

 

list of error numbers and their description.

 

 

 

 

Synchronization

*OPC

Operation Complete

Operation Complete Command

 

*OPC?

Operation Complete Query

Operation Complete Query

 

*WAI

Wait to Complete

Wait-to-Continue Command

 

 

 

 

Status & Event

*CLS

Clear Status

Clear Status Command

 

*ESE <unmask>

Event Status Enable

Standard Event Status Enable Cmd

 

*ESE?

Event Status Enable Query

Standard Event Status Enable Query

 

*ESR?

Event Status Register Query

Standard Event Status Register Query

 

*SRE <unmask>

Service Request Enable

Service Request Enable Command

 

*SRE?

Service Request Query

Service Request Enable Query

 

*STB?

Read Status Byte Query

Read Status Byte Query

 

 

 

 

Bus Operation

*TRG

Bus Trigger

When the digitizer is in the wait-for-trigger

 

 

 

state and the trigger source is

 

 

 

TRIGger:SOURce BUS, use *TRG to

 

 

 

trigger the digitizer.

 

 

 

 

 

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