5020A
Users Manual
Commands
Table 4 lists the commands in alphabetical order. In this section the commands are arranged into the following groups:
Alarm Commands - commands for alarm settings. alarm commands Measurement Commands - commands for reading measurement data. Data Commands
Measurement Control Commands – commands for the timing and action of the measurement process.
Channel Commands - commands for selecting channels. Calibration Commands - commands for calibration settings.
System Commands - commands for general system configuration parameters.
Communication Interface Commands - commands for controlling the interface configuration (serial and IR ports).
Date and Time Commands - commands for setting the date, time and the date and time formats.
Password Commands - commands for enabling and disabling the password, for setting the password, and for checking the password protection state.
Status Commands - commands to report the status and condition of the instrument.
Each section provides the command structure (long and short format), a description of the command purpose, a command example, an example of what the command returns (as applicable to query commands), and notes specific to the command. The following apply to each group of commands:
•Upper case letters designate syntax that is required when issuing the command. Lower case letters are optional and may be omitted.
•<>indicates a required parameter.
•[] indicates an optional parameter.
•() indicates a group of parameters that must be used together.
•‘’ indicates alternate parameter values.
•<str> indicates a string of ASCII characters is required.
•<chn> indicates a channel number is required.
•<num> indicates an integer value is required.
•<bool> indicates a boolean value (0 or 1) is required. The mnemonics OFF and ON are also accepted for 0 and 1, respectively.
•<unit> indicates a temperature unit (C or F) is required.
•<float> indicates a floating point value is required.
•<pass> indicates a four digit numeric password is required.
•<port> indicates a port number is required.
•<year> indicates a four digit number for the year is required.
•<month> indicates a one or two digit number for the month is required.
•<day> indicates a one or two digit number for the day is required.
