Fluke PM6681R, PM6685R manual The *RST Command, The *CLS Command, Initialization and Resetting

Introduction to SCPI

The *RST Command

Use this command to reset a device. It initializes the device-specific functions in the Counter.

The following happens when you use the *RST command:

–You set the Counter-specific functions to a known default state. The *RST condition for each command is given in the com- mand reference chapters.

–You disable macros.

–You set the counter in an idle state (outputs are disabled), so that it can start new oper- ations.

The *CLS Command

Use this command to clear the status data structures. See ‘Status Reporting system’ in this chapter.

The following happens when you use the *CLS command:

–The instrument clears all event registers summarized in the status byte register.

–It empties all queues, which are summa- rized in the status byte register, except the output queue, which is summarized in the MAV bit.

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