Chapter 5 Remote Interface Reference

Service-Related Commands

*RST

 

Reset the instrument to the Factory configuration. See “Factory Reset

 

State” on page 160 in chapter 4 for a complete listing of the instrument’s

 

Factory Reset state. This command is equivalent to selecting

 

FACTORY RESET from the front-panel Sto/Rcl Menu.

 

SYSTem:PRESet

 

Preset the instrument to a known configuration. See “Instrument Preset

 

State” on page 161 in chapter 4 for a complete listing of the instrument’s

 

preset state. This command is equivalent to selecting PRESET from the

 

front-panel Sto/Rcl Menu.

 

SYSTem:CPON {100200300ALL}

 

Reset the module in the specified slot to its power-on state (CPON means

 

“card power on”). To reset all three slots, specify ALL.

 

SYSTem:VERSion?

 

 

Query the instrument to determine the present SCPI version. Returns a

 

string in the form “YYYY.V”, where “YYYY” represents the year of the

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version, and “V” represents a version number for that year (e.g., 1994.0).

 

*TST?

 

Perform a complete self-test of the instrument. Returns “0” if the

 

self-test is successful, or “1” if the test fails.

 

*WAI

 

Wait until the completion of the current scan to process any further

 

commands. To abort the scan, send a Device Clear command. Note that

 

this command will wait until the entire scan is complete (may hang

 

indefinitely if a continuous scan is in progress).

 

*OPC

 

Set the “Operation Complete” bit (bit 0) in the Standard Event register

 

at the completion of the current scan. Note that this command will wait

 

until the entire scan is complete (may hang indefinitely if a continuous

 

scan is in progress).

 

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