HP 8360 manual Introduction, Ieee 488.2 Common Commands

SCPI COMMAND SUMMARY

Introduction

IEEE 488.2 Common Commands

This entry is organized as follows:

1.IEEE 488.2 common commands in alphabetical order.

2.Command table of SCPI programming commands.

3.Alphabetical listing of commands with descriptions.

a *cLs

Clear the Status Byte, the Data Questionable Event Register, the Standard Event Status Register, the Standard Operation Status Register, the error queue, the OPC pending flag, and any other registers that are summarized in the Status Byte.

•*ESE <nun>

•*ESE?

Sets and queries the value of the Standard Event Status Enable Register.

•*ESR?

Queries the value of the Standard Event Status Register. This is a destructive read.

a *IDN?

This returns an identifying string to the HP-IB. The response is in the following format: HEWLETT-PACKARD,model,serialnumber ,DD

MMMYY, where the actual model number, serial number, and firmware revision of the synthesizer queried is passed.

a *LRN?

This returns a long string of device specific characters that, when sent back to the synthesizer, restores that instrument state.

Operation complete command. The synthesizer generates the OPC message in the Standard Event Status Register when all pending operations have finished (such as, “sweep” or “selftest”).

•*OPC?

Operation complete query. The synthesizer returns an ASCII “1” when all pending operations have finished.

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