HP E1418A manual Command Types, Common Command Format

Chapter 3

HP E1418A SCPI Command Reference

Using This Chapter

This chapter describes Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation (SCPI) and summarizes IEEE 488.2 Common (*) Commands applicable to the HP E1418A D/A Converter Module. This chapter contains the following sections:

∙	Command Types	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 59
∙	SCPI Command Reference	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 62
∙	ABORt Subsystem . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 63
∙	APPLy Subsystem . . . .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 64

∙CALibration Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 66

∙DIAGnostic Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 76

∙INITiate Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 80

∙OUTPut Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 81

∙SOURce Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 84

∙STATus Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 95

∙	SYSTem Subsystem	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . .	. . .	. Page 100
∙	TEST Subsystem .	. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. . . .	. . .	. Page 101

∙TRIGger Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 104

∙IEEE 488.2 Common Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . Page 106

∙HP E1418A Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 107

Command Types

Common

Command

Format

Commands are separated into two types: IEEE 488.2 Common Commands and SCPI Commands.

The IEEE 488.2 standard defines the common commands that perform functions like reset, self-test, status byte query, etc. Common commands are four or five characters in length, always begin with the asterisk character (*), and may include one or more parameters. The command keyword is separated from the first parameter by a space character. Common commands are not documented, except in a general manner, in this manual. Some examples of common commands are:

*RST

*ESR 32

*STB?

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