C(continued)
Command Reference (continued) DATA subsystem, 97 FETCh? command, 98 INITiate subsystem, 99 INPut subsystem, 100 MEASure subsystem, 101– 110 OUTPut subsystem, 111– 112 READ? command, 113 SAMPle subsystem, 114– 115 SCPI commands, 71– 161
quick reference, 167– 170 [SENSe:] subsystem, 116– 152 STATus subsystem, 153– 154 SYSTem subsystem, 155 TRIGger subsystem, 156– 161
Commands
*CLS, 155, 163 *ESE, 163 *ESE?, 163 *ESR?, 164 *IDN?, 164 *OPC, 164 *OPC?, 165 *RST, 165 *SRE, 60, 165 *SRE?, 165 *STB?, 166 *TRG, 46, 48, 160 *TST?, 166 *WAI, 166 abbreviated, 68 common (*), 162– 167 common command format, 67 implied, 68
linking, 69
SCPI command format, 67 separator, 68
types of, 67
upper case vs. lower case, 68 Common (*) Commands
*CLS, 155, 163 *ESE, 163 *ESE?, 163 *ESR?, 164 *IDN?, 164 *OPC, 164
Common (*) Commands (continued) *OPC?, 165
*RST, 165 *SRE, 60, 165 *SRE?, 165 *STB?, 166 *TRG, 46, 48, 160 *TST?, 166 *WAI, 166 format, 67
quick reference, 162, 167 Common Mode
errors, 35
rejection (CMR), 27 CONFigure Subsystem, 85– 95
CONF:CURRent:AC, 87
CONF:CURRent[:DC], 88 CONF:FREQuency, 89 CONF:FRESistance, 90 CONF:PERiod, 91 CONF:RESistance, 92 CONF:VOLTage:AC, 93 CONF[:VOLTage[:DC]], 94 CONF[:VOLTage[:DC]]:RATio, 95
CONFigure? Command, 96 Configuring for Highest Accuracy
Measurements, 184 Connections
best type, 25
current measurement, 22 frequency measurement, 19 functional multimeter, 19– 22 period measurement, 19
voltage measurement, 20
voltage ratio (Vdc) measurement, 20 Count
point calibrations, 79 readings, 74, 114– 115 samples, 51, 114– 115 trigger, 48– 49, 156– 157
Crest Factor Error, 33, 180 Current
ac
high speed measurements, 36 measurement errors, 36 range, 87, 119– 120
range vs. resolution, 71
