Commands Listed in Alphabetical Order
Commands that affect BUSY? response
Operation Command
Single sequence
acquisition
ACQuire:STATEON or
ACQuire:STATERUN or
ACQuire:STATE1
(when ACQuire:STOPAfteris set to SEQuence)
Hard copy operation HARDCopy STArt
Calibration step Refer to the optional oscilloscope Service Manual.
Examples BUSY? might return :BUSY 1 indicating that the oscilloscope is currently busy.
*CAL? (Query Only)
Performs an internal self-calibration and returns the oscilloscope calibration status.
NOTE. Disconnect or otherwise remove all input signals prior to starting
self-calibration. The self-calibration can take several minutes to complete.
No other commands are executed until calibration is complete.
Group Calibration and Diagnostic
Syntax *CAL?
Returns <NR1> = 1 indicates the calibration did not complete successfully.
<NR1> = 0 indicates the calibration completed without errors.
Examples *CAL? starts the internal signal path calibration and might return 0 to indicate that
the calibration was successful.
CALibrate:FACtory:STATus? (Query Only)
Returns the factory calibration status value saved in nonvolatile memory.
Group Calibration and Diagnostic
Syntax CALibrate:FACtory:STATus?
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