Installation1–24 VX4101A MultiPaq Instrument User ManualTable 1–6: Commands Available at Power-On (Cont.)
Command Syntax DescriptionCommand Type
STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle? Status and Event
Reporting System Queries the Questionable Enable
Register for the VX4101A
STATus:QUEStionable:PTRansi-
tion Status and Event
Reporting System Sets the Questionable Positive
Transition Filter for the VX4101A
STATus:QUEStionable:PTRansi-
tion? Status and Event
Reporting System Queries the Questionable Positive
Transition Filter for the VX4101A
STATus:QUEStionable:NTRansi-
tion Status and Event
Reporting System Sets the Questionable Negative
Transition Filter for the VX4101A
STATus:QUEStionable:NTRansi-
tion? Status and Event
Reporting System Queries the Questionable Nega-
tive Transition Filter for the
VX4101A
SYSTem:ERRor? VX4101A MultiPaq
Instrument Com-
mands
Returns in first-in first-out order
any error messages which have
been queued for any instruments
SYSTem:OPTions? VX4101A MultiPaq
Instrument Com-
mands
Returns the options for which the
VX4101A is currently configured
SYSTem:READy? VX4101A MultiPaq
Instrument Com-
mands
Queries for completion of the
power-on initialization sequence
for all instruments
NOTE: Polling the instrument, i.e. querying it as fast as possible, might slow the completion of
the second initialization stage. You should have a delay of at least one second between
SYSTem:READy? queries.
SYSTem:SNUMber? VX4101A MultiPaq
Instrument Com-
mands
This query returns the serial
number of the VX4101A
SYSTem:VERSion? VX4101A MultiPaq
Instrument Com-
mands
Returns the firmware version of
the VX4101A
NOTE. Until initialization is complete, the VX4101A will recognize only a limitedset of commands listed above. Attempting to enter any other command willreturn a Command Not Found Error.Querying the Instrument. If you are using SCPI commands to control theinstrument, use the following query to determine if the VX4101A has completedits initialization sequence: