Communication with Your Device

9. In the Send String box, enter *IDN? and click Query.

Important: If you press Enter while typing the string to be sent, the NI-488.2 Communicator program will exit.

10.The String Received window will show the ID string for the XG.

The ID string indicates the model, serial number, firmware version as well as the GPIB card firmware version. This will be shown in the text box below String Received. See Figure 1-4.

M370078-06

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