24             34980A Getting Started Guide  
Sending SCPI Commands Via the Web Interface 
 
 
You must be in the 
Allow Full Control
 mode to send instrument commands to the 34980A.  
 
 
The Web Interface provides a utility to send SCPI commands to the 34980A via the 
SCPI Command 
Interface
 window. The procedure below shows how to access this window and send commands. 
 
 
1. Press the Commands button at the 
top of the Web Browser Control page 
to launch the SCPI Command 
Interface window. 
 
2.  The SCPI Command Interface 
window allows you to: 
 
a.  Set the time to wait for a 
command response from  
the instrument. 
 
b.  Select commonly used 
commands to send to  
the instrument.   
 
c.  Enter SCPI commands to send  
to the instrument: 
 
1. Use Write to send the 
command to the instrument. 
 
2. Use Read to read the 
response back from  
the instrument.   
 
3. Use Write & Read to send  
a query to the instrument  
and read back the response. 
 
3. In the Command History field,  
you can view the last 20 commands 
sent to the instrument. 
 
4.  You can use the SCPI Quick 
Reference button to access a syntax 
summary of all SCPI commands for 
the 34980A. 
 
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