Common Commands Introduction to Programming
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition 29
Common Commands
The IEEE 488.2 standard has a list of reserved commands, called common 
commands. Some of these commands must be implemented by any 
instrument using the standard, others are optional. 
Your instrument implements all the necessary commands, and some 
optional ones. This section describes the implemented commands.