Remote Operation 
 
5-18  M370430-01  Rev B 
 
Figure 5-14  Instrument Properties 
 
8.  Click Communicate with Instrument in the GPIB Explorer 
toolbar. See Figure 1-3. 
NI-488.2 Communicator appears. 
9.  In the Send String box of the NI-488.2 Communicator 
window, type *IDN? and click the Query button.  
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 in the lower half of the NI-488.2 
Communicator window will show the ID string for the 
instrument. 
The ID string indicates the model, serial number, firmware version 
as well as the GPIB card firmware version.