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∗IDN? Identification Query
(Returns the manufacturer name, type name, serial number, and firmware level of the product)
■ Format
∗IDN?
■ Application example
30 WRITE @108 : “∗IDN?”
40 READ @108 : IDEN$! Stores the manufacturer name, type name,
serial number, and irmware level.
■ Explanation
A manufacturer name, type name, serial number, and firmware level are returned.
Software version
0
MS9710C
ANRITSU
When the manufacturer of the product whose type name, serial number, and soft-
ware/hardware version number are Anritsu, 0, and 1 respectively, sending a com-
mon query ∗IDN? to a device will return a response message consisting of the
above four fields.
Field 1:........Product manufacturer (e.g., ANRITSU)
Field 2:........Type name
Field 3:........Serial number (e.g., 0)
Field 4:........Firmware version No. (control software version and optical soft-
ware version)
If you don’t want to return a serial number and firmware version in fields 3 and 4,
you can return ASCII character “0.”
■ Response message
A response message which consists of the above four fields separated by commas
is sent as <ARBITRARY ASCII RESPONSE DATA>.
Overall length of the response message comprising fields 1 to 4 ≤ 72 characters
∗IDN?
Query