APT 8520 - SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) Basics

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7.2 LAN Configuration
Default Settings
The default settings for the Ethernet interface are as follows:
IP Setup: AUTO
IP Address: 010.000.000.000
Mask Addr: 255.000.000.000
Gateway Addr: 000.000.000.000
The communication port for the TCP on LAN connections is 10001.
Manual setup of LAN congurations is also available. The LAN Cong parameter can be accessed from the
second page of the System menu:
7.3 SCPI (Standard Commands for Programable Instruments) Basics
This section describes how SCPI information is organized and presented in this manual. An overview of the
SCPI language is also provided.
SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instrument) is an ASCII based programming language
standard for controlling instruments. SCPI commands consists of conguration and query commands that
are specic to the instrument. SCPI commands also includes a set of IEEE 488.2 Operations and Commands
that are common between SCPI compatible instruments. SCPI commands syntax can have long and short
forms, the long form contains the full command the short form is an abbreviation. For example:
“OUTPut:VOLTage” can be abbreviated to “OUTP:VOLT”.
A valid command syntax is made up of a keyword prexed with colon “:”. This keyword is then followed by
parameters. The following is an example of command syntax:
“OUTPut:CURRent[:LIMit]:HIGH <numeric_value>”
or
“OUTP:CURR:LIM:HIGH 10” which is short form of the command with “10” as the numeric value for the test
parameter.