Table of contents
Remote Interface ……………………………………..………….. 55
RS-232 Interface …………………………………………………... 55
GPIB / 488 Interface ………………………………………………. 56
Functional Description of GPIB / 488 Interface ………………….. 57
IEEE 488 Addressing ……………………………………………... 58
Bus Description ……………………………………………………. 59
Sending Commands Over GPIB Remote Interface ……………….. 61
Serial Poll Procedure ……………………………………………… 62
Interrogative Commands Over GPIB Interface …………………… 62
Commands Sent Over Remote Interface ………………………….. 63
Introduction to SCPI Language …………………………………… 64
SCPI Commands Overview ………………………………………. 69
DISPlay Subsystem ……………………………………………….. 69
MEASure Subsystem ………………………………………………. 70
MEMory Subsystem ………………………………………………... 71
OUTPut Subsystem ………………………………………………… 72
SOURce Subsystem ……………………………………………….. 73
STATus Subsystem ………………………………………………… 80
SYSTem Subsystem ……………………………………………….. 81
TRIGger Subsystem ……………………………………………….. 82
Non_SCPI commands ………………………………………………. 86
IEEE 488.2 commands ……………………………………………... 87
IEEE 488 Bus Commands …………………………………………. 89
ASCII Table for GPIB ……………………………………………… 91
SCPI Status Registers ……………………………………………….. 93
Error Messages …………………………………………………… 97
Command Errors …………………………………………………… 97
Execution Errors …………………………………………………… 99
Device Specific Errors ……………………………………………... 99
Self-test Errors …………………………………………………….. 100
Calibration Errors …………………………………………………. 102