F.W. Bell 5200 Series - Common Commands Summary

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“COMMON” COMMANDS
ACRONYM
NAME
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
*CLS
Clear Status
Clear all event registers.
*ESE <NRf>
Program event
enable
Program standard event
enable register.
*ESE? Event enable query
Read standard event
enable register.
*ESR? Event status query
Read standard event
register & clear it.
*IDN? Identification query
Return meter type and
software version
number.
*OPC
Set operation
complete
Set the operation
complete bit in the
standard event register
after all commands have
been executed.
*OPC?
Operation complete
query
Return an ASCII “1” after
all commands have
been executed.
*OPT?
Option identification
query
Returns information
about the attached Hall
probe.
*SRE <NRf>
Program Status
enable
Program STATUS
enable register.
*SRE? Status enable query
Read STATUS enable
register.
*STB? Status byte query
Read status byte
register.
Table 4-1
Common command summary