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Chapter 5
Remote Operation
Title Page
Introduction........................................................................................................ 5-3
Using the IEEE 488 Port for Remote Control ................................................... 5-3
IEEE488 Bus Restrictions............................................................................. 5-3
Setting up the IEEE 488 Port......................................................................... 5-3
Using the RS-232 Port for Remote Control....................................................... 5-4
Setting up the RS-232 Port............................................................................ 5-4
RS-232 Connector Pinout.............................................................................. 5-5
Exceptions for RS-232 Remote Control........................................................ 5-5
Using the Ethernet Connection for Remote Control.......................................... 5-5
Factory Settings ................................................................................................. 5-6
Command Syntax Information........................................................................... 5-6
Parameter Syntax Rules................................................................................. 5-6
Terminators.................................................................................................... 5-7
Numeric Output Format ................................................................................ 5-7
Supported SCPI Commands .............................................................................. 5-7
Description of Abbreviations ........................................................................ 5-8
SCPI Command Summary ............................................................................ 5-8
SCPI Command Details................................................................................. 5-17
Using the OUTPut Commands.................................................................. 5-17
Using the SOURce Commands................................................................. 5-17
Using SYSTem Commands ...................................................................... 5-39
Using the STATus Subsystem .................................................................. 5-40
Using IEEE 488.2 Common Commands................................................... 5-41
Standard Status Data Structures .................................................................... 5-43
SRE Service Request Enable Register ...................................................... 5-45
ESR Event Status Register........................................................................ 5-45
ESE Event Status Enable Register ............................................................ 5-46
IEEE 488 Interface Configuration................................................................. 5-47