6100B/6105A
Users Manual
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5-43. Reportable SCPI States
The 6100B does not normally use the Operation Status Event Register, but hardware,such as
the energy counter/timer option does.
5-44. SCPI Programming Language.
Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) is an instrument command
language which goes beyond IEEE 488.2 to address a wide variety of instrument functions
in a standard manner.
IEEE 488.2 defines sets of Mandatory Common Commands and Optional Common
Commands along with a method of Standard Status Reporting. The instrument
implementation of SCPI language conforms to all IEEE 488.2 mandatory commands but not
all optional commands. It conforms to the SCPI approved status reporting method.
Note
Commands in SCPI language, prefaced by an asterisk (e.g.: *CLS), are IEEE-
488.2 standard-defined Common commands. Conformance of the instrument
remote programming commands to SCPI ensures that the instrument has a
high degree of consistency with other conforming instruments.
SCPI commands are easy to learn, self-explanatory and account for a wide variety of usage
skills. The full range of instrument commands, with their actions and meanings in the
instrument, is detailed in alphabetical order in “SCPI Commands and Syntax”. The IEEE
488 Common Commands implemented in the 6100B Electrical Power Standard, together
with their operating information are given in “Common Commands and Queries”.
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