Digital Multimeter 
 
Supported SCPI Commands 
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SYSTem:DATE(?) <date> 
Description  Sets the system clock date. 
Parameters  <date>  =  MM/DD/YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY. 
      MM between 1 and 12 
      DD between 1 and 31 
      YYYY between 1970 and 2038 
Examples SYST:DATE 10/25/2007  
Query  SYST:DATE?  Returns the Meter’s system clock date. 
SYSTem:TIME(?) <time> 
Description  Sets the system clock time in 24 format. 
Parameters  <time>  =  HH:MM:SS or HH-MM-SS 
      HH between 0 and 23 
      MM between 0 and 59 
      SS between 0 and 59 
Examples  SYST:TIME 14:25:10  Sets time to 2:25:10 PM 
Query  SYST:TIME?  Returns the Meter’s system clock time. 
SYSTem:VERSion? 
Description  Retrieves the Meter’s present SCPI command version. 
Examples  SYST:VERS?  Returns SCPI version. 
DATA:POINts? 
Description  Retrieves the number of measurements contained the Meter’s internal 
memory. 
Examples  DATA:POIN?  Returns number of measurements in internal 
memory. 
*RST 
Description  Resets the Meter to its power-up configuration. 
Examples  *RST  Resets the Meter. 
*IDN <n>, [<quoted string>] 
Description  Enables or disables the retrieval of a user-specified IDN string or factory-
set IDN string with the *IDN? command. Also sets the user defined IDN 
string. 
Parameters  <n>  =  ON or 1  Enables user-defined string. 
      OFF or 0  Disables user defined string and causes the 
factory IDN string to be returned for an *IDN? 
command. 
  <quoted string>   =   Up to a 35 character string. 
Example  IDN ON, “My Meter”  Sets the IDN string to My Meter and enables the 
user defined string to be returned when the 
*IDN? command is received by the Meter.