8.5 Message List
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Commands specific to RS-232C or GP-IB are identified by or ,
respectively.
8.5.1 Standard Commands
8.5 Message List
• Any spelling mistake in a message results in a command error.
• < > = contents of the data portion.
[Numeric data values are indicated by format as (NR1), (NR2) and
(NR3), representing integer, fixed-point and floating point decimal data
values respectively, or as (NRf), representing any of these formats]
• [ ]: optional
Command
Data Formats
(Response data
if a Query)
Description Error
Ref
page
∗CLS
Clears the event registers and the Status Byte Register
*1
120
∗ESE
0 to 255 (NR1)
Sets the contents of the Standard Event Status Enable
Register
*3
121
∗ESE?
0 to 255 (NR1) Queries the Standard Event Status Enable Register *2
121
∗ESR?
0 to 255 (NR1) Queries the Standard Event Status Register *2
121
∗IDN?
<Manufacturer's
name>,<Model
name>,0,<Software
version>
Queries the Device ID. *2
119
∗OPC
Requests an SRQ after execution completion *1
120
∗OPC?
1 Queries execution completion *2
120
∗RST
Initializes the device *1
119
∗SRE
0 to 255 (NR1) Sets the Service Request Enable Register *3
122
∗SRE?
0 to 255 (NR1)
Queries the contents of the
Service Request Enable
Register
*2
122
∗STB?
0 to 255 (NR1) Queries the Status Byte Register *2
122
∗TRG
Executes one sampling *1,4
122
∗TST?
0 to 3 (NR1) Initiates a self-test and queries the result *2
119
∗WAI
Wait for operations to finish *1
120
Error description (an error occurs when executing messages in the following cases):
*1 Command Error.........When data is present after the command
*2 Query Error................When the response message exceeds 64 bytes
*3 Execution Error..........When invalid character or numeric data is present
*4 Execution Error.......... When the command is executed in internal trigger mode