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Chapter 8 RS-232C/GP-IB/LAN Interfaces
This chapter describes the GP-IB, LAN, and RS-232C interfaces, using the following symbols to indicate
which information pertains to each interface.
Descriptions with no mark can be applied to the three of them.
: GP-IB only
: LAN only
: RS-232C only
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), rep-
resenting integer, fixed-point and floating point decimal data values respec-
tively, or as (NRf), representing any of these formats]
• [ ]: optional
Standard Commands
Command
Data Formats (Response
data if a Query)
Description Error
Ref
page
IDN?
<Manufacturer's name>,
<Model name>,0,
<Software version>
Queries the device ID *2
127
RST
Initializes the device *1
127
TST?
0 to 3 (NR1) Initiates a self-test and queries the result *2
127
OPC
Requests an SRQ after execution completion *1
128
OPC?
1 Queries execution completion *2
128
WAI
Waits for operations to finish *1
128
CLS
Clears the Event Registers and the Status Byte
Register
*1
128
ESE
0 to 255 (NR1) Sets the contents of the Standard Event Status
Enable Register
*3
129
ESE?
0 to 255 (NR1) Queries the Standard Event Status Enable
Register
*2
129
ESR?
0 to 255 (NR1) Queries and clear the Standard Event Status
Register
*2
129
SRE
0 to 255 (NR1) Sets the Service Request Enable Register *3
130
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