HP 8153A - Page 113

Common Commands
The IEEE 488.2 standard has a list of reserved commands, called these common
commands. Some of these commands must be implemented by any instrument
using the standard, others are optional. The HP 8153A implements all the
necessary commands, and some optional ones. This chapter describes the
implemented commands.
Common Status Information
There are four registers involved in the status information available from
the instrument when you use the common commands. Two of these are
status-registers and two are enable-registers. These registers conform to the
IEEE Standard 488.2-1987. You can find further descriptions of these registers
under “"ESE”, “*ESR?”, “*SRE’’, and “*STB?”.
The following figure shows how the registers are organized.
Remote Operation ■ Common Commands 6-1