SCPI COMMAND
SUMMARY
Introduction
This entry is organized as follows:
1. IEEE 488.2 common commands in alphabetical order.
2. Command table of SCPI programming commands.
3. Alphabetical listing of commands with descriptions.
IEEE 488.2 Common
a
*cLs
Commands
Clear the Status Byte, the Data Questionable Event Register, the
Standard Event Status Register, the Standard Operation Status
Register, the error queue, the OPC pending flag, and any other
registers that are summarized in the Status Byte.
l
*ESE
<nun>
l
*ESE?
Sets and queries the value of the Standard Event Status Enable
Register.
l
*ESR?
Queries the value of the Standard Event Status Register. This is a
destructive read.
a
*IDN?
This returns an identifying string to the HP-IB. The response is in
the following format:
HEWLETT-PACKARD,model,serial
number
,DD
MMM YY, where the actual model number, serial number, and firmware
revision of the synthesizer queried is passed.
a
*LRN?
This returns a long string of device specific characters that, when
sent back to the synthesizer, restores that instrument state.
Operation complete command. The synthesizer generates the OPC
message in the Standard Event Status Register when all pending
operations have finished (such as, “sweep” or “selftest”).
l
*OPC?
Operation complete query. The synthesizer returns an ASCII “1”
when all pending operations have finished.
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