Keithley 2600a series User Manual

B-2 Return to Section Topics 2600AS-901-01 Rev. B / September 2008
Appendix B: Common Commands Series 2600A System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
Common commands
Command summary
Common commands supported by the Keithley Instruments Series 2600A System SourceMeter
®
instrument are summarized in
Table B-1. Although commands are shown in upper-case, common
commands are not case sensitive, and either upper or lower case can be used. Note that although
these commands are essentially the same as those defined by the IEEE-488.2 standard, the
Series 2600A does not strictly adhere to that standard.
Script command equivalents
Script command equivalents for the common commands in Table B-1 are summarized in
Table B-2. See Section 12 for details on script commands.
Table B-1
Common commands
Mnemonic Name Description
1
*CLS Clear status Clears all event registers and Error Queue.
*ESE <mask> Event enable command Program the Standard Event Enable Register.
*ESE? Event enable query Read the Standard Event Enable Register.
*ESR? Event status register query Read/clear the Standard Event Enable Register.
*IDN? Identification query Returns the manufacturer, model number, serial
number, and firmware revision levels of the unit.
*OPC Operation complete command Set the Operation Complete bit in the Standard
Event Register after all pending commands have
completed.
*OPC? Operation complete query Places an ASCII “1” into the Output Queue when all
selected device operations have completed.
*RST Reset command Returns the SourceMeter instrument to default
conditions.
*SRE <mask> Service request enable
command
Programs the Service Request Enable Register.
*SRE? Service request enable query Reads the Service Request Enable Register.
*STB? Status byte query Reads the Status Byte Register.
1
*TRG Trigger command Sends a remote trigger to the SourceMeter.
*TST? Self-test query Returns a 0.
*WAI Wait-to-continue command Waits until all previous commands have
completed.
1. Status commands are covered in Appendix C.
Table B-2
Script command equivalents
Common
command Script command equivalent
*CLS status.reset()
*ESE? print(tostring(status.standard.enable))
*ESE <mask> status.standard.enable = <mask>
*ESR? print(tostring(status.standard.event))
*IDN? print([[Keithley Instruments Inc., Model]]..localnode.model..
[[, ]]..localnode.serialno..[[, ]]..localnode.revision)

Keithley 2600a series Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	2600a series
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English