Model 6220/6221 Reference Manual Remote Operations 10-11
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19. SYST:PASS:STAT? ‘ Query state of password.
This query requests the state of password protection. “0” will be returned if 
password protected commands are disabled; “1” will be returned if the pass-
word protected commands are enabled.
20. SYST:PASS:NEW <string> ‘ Set new password.
Use this command to set a new password. The password is case sensitive 
and can include both standard ASCII and non-ASCII characters from 1 to 255. 
It must be enclosed in quotes. For example, to change the password to 
“PASSWORD”, send this command: SYST:PASS:NEW “PASSWORD”. Note 
that the password and command protection state are not affected by *RST or 
SYSTem:PRESet.
Table 10-3
Unprotected commands and queries
Common
commands SCPI commands
*ESE? 
*ESR? 
*IDN?
*OPC
*OPC?
*OPT?
*SRE
*SRE?
*STB?
*WAI
OUTP:STAT OFF
OUTP:STAT?
STAT:QUE:NEXT?
SYST:ABO:REV?
SYST:DBO:REV?
SYST:ABO:SNUM?
SYST:DBO:SNUM?
SYST:ERR? 
SYST:LFR?
SYST:LOC
SYST:PASS:CDIS
SYST:PASS:CEN
SYST:PASS:CEN:STAT?
SYST:REM
SYST:VER?
 
 
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