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Section 5: Remote Operation Model 6517B Electrometer User’s Manual
:PDTime <NRf> Specify pre-discharge time; 0 to 99999.9s
:SVOLtage <NRf> S
pecify bias voltage; -1000 to 1000
:STIMe <NRf> S
pecify bias time; 0 to 99999.9
:MVOLtage <NRf> S
pecify measure voltage; -1000 to 1000
:MTIMe <NRf> S
pecify measure time; 0 to 99999.9s
:DTIMe <NRf> S
pecify discharge time; 0 to 99999.9s
:VRESistivity V
olume resistivity test path:
:PDTime <NRf> S
pecify pre-discharge time; 0 to 99999.9s
:SVOLtage <NRf> S
pecify bias voltage; -1000 to 1000
:STIMe <NRf> S
pecify bias time; 0 to 99999.9s
:MVOLtage <NRf> S
pecify measure voltage; -1000 to 1000
:MTIMe <NRf> S
pecify measure time; 0 to 99999.9s
:DTIMe <NRf> S
pecify discharge time; 0 to 99999.9s
:SIResistance Sur
face insulation resistance test path:
:SVOLtage <NRf> S
pecify bias voltage; -1000 to 1000
:STIMe <NRf> S
pecify bias time; 0 to 99999.9s
:MVOLtage <NRf> S
pecify measure voltage; -1000 to 1000
:MTIMe <NRf> S
pecify measure time; 0 to 99999.9s
:SQSWeep Square w
ave sweep test path:
:HLEVel <NRf> S
pecify high-level voltage; -1000 to 1000
:HTIMe <NRf> S
pecify high-level time; 0 to 99999.9s
:LLEVel <NRf> S
pecify low-level voltage; -1000 to 1000
:LTIMe <NRf> S
pecify low-level time; 0 to 99999.9s
:COUNt <NRf> S
pecify number cycles
:STSWeep S
taircase sweep test path:
:STARt <NRf> S
pecify start voltage; -1000 to 1000
:STOP <NRf> S
pecify stop voltage; -1000 to 1000
:STEP <NRf> S
pecify step voltage; -1000 to 1000
:STIMe <NRf> S
pecify step time; 0 to 99999.9s
Status register
The status register structure of the Model 6517B lets you monitor and act upon numerous events 
that occur. Many programming decisions can be made by monitoring the measurement event 
register and the operation event register. See Section 14 of the User’s Manual for details of the 
status registers.
:STATus S
TATus subsystem
:MEASurement Path for
 measurement status registers:
[:EVENt]? Use
 to read the measurement event register
:OPERation Path for
 operation status registers:
[:EVENt]? Use to
 read the operation event register
When an event register is read, a decimal value is sent to the computer. The binary equivalent 
de
termines which bits in the register are set. For example, a decimal value of 33 indicates that bits 
B0 and B5 are set. An event register is cleared when it is read. Sending *CLS clears all event 
registers.
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