20 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes Programming Guide
1 Introduction to Programming
Common Commands
The IEEE 488.2 standard has a list of reserved commands, called common
commands. Some of these commands must be implemented by any
instrument using the standard, others are optional.
Your instrument implements all the necessary commands, and some
optional ones. This section describes the implemented commands.
Common Command Summary
Table 3 on page -20 provides a summary of the common commands.
Table 3 Common Command Summary
Command Parameter Function Page
*CLS Clear Status Command page 47
*ESE Standard Event Status Enable Command page 47
*ESE? Standard Event Status Enable Query page 48
*ESR? Standard Event Status Register Query page 48
*IDN? Identification Query page 50
*OPC Operation Complete Command page 50
*OPC? Operation Complete Query page 51
*OPT? Options Query page 51
*RST Reset Command page 52
*STB? Read Status Byte Query page 52
*TST? Self Test Query page 53
*WAI Wait Command page 54
These commands are described in more detail in IEEE-Common Commands on
page 46.
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