9 Programming the Instrument
9.2 IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
9.2 IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
The instrument supports the following subset of IEEE 488.2 Common Commands, as
defined in Chapter 10 of IEEE Standard 488.2–1992. As indicated below, some of
these commands correspond directly to instrument front-panel functionality, while
others are available only as remote commands.
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"*CAL? - Calibration Query" on page 1067 (Align Now All equivalent)
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"*CLS - Clear Status" on page 1068
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"*ESE - Standard Event Status Enable" on page 1068
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"*ESR? - Standard Event Status Register Query" on page 1069
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"*IDN? - Identification Query" on page 1069
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"*OPC? - Operation Complete" on page 1070
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"*OPT? - Query Instrument Options" on page 1071
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"*RCL - Recall Instrument State" on page 1071 (Recall State equivalent)
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"*RST - Reset" on page 1071 (Mode Preset equivalent)
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"*SAV - Save Instrument State" on page 1072 (Save State equivalent)
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"*SRE - Service Request Enable" on page 1072
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"*STB? - Status Byte Query" on page 1073
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"*TRG - Trigger" on page 1073
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"*TST? - Self Test Query" on page 1073
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"*WAI - Wait-to-Continue" on page 1074
9.2.1 *CAL? - Calibration Query
*CAL? Performs a full alignment and returns a number indicating the success of the
alignment. A zero is returned if the alignment is successful. A one is returned if any
part of the alignment fails. The equivalent SCPI command is :CALibrate[:ALL]?
See "Align Now All" on page 492
Remote Command
*CAL
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