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 2422 (Align Now All equivalent)
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"*CLS - Clear Status" on page 2423
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"*ESE - Standard Event Status Enable" on page 2423
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"*ESR? - Standard Event Status Register Query" on page 2424
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"*IDN? - Identification Query" on page 2424
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"*OPC? - Operation Complete" on page 2425
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"*OPT? - Query Instrument Options" on page 2426
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"*RCL - Recall Instrument State" on page 2426 (Recall State equivalent)
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"*RST - Reset" on page 2426 (Mode Preset equivalent)
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"*SAV - Save Instrument State" on page 2427 (Save State equivalent)
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"*SRE - Service Request Enable" on page 2427
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"*STB? - Status Byte Query" on page 2428
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"*TRG - Trigger" on page 2428
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"*TST? - Self Test Query" on page 2428
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"*WAI - Wait-to-Continue" on page 2429
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 1808
Remote Command
*CAL
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