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 2542 (Align Now All equivalent)
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"*CLS - Clear Status" on page 2543
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"*ESE - Standard Event Status Enable" on page 2543
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"*ESR? - Standard Event Status Register Query" on page 2544
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"*IDN? - Identification Query" on page 2544
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"*OPC? - Operation Complete" on page 2545
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"*OPT? - Query Instrument Options" on page 2546
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"*RCL - Recall Instrument State" on page 2546 (Recall State equivalent)
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"*RST - Reset" on page 2546 (Mode Preset equivalent)
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"*SAV - Save Instrument State" on page 2547 (Save State equivalent)
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"*SRE - Service Request Enable" on page 2547
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"*STB? - Status Byte Query" on page 2548
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"*TRG - Trigger" on page 2548
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"*TST? - Self Test Query" on page 2548
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"*WAI - Wait-to-Continue" on page 2549
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 1902
Remote Command
*CAL
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