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 2744 (Align Now All equivalent)
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"*CLS - Clear Status" on page 2745
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"*ESE - Standard Event Status Enable" on page 2745
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"*ESR? - Standard Event Status Register Query" on page 2746
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"*IDN? - Identification Query" on page 2746
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"*OPC? - Operation Complete" on page 2747
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"*OPT? - Query Instrument Options" on page 2748
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"*RCL - Recall Instrument State" on page 2748 (Recall State equivalent)
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"*RST - Reset" on page 2748 (Mode Preset equivalent)
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"*SAV - Save Instrument State" on page 2749 (Save State equivalent)
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"*SRE - Service Request Enable" on page 2749
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"*STB? - Status Byte Query" on page 2750
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"*TRG - Trigger" on page 2750
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"*TST? - Self Test Query" on page 2750
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"*WAI - Wait-to-Continue" on page 2751
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 2110
Remote Command
*CAL
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