OPHIR RF - Serial Communication Parameters; Gpib Parameters; Message Terminator; Commands

Appendix A
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been defined), or all of the monitors, concatenated together and separated by
commas.
REV?
Returns the current Revision in the form X.XX.
NAME?
Returns Name of the Amplifier (Needs to be set first for a return response).
NAME xxxxxxx
Sets the Name of the Amplifier
(Up to 31 Characters).
MODEL?
Returns the Model Number of the Amplifier
(Needs to be set first, by Ophir RF, for a return response).
SERIAL?
Returns the Serial Number of the Amplifier
(Needs to be set first, by Ophir RF, for a return response).
Note that the above commands are only available during normal operation (i.e., they are
not available when either the Configuration or Calibration menus are active).
2.1 Serial Communication Parameters
For both the RS-232 and RS-422 ports, the following settings must be used:
- Data Rate: 9600 Baud
- Data Bits: 8
- Start bits: 0
- Stop Bits: 1
- Parity: None
- Flow control/handshaking: None
2.2 GPIB Parameters
2.2.1 Message Terminator
For both incoming and outgoing messages, EOI is the used/required terminator.
2.2.2 Commands
Table 6 lists the supported GPIB commands. These GPIB-specific commands are in
addition to those listed in Table 5. For more information on the status registers, refer to
Figure 2.
Table 6. GPIB Commands
Command
Operation / Response
*IDN?
Identification query. Response is “OPHIRAMP”.
*CLS
Clears all status bits and all faults.
*ESE
Sets bits in the Event Status Enable register. Valid parameters are 0-255 (e.g.,
*ESE 255).
*ESE?
Reads the contents of the Event Status Enable register.
*ESR?
Reads the contents of the Event Status Register.
*IDN?
Identification query. Response is always OPHIRAMP. This command is also
available via the serial interfaces.