Oxford Instruments Omicron NanoScience MercuryiTC - Page 6

Operator's Manual
Issue 05 /
Feb 2015 / UMC0071
MercuryiTC
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7.1.1 Configuring RS232 and ISOBus ........................................................................................... 94
7.1.2 Serial RS232 cabling requirements ...................................................................................... 96
7.2 Remote operation using GPIB ...................................................................................... 97
7.2.1 Configuring GPIB .................................................................................................................. 97
7.2.2 GPIB Cabling requirements .................................................................................................. 98
7.3 Remote operation using Ethernet ................................................................................. 98
7.3.1 Configuring Ethernet ............................................................................................................. 98
7.3.2 Ethernet cabling requirements ............................................................................................ 100
7.4 Remote operation using USB ......................................................................................100
7.4.1 Configuring USB ................................................................................................................. 100
7.4.2 USB Cabling requirements ................................................................................................. 100
7.4.3 USB drivers ......................................................................................................................... 100
7.5 Switching MercuryiTC control between local and remote .............................................100
7.6 Testing remote connections.........................................................................................101
7.7 Programming examples ...............................................................................................101
8 COMMAND REFERENCE GUIDE ....................................................................................102
8.1 Nomenclature used in this section ...............................................................................102
8.2 SCPI and legacy command sets ..................................................................................102
8.3 SCPI commands .........................................................................................................102
8.3.1 SCPI protocols .................................................................................................................... 103
8.3.2 Reading the instrument identity .......................................................................................... 103
8.3.3 Basic SCPI command structure .......................................................................................... 104
8.3.4 Verbs ................................................................................................................................... 104
8.3.5 Nouns .................................................................................................................................. 105
8.3.6 Invalid responses ................................................................................................................ 114
8.4 Legacy commands ......................................................................................................114
8.4.1 Legacy command protocols ................................................................................................ 114
8.4.2 Legacy monitor commands ................................................................................................. 115
8.4.3 Legacy control commands .................................................................................................. 117
8.4.4 Legacy system commands ................................................................................................. 118
9 TEMPERATURE SENSOR DAUGHTER BOARD ............................................................119