Remote control commands
R&S
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NRPxxP
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The command does not alter the ENABle and TRANsition parts of the registers.
Usage: Event
*ESE <register>
Event status enable
Sets the event status enable register to the specified value. The query returns the con-
tents of the event status enable register in decimal form.
Parameters:
<register> Range: 0 to 255
*RST: 0
*ESR?
Event status read
Returns the contents of the event status register in decimal form (0 to 255) and then
sets the register to zero.
Usage:
Query only
*IDN?
Identification
Returns a string containing information on the identity of the power sensor (device
identification code). In addition, the version number of the installed firmware is indica-
ted.
Usage:
Query only
*IST?
Individual status
Returns the current value of the IST flag in decimal form. The IST flag is the status bit
which is sent during a parallel poll.
Usage:
Query only
*OPC
Operation complete
Sets bit 0 in the event status register when all preceding commands have been execu-
ted. Send this command at the end of a program message. It is important that the read
timeout is set sufficiently long.
The query always returns 1 because the query waits until all previous commands are
executed.
Common commands