Chapter 2 Command System  RIGOL 
MSO1000Z/DS1000Z Programming Guide  2-79 
IEEE488.2 Common Commands 
 
The IEEE 488.2 standard defines some common commands used for querying the basic information of the 
instrument or executing the basic operations. These commands usually start with "*" and the keyword of 
the command is usually 3-character long.   
 
Command List: 
  *CLS 
  *ESE 
  *ESR? 
  *IDN? 
  *OPC 
  *RST 
  *SRE 
  *STB? 
  *TST? 
  *WAI 
 
 
*CLS 
Clear all the event registers and clear the error queue. 
 
 
*ESE 
Set or query the enable register for the standard event status register set. 
The bit 1 and bit 6 of the standard event status register are not used and are always 
treated as 0; therefore, the range of <value> are the decimal numbers corresponding to 
the binary numbers X0XXXX0X (X is 1 or 0). 
The query returns an integer which equals the sum of the weights of all the bits that have 
already been set in the register. 
*ESE 16        /*Enable the bit 4 (16 in decimal) of the standard event status register*/ 
*ESE?          /*The query returns 16*/