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6.1.3 LAN Interface..............................................................................................................394
6.1.3.1 HiSLIP Protocol...........................................................................................................395
6.1.3.2 VXI-11 Protocol...........................................................................................................396
6.1.3.3 Socket Communication...............................................................................................396
6.1.3.4 LAN Interface Messages.............................................................................................396
6.1.4 USB Interface..............................................................................................................397
6.1.5 Serial Interface............................................................................................................397
6.1.6 GPIB Interface (IEC/IEEE Bus Interface)....................................................................398
6.1.6.1 GPIB Interface Messages...........................................................................................398
6.1.6.2 GPIB Instrument Address...........................................................................................399
6.2 Starting a Remote Control Session.........................................................................400
6.2.1 Switching to Remote Control.......................................................................................400
6.2.2 Returning to Manual Operation...................................................................................401
6.2.3 Examples....................................................................................................................402
6.2.3.1 Remote Control over GPIB.........................................................................................402
6.2.3.2 Remote Control over LAN using VXI-11 Protocol.......................................................402
6.2.3.3 Remote Control over LAN using Socket Communication...........................................406
6.3 SCPI Command Structure........................................................................................413
6.3.1 Syntax for Common Commands.................................................................................413
6.3.2 Syntax for Device-Specific Commands.......................................................................414
6.3.3 SCPI Parameters........................................................................................................416
6.3.4 Overview of Syntax Elements.....................................................................................419
6.3.5 Structure of a command line.......................................................................................419
6.3.6 Responses to Queries.................................................................................................420
6.4 Command Sequence and Synchronization............................................................421
6.4.1 Preventing Overlapping Execution..............................................................................422
6.5 Status Reporting System.........................................................................................424
6.5.1 Hierarchy of status registers.......................................................................................424
6.5.2 Structure of a SCPI Status Register............................................................................425
6.5.3 Contents of the Status Registers................................................................................427
6.5.3.1 Status Byte (STB) and Service Request Enable Register (SRE)................................427
6.5.3.2 IST Flag and Parallel Poll Enable Register (PPE)......................................................428
6.5.4 Event Status Register (ESR) and Event Status Enable Register (ESE).....................428