Rohde & Schwarz SMC100A - Putting into Operation

Contents
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SMC100A
9Operating Manual 1411.4060.32 ─ 09
6.3.6 Responses to Queries.................................................................................................220
6.4 Command Sequence and Synchronization............................................................ 221
6.4.1 Preventing Overlapping Execution..............................................................................222
6.5 Status Reporting System......................................................................................... 223
6.5.1 Hierarchy of the Status Registers............................................................................... 223
6.5.2 Structure of a SCPI Status Register............................................................................225
6.5.3 Status Byte (STB) and Service Request Enable Register (SRE)................................227
6.5.4 Event Status Register (ESR) and Event Status Enable Register (ESE)..................... 228
6.5.5 Questionable Status Register (STATus:QUEStionable)............................................. 228
6.5.6 Operation Status Register (STATus:OPERation)....................................................... 229
6.5.7 Application of the Status Reporting System................................................................229
6.5.7.1 Service Request..........................................................................................................229
6.5.7.2 Serial Poll.................................................................................................................... 230
6.5.7.3 Query of an instrument status..................................................................................... 230
6.5.7.4 Error Queue................................................................................................................ 230
6.5.8 Reset Values of the Status Reporting System............................................................ 231
6.6 General Programming Recommendations............................................................. 231
7 Remote Control Commands..............................................................233
7.1 Conventions used in SCPI Command Descriptions.............................................. 233
7.2 Common Commands................................................................................................ 233
7.3 Preset Commands.....................................................................................................238
7.4 CALibration Subsystem........................................................................................... 240
7.5 DIAGnostic Subsystem............................................................................................ 242
7.6 DISPlay Subsystem...................................................................................................243
7.7 FORMat Subsystem.................................................................................................. 246
7.8 HCOPy Subsystem....................................................................................................248
7.9 KBOard Subsystem.................................................................................................. 255
7.10 MMEMory Subsystem............................................................................................... 256
7.10.1 File Naming Conventions............................................................................................ 256
7.10.2 Extensions for User Files............................................................................................ 257
7.10.3 Examples.................................................................................................................... 257
7.10.4 Remote Control Commands........................................................................................258
7.11 OUTPut Subsystem...................................................................................................265