Command groups
Miscellaneous command group
Miscellaneous commands do not fit into other categories.
Several commands a nd queries are common to all devices. The
488.2-1987 standard defines these commands. The common commands begin
with an asterisk (*) character.
Table 2-32: Miscellaneous commands
Command
Description
AUTOSAVEP
ITIMEOUT
Sets or que
ries the idle time from the programmable interface before auto-save
occurs.
AUTOSAVEUITIMEOUT Sets or queries the idle time from the user interface before auto-save occurs.
AUTOset Sets the vertical, horizontal, and trigger controls of the instrument to automatically
acquire and display the selected waveform.
AUXout:EDGE Sets or queries the direction in which the trigger output signal will transition when a
trigge
r occurs.
AUXout
:SOUrce
Sets or
queries the trigger source at the BNC connection.
CLEAR Clear
s acquisitions, measurements, and waveforms.
DATE? Queri
es the date that the instrument displays.
*DDT Sets
or queries the commands that will be executed by the group execute trigger.
FPAn
el:PRESS
Turn
s off the displayed menu.
FPAnel:TURN Emulates a knob turn.
HEADer
Sets or queries the Response Header Enable State.
ID? Returns identifying information about the instrument and its firmware.
*IDN? Returns the instrument identification code.
LICense? Queries all license parameters.
LICENSE:APPID? Returns a comma-separated list of the active application IDs.
LICense:COUNt? Returns a count of the number of active licenses installed.
LICense:GMT? Returns the GMT time in ISO 8601 format, the local date, 24 hour time and
time-zone offset.
LICense:HID? Returns the instrument HostID unique identifier.
LICense:INSTall
Accepts a <block data> license and installs it on the instrument.
LICense:ITEM? Returns the details pertaining to a specific license.
LICense:LIST? Returns the active license nomenclatures as a comma-separated list of strings.
LICense:VALidate? Accepts a license nomenclature as an argument and returns the status of the
license.
LIC:UNINSTALL? Returns the exit license information for the user to return to their TekAMS account.
LOCk Sets or queries the front panel lock state.
*LRN? Returns a listing of instrument settings.
NEWpass
Changes the password for user protected data.
PASSWord Provides access for changing user protected data.
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