B commands
This section lists commands and queries that begin with the letter B.
BUSY?
Returns the status of the instrument. This command allows you to synchronize
the operation of the instrument with your application program. Query only.
Certain instrument operations can affect the BUSY? response. Table 30:
Instrument operations that can generate OPC on page 282
Group
Status and Error
Syntax
BUSY?
Related Commands
*OPC on page 193, *WAI on page 247
Returns
<NR1> = 0 means the instrument is not busy processing a command whose
execution time is extensive.
<NR1> = 1 means the instrument is busy processing a command whose
execution time is extensive. Table 30: Instrument operations that can generate
OPC on page 282
Examples
BUSY? might return :BUSY 1 indicating that the instrument is now busy. See
Using the BUSY Query on page 284 for an example of how to use this query.
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