THORLABS PM400 - PM400 Specific SCPI Command Reference

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5.5.2.3 PM400 specific SCPI Command Reference
See also SCPI Specification, Version 1999.0, May, 1999, http://www.scpiconsortium.org . All
commands with a ’SCPI’ checkmark are described in the SCPI specification.
All described commands work also with the PM100D, PM100A, PM100USB and PM160 instru-
ments (with some limitations due to the hardware capabilities).
5.5.2.3.1 SYSTem subsystem commands
Command
Description
SYSTem
Path to SYSTem subsystem. (SCPI Vol.2 §21)
:BEEPer
[:IMMediate]
Issue an audible signal. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.2.2)
:STATe {ON|1|OFF|0}
Activate/deactivate the beeper. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.2.3)
:STATe?
Return the state of the the beeper (SCPI Vol.2 §21.2.3)
:ERRor
[:NEXT]?
Returns the latest <error code, “message”>. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.8.8)
:VERSion?
Query level of SCPI standard (1999.0) . (SCPI Vol.2 §21.21)
:DATE <year>,<month>,<day>
Sets the instrument’s calendar. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.7)
:DATE?
Query the instrument’s calendar. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.7)
:TIME <hour>,<min>,<sec>
Sets the instrument’s clock. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.19)
:TIME?
Query the instrument’s clock. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.19)
:LFRequency <numeric value>
Sets the instrument’s line frequency setting to 50 or 60Hz. (SCPI Vol.2
§21.13)
:LFRequency?
Query the instrument’s line frequency setting. (SCPI Vol.2 §21.13)
:SENSor
:IDN?
Query information about the connected sensor. This is a query only
command. The response consists of the following fields:
<name>,<sn>,<cal_msg>,<type>,<subtype>,<flags>
<name> Sensor name in string response format
<sn> Sensor serial number in string response format
<cal_msg> calibration message in string response format
<type> Sensor type in NR1 format
<subtype> Sensor subtype in NR1 format
<flags> Sensor flags as bitmap in NR1 format.
Flag:
Dec.value:
Is power sensor
1
Is energy sensor
2
Response settable
16
Wavelength settable
32
Tau settable
64
Has temperature sensor
256