Chapter 7 SCPI
Common commands
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Common commands
The common commands are understood by all SCPI and IEEE 488.2 instruments.
Their purpose is to perform general tasks and to read or work with the registers
common to all SCPI instruments. The following common commands have been
implemented.
Command Short description Command group
:*CLS Resets the entire status
reporting system.
General common commands
:*ESE Sets and queries the event
status register mask.
Event status register
:*ESR? Reads out the current con-
tents of the event status
register.
Event status register
:*IDN? Returns device identity. General common commands
:*OPC Waits until previous com-
mand has been completed.
General common commands
:*RST Resets the entire test set.
All parameters, limits etc.
will be set to internally
predefined default values.
General common commands
:*SRE Sets and queries service
register mask.
Service register
:*STB? Returns the current con-
tents of the service register
and clears the service reg-
ister.
Service register
:*WAI Waits until previous com-
mand has been completed.
General common commands