Agilent Technologies 86120C, User Manual

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Programming Commands
Common Commands
*TRG
The *TRG (trigger) command is identical to the group execute trigger
(GET) message or RUN command.
Syntax *TRG
Description This command acquires data according to the current settings. This
command cannot be issued as a query. If a measurement is already in
p rogress, a trigger is ignored, and an error is generated.
Example The following example starts the data acquisition according to the cur-
rent settings.
OUTPUT 720;”*TRG”
*TST?
The *TST (test) query starts a self- test on the instrument.
Syntax *TST?
Description The result of the test is p laced in the outp ut queue. A zero indicates
the test p assed and a non- zero value indicates the test failed. The
instrument will initiate a measurement and check for any hardware
errors after the measurement is comp lete.
Query Response <integer>
Example OUTPUT 720;”*TST?”
ENTER 720;Result
PRINT Result