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SCPI Programming Fundamentals
Simple SCPI Communication Methods
Figure 2-8
Tasks for This Instrument
If you click the item "Send commands to this instrument", the Agilent Interactive IO dialog appears as shown
in
Figure 2-9
below, which allows you to send SCPI commands to the instrument and read the responses. In
the example illustrated, the query SYST:MOD:NAME? is sent, to confirm that the selected instrument is the
fourth TRX in the E6640A.
Figure 2-9
Agilent Interactive IO
For full details of how to use these features, open the Agilent Connection Expert main screen (as shown in
Figure 2-7
) and select
Help > Connection Expert Help
from the menu.
