Fluke 9640A Series, Instruction Manual

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9640A
Instruction Manual
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Command Tree .................................................................................................. 4B-11
Moving down the Command Tree................................................................. 4B-11
Parameters.......................................................................................................... 4B-12
Numeric Data................................................................................................. 4B-12
Boolean Data ................................................................................................. 4B-12
Other Data Types........................................................................................... 4B-12
Initialization and Resetting ................................................................................ 4B-13
Reset Strategy................................................................................................ 4B-13
Bus Initialization ....................................................................................... 4B-13
Message Exchange Initialization............................................................... 4B-13
Device Initialization .................................................................................. 4B-14
The *RST Command................................................................................. 4B-14
The *CLS Command................................................................................. 4B-14
Status Reporting System.................................................................................... 4B-14
Introduction ................................................................................................... 4B-14
Error Reporting.............................................................................................. 4B-16
Read the Error/Event Queue ..................................................................... 4B-16
Standardized Error Numbers..................................................................... 4B-16
Command Error......................................................................................... 4B-16
Execution Error ......................................................................................... 4B-16
Device-specific Error ................................................................................ 4B-17
Query Error ............................................................................................... 4B-17
Status Reporting Model................................................................................. 4B-17
The Status Structure .................................................................................. 4B-17
Using the Registers ................................................................................... 4B-17
Status of the Output Queue (MAV) .......................................................... 4B-18
Using the Status Byte ................................................................................ 4B-18
Selecting Summary Message to Generate SRQ ........................................ 4B-18
RQS/MSS.................................................................................................. 4B-19
Setting up the Instrument to Report Status.................................................... 4B-19
Reading and Clearing Status.......................................................................... 4B-19
Status Byte ................................................................................................ 4B-19
Status Event Registers............................................................................... 4B-20
Status Condition Registers ........................................................................ 4B-20
Summary ................................................................................................... 4B-20
Standard Status Registers .............................................................................. 4B-21
Standard Event Status Register ................................................................. 4B-22
SCPI-defined Status Registers....................................................................... 4B-23
Operation Status Group............................................................................. 4B-23
Summary, Operation Status Reporting...................................................... 4B-23
Questionable Data/Signal Status Group ........................................................ 4B-23
Power-on Status Clear ................................................................................... 4B-23
Preset the Status Reporting Structure........................................................ 4B-24
4C SCPI Commands ................................................................................. 4C-1
Introduction........................................................................................................ 4C-3
SCPI Command Reference ................................................................................ 4C-3
Definition of Common Parameter Forms ...................................................... 4C-4
INSTrument Subsystem................................................................................. 4C-5
OUTPut Subsystem ....................................................................................... 4C-6
INPut Subsystem ........................................................................................... 4C-7
POWer Subsystem......................................................................................... 4C-8
FREQuency Subsystem ................................................................................. 4C-9
AM Subsystem .............................................................................................. 4C-10