
Common
Commands
IEEE 488.2 defines a set of common commands. These commands
perform functions which are common to any type of instrument. They can
therefore be implemented in a standard way across a wide variety of
instrumentation.
the common commands of IEEE
begin with an
asterisk. There is one key difference between the IEEE
common
commands and the rest of the commands found in this instrument. The
IEEE
common commands do not affect the parser’s position within
the command tree. More information about the command tree and tree
traversal can be found in the Programming and Documentation
Conventions chapter.
Table A-3. HP
Common Commands
Command
Command Name
*ESE?
*ESR?
*IDN?
*RST
*SRE
*SRE?
*STB?
Clear Status Command
Event Status Enable Command
Event Status Enable
Query
Event Status Register
Query
Identification
Query
Operation Complete Command
Operation Complete Query
Reset (not implemented on
HP
Service Request Enable Command
Service Request Enable Query
Read Status Byte Query
Wait-to-Continue Command
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