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Programming Reference
SCPI Instrument Command List
Command
:CURR[1]:LIM:LOW
Long
[:SOURce]:CURRent[1]:LIMit:LOW
Form
Set & Query
Parameter
Numeric
Parameter suffix
A
with engineering prefixes.
*RST value
–10.0 mA
Description
Use this command to set/read the low level current limit. If you switch on
current limiting, the low level current cannot be set below the
programmed limit.
The current is
not
limited by the OUTPUT hardware, this is a software
limit.
Example
To set the low level current limit for the output:
Command
:CURR[1]:LIM:STAT
Long
[:SOURce]:CURRent[1]:LIMit:STATe
Form
Set & Query
Parameter
ON | OFF | 1 | 0
*RST value
OFF
Description
Use this command to switch the output limits on or off. When you switch
on the output limits, you cannot program the output levels beyond the
programmed limits, until you switch off the output limits. The limits
apply whether you program high/low levels or amplitude/offset levels.
N O T E
You can switch the limits on and off in both the
[:SOURce]:CURRent
and the
[:SOURce]:VOLTage
subsystems
but the current and voltage
limits are not enabled/disabled independently
. The voltage and current
limits are always enabled/disabled together.
:HOLD CURR
:CURR:LIM:LOW –50MA
:CURR:LIM:STAT ON
Enable CURRENT subsystem
Set OUTPUT low level current limit to –50 mA
Switch on OUTPUT limits