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Model 2461 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Appendix B: Common commands
2461-901-01 A/November 2015 B-5
*IDN?
This command retrieves the identification string of the instrument.
Type Affected by Where saved Default value
Query only None Not applicable Not applicable
Usage
*IDN?
Details
The identification string includes the manufacturer, model number, serial number, and firmware
revision of the instrument. The string is formatted as follows:
KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS,MODEL nnnn,xxxxxxxx,yyyyyy
Where:
•
nnnn
is the model number
•
xxxxxxxx
is the serial number
•
yyyyyy
is the firmware revision level
Example
*IDN?
Output:
KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS,MODEL 2461,01234567,1.0.0i
Also see
System information (on page 2-81)
*LANG
This command determines which command set is used by the instrument.
Type Affected by Where saved Default value
Command and query Not applicable Nonvolatile memory SCPI
Usage
*LANG <commandSet>
*LANG?
<commandSet>
The command set to be used:
•
TSP
•
SCPI
Details
The remote command sets that are available include:
•
SCPI: An instrument-specific language built on the SCPI standard.
•
TSP: A scripting programming language that contains instrument-specific control commands that
can be executed from a stand-alone instrument. You can use TSP to send individual commands
or use it to combine commands into scripts.