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SECTION 5 REMOTE OPERATION
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5.5.3.1 IEEE-488.2 STATUS REPORTING (cont)
IEEE-488.2 STATUS REPORTING COMMANDS
NAME DEFINITION
*IDN? Device Identification query. Returns <PPSC,UPC-MM,vN.NN,1338XX> where
MM is the model number (12 or 32),
N.NN is the firmware version number
XX is the firmware assembly indicating installed options
*CLS Clears the ESR and the STB registers as well as the SCPI :EVENt registers and
ERROR/EVENT queue
*STB? Read status byte query. Bit 0 is Power Source SHUTDOWN
*SRE <n> Service request enable command
*SRE? Service request enable query
*ESE <n> Standard event status enable
*ESE? Standard event status enable query
*ESR? Standard event status register query
*OPC Operation complete command
*OPC? Operation complete query
5.5.3.2 SCPI STATUS REPORTING
The following lists the SCPI Commands for Status Reporting from the UPC. Refer to the SCPI 1992
standard for more information. Query commands are explicitly shown in this section for clarity. Refer to
figure 5.3. See section 5.2 Conventions regarding SCPI.
:SYSTem:ERRor? Query: system error
Returns one of the following types of messages, with details appended to it if possible.
A maximum of 256 characters may be sent as a response to this query.
-0, "No error"
No error detected
-100, "Command error"
indicates invalid command or query received
-200, "Execution error"
indicates can't execute command with
parameters received
-300, "Device-specific error"
indicates UPC not properly configured
-400, "Query error"
indicates query aborted
NOTE:
The SYSTem:ERRor query clears the corresponding error bit in the ESR.
:SYSTem:VERSion? Query: SCPI version. Returns <1992.0>.