1256E User Manual
Racal Instruments
©
2002
SCPI Command Basics 5-23
Questionable Status Event Register
may be programmed and
queried, but will have no effect on the operation of the 1256.
The following SCPI command tree shows the syntax of the SCPI
STATUS commands:
:STATus
:OPERation
[:EVENt]?
:CONDition?
:ENABle
:QUEStionable
[:EVENt]?
:CONDition?
:ENABle
Examples of the commands are shown below. To enable the “Wait
for Trigger” and “Wait for Arm” bits the following command
achieves this:
STAT:OPER:ENABLE
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To read the value of the enable register:
STAT:OPER:ENABLE?
To read the value of the event register (and clear the event
register):
STAT:OPER?
To read the value of the condition register:
STAT:OPER:COND?
These commands augment the IEEE-488.2 Common Commands
to provide additional status information.
SCPI Parameter
The SCPI language defines several different data formats to be
