R&S AFQ100A
Common Commands
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The content of the status registers is reset at power on.
The
query
*PSC? retrieves the contents of the Power-on-Status-Clear flag.
The answer is either 0 or 1.
*RCL
0...10
RECALL
calls up the instrument status which was stored under the specified number using the
*SAV
command, e.g.
*SAV 4
. It also activates the instrument settings which are stored in a file and
loaded using the
MMEMory:LOAD
<number>, <file_name.extension>
command.
*RST
RESET
resets the instrument to a defined default state. .
*SAV
SAVE
stores the current device state under the specified number (see also *RCL). The command is
used to store the current instrument state in an intermediate memory. The instrument state can be
recalled by using the command *RCL with the associated number.
To transfer the stored instrument settings in a file, the command
MMEMory:STORe
<number>,
<file_name.extension>
is used. Parameter file extension is *.savrcl. Parameter <number> is
the specific number defined with the *SAV command, e.g. *SAV 4.
*SRE
0 ... 255
SERVICE REQUEST ENABLE
sets the service request enable register to the specified value. Bit 6
(MSS enable bit) remains 0. This command determines the conditions under which a service request
is triggered. The *SRE? query command reads out the content of the service request enable register
in decimal form. Bit 6 is always 0.
*STB?
READ STATUS BYTE QUERY
reads out the content of the status byte in decimal form.
*TRG
TRIGGER
triggers all actions which are waiting for a trigger event. Specific trigger events can be
triggered by means of the "TRIGger" command system (sweep and lists) or the SOURce
subsystems (baseband).
*TST?
SELF TEST QUERY
triggers all self tests of the instrument and outputs an error code in decimal
form (see
s
ervice
m
anual).
*WAI
WAIT-to-CONTINUE
does not allow subsequent commands to be processed until all previous
commands have been executed and all signals are in their transient condition.