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Common Commands FSE
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Common Commands
The common commands are taken from the IEEE 488.2 (IEC 625-2) standard. Same commands have
the same effect on different devices. The headers of these commands consist of an asterisk "*" followed
by three letters. Many common commands refer to the status reporting system which is described in
detail in Chapter 5.
Command Designation Parameter Remark
*CAL? Calibration Query query only
*CLS Clear Status no query
*ESE Event Status Enable 0 to 255
*ESR? Standard Event Status Query 0 to 255 query only
*IDN? Identification Query <string> query only
*IST? Individual Status Query 0 to 255 query only
*OPC Operation Complete
*OPT? Option Identification Query query only
*PCB Pass Control Back 0 to 30 no query
*PRE Parallel Poll Register Enable 0 to 255
*PSC Power On Status Clear 0 | 1
*RST Reset no query
*SRE Service Request Enable 0 to 255
*STB? Status Byte Query query only
*TRG Trigger no query
*TST? Self Test Query query only
*WAI Wait to continue no query
*CAL?
CALIBRATION QUERY triggers a calibration of the instrument and subsequently query the
calibration status. Any responses > 0 indicate errors.
*CLS
CLEAR STATUS sets the status byte (STB), the standard event register (ESR) and the EVENt-part
of the QUEStionable and the OPERation register to zero. The command does not alter the mask and
transition parts of the registers. It clears the output buffer.