Remote control commands
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The command does not alter the
ENABle
and
TRANsition
parts of the registers.
Usage:
Event
*ESE
<register>
Event status enable
Sets the event status enable register to the specified value. The query returns the con-
tents of the event status enable register in decimal form.
Parameters:
<register>
Range:
0 to 255
*RST:
0
*ESR?
Event status read
Returns the contents of the event status register in decimal form (0 to 255) and then
sets the register to zero.
Usage:
Query only
*IDN?
Identification
Returns a string with information on the sensor's identity (device identification code). In
addition, the version number of the installed firmware is indicated.
Usage:
Query only
*IST?
Individual status
Returns the current value of the IST flag in decimal form. The IST flag is the status bit
which is sent during a parallel poll.
Usage:
Query only
*OPC
Operation complete
Sets bit
0 in the event status register when all preceding commands have been execu-
ted. Send this command at the end of a program message. It is important that the read
timeout is set sufficiently long.
The query always returns
1
because the query waits until all previous commands are
executed.
Common commands
