SCPI Commands HMF series
Remote Control
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Command Reference
SCPI Programmers Manual
2 Command Reference
This chapter provides the description of all remote commands available for HMC8012. The
commands are sorted according to the menu structure of the instrument. A list of commands in
alphabetical order ist given in the „List of Commands“ at the end of this documentation.
2.1 Common Commands
Common commands are described in the IEEE 488.2 (IEC 625-2) standard. These commands
have the same effect and are employed in the same way on different devices.The headers of
these commands consist of ” * “ followed by three letters. Many common commands are related
to the Status Reporting System.
Available common commands:
*CLS
CLear Status
Sets the status byte (STB), the standard event register (ESR) and the EVENt part of the QUE-
Stionable to zero. The command does not alter the mask and transition parts of the registers. It
clears the output buffer.
Usage:
Setting only
*ESE <Value>
Event Status Enable
Sets the event status enable register to the specified value. The query *ESE? returns the contents
of the event status enable register in decimal form.
Parameters:
<Value>
Range: 0 to 255