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PM320E
5 Command Reference
5.1 Common IEEE488.2 Commands
The device supports several IEEE488.2 common commands and queries. Additional
descriptive information may be found in the IEEE488.2-1992-§10 standard.
Command List
Command
Description
*IDN?
Identification query. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.14)
*TST?
Selftest query. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.38)
*OPC
Operation complete command. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.18)
*OPC?
Operation complete query. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.19)
*WAI
Wait command. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.39)
*RST
Reset command. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.32)
*SRE
Service Request Enable command. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.34)
*SRE?
Service Request Enable query. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.35)
*STB?
Read Status Byte query. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.36)
*ESE
Standard Event Status Enable command. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.10)
*ESE?
Standard Event Status Enable query. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.11)
*ESR?
Standard Event Status Register query. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.12)
*CLS
Clear Status command. (IEEE488.2-1992-§10.3)
Descriptions
Identification Query
Command format:
*IDN?
Response format:
<ARBITRARY ASCII RESPONSE DATA>
Description:
Identification query (see also IEEE488.2-1992-§10.14).
The response is organized into four fields separated by commas.
(Manufacturer, Model, Serial number, Firmware level)
Selftest Query
Command format:
*TST?
Response format:
<NR1 NUMERIC RESPONSE DATA>
Description:
Selftest query (see also IEEE488.2-1992-§10.38 and chapter ‘Selftest Results’ in
this document).
A return value of
‘0’
means success.
Operation Complete Command
Command format:
*OPC
Description:
Sets the
‘OPC’
bit in the ‘Standard Event Status Register’ (see also IEEE488.2-
1992-§10.18).
Operation Complete Query
Command format:
*OPC?
Response format:
<NR1 NUMERIC RESPONSE DATA>
Description:
The Operation Complete Query places a
‘1’
into the device’s output queue
(see also IEEE488.2-1992-§10.19).
