Status Commands
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CLS
Clear status. Clears the Standard Event Status Register, Query Error
Register and Execution Error Register. This indirectly clears the Status Byte
Register.
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ESE <nrf>
Set the Standard Event Status Enable Register to the value of <nrf>.
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ESE?
Returns the value in the Standard Event Status Enable Register in <nr1>
numeric format. The syntax of the response is <nr1><rmt>.
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ESR?
Returns the value in the Standard Event Status Register in <nr1> numeric
format. The register is then cleared. The syntax of the response is
<nr1><rmt>.
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IDN?
Returns the instrument identification. The exact response is determined by
the instrument configuration and is of the form <NAME>, <model>, 0,
<version><rmt>where <NAME> is the manufacturer’s name, <MODEL>
defines the type of instrument and <VERSION> is the revision level of the
software installed.
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IST?
Returns
ist
local message as defined by IEEE Std. 488.2. The syntax of the
response if 0<rmt>, if the local message false or 1<rmt>, if the local
message is true.
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OPC
Sets the Operation Complete bit (bit 0) in the Standard Event Status
Register. This will happen immediately the command is executed because of
the sequential nature of all operations.
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OPC?
Query operation complete status. The syntax of the response if 1<rmt>. The
response will be available immediately the command is executed because of
the sequential nature of all operations.
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PRE <nrf>
Set the Parallel Poll Enable Register to the value <nrf>.
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PRE?
Returns the value in the Parallel Poll Enable Register in <nr1> numeric
format. The syntax of the response if <nr1><rmt>.
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SRE <nrf>
Set the Service Request Enable Register to <nrf>. If the value of <nrf>.
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SRE?
Returns the value of the Service Request Enable Register in <nr1> numeric
format. The Syntax of the response is <nr1><rmt>.
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STB?
Returns the value of the Status Byte Register in <nr1> numeric format. The
syntax of the response is <nr1><rmt>.
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WAI
Wait for operation complete true. As all commands are completely executed
before the next is started this command takes no additional action.
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TST?
The generator has no self-test capability and the response is always 0<rmt>.
EER?
Query and clear execution error number register. The response format is
nr1<rmt>.
QER?
Query and clear query error number register. The response format is
nr1<rmt>.
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