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16.2
Command List
This section lists all the commands and queries implemented in this instrument. All numeric
parameters are shown as
<NRF>
and may be sent as
<NR1>
,
<NR2>
or
<NR3>
as described above.
16.2.1
General Commands
READ?
Returns the next reading from the main display immediately after the
command has been parsed.
The syntax of the response is:
<ASCII data><RMT>
Where
<ASCII data>
is a character string divided into 11-character plus up to
8-character fields. The first field is the measurement value and consists of
the following:
Digit 1: space (for positive values) or a minus sign.
Digits 2 to 8: a 6 digit number plus decimal point in the format of the range
selected for the measurement.
Digits 9 to 11: the exponent in the form e00, e-3, e03, etc., i.e. engineering
units.
Any overload reading (i.e. > 120,000 counts) is returned as ‘OVLOAD’. A
calculation overflow (relevant to some function results) is returned as
‘OVFLOW’.
The second field is the unit indication and will be one of the following:
V DC
V AC
V AC+DC
A DC
A AC
A AC+DC
Hz
Ohms
F (Farads)
V (Diode test)
C (Celsius)
F (Fahrenheit)
dB
W
VA
%
Examples:
101.234e-3 V DC (101.234mV)
-10.0012e00 V DC (-10.0012V)
00.1234e00 V AC+DC (0.1234V)
100.01e03 Hz (100.01kHz)
01.010e-6 F (1.01µF)
READ2?
Returns the readings from the secondary display immediately after the
command has been parsed. Then syntax is as for READ? Described above.
If the secondary display is currently showing the range of the main (primary)
display the response will be RANGE.
MODE?
Returns the state of the main display, including the mode, range and
whether the range is locked (manual) or autoranging.
The syntax of the response is:
<ASCII data>,<ASCII data>,<ASCII data>,<RMT>
The response includes three ASCII data fields.
The first field contains the primary display Mode which includes:
VDC, VAC, V AC+DC, IDC, IAC, IAC+DC, OHMS, DIODE, CONT, FREQ,
CAP, TEMPC, TEMPF.
The second field contains the range e.g. 1000mV.
The third and final field contains the range selection state either ‘MAN’ for
manual range, or ‘AUTO’ for autoranging.
Each of the ASCII fields is separated by a comma.