3152A User Manual
Racal Instruments
©
2001
SCPI and HS Command Reference 4-1
Chapter 4
SCPI AND HS COMMAND REFERENCE
What’s In This
Chapter
This chapter contains reference information for programming the
Model 3152A. Standard Commands For Programmable
Instruments (SCPI) convention rules and syntax are explained in
detail.
Table 4-1
lists all SCPI commands used for programming
the Model 3152A. The command summary for each SCPI model
is also included in this chapter.
This chapter teaches you how to use SCPI commands to control
functions, modes, waveforms and other aspects of the
instrument. Prior understanding of SCPI programming is
necessary for low level programming of the Model 3152A.
In addition, High Speed (HS) commands have been defined
corresponding to each of the 3152A SCPI commands. These
commands can be used as alternatives to the SCPI command
set in cases where raw speed is more important than software
readability.
Introduction to
the
SCPI
Language
Commands to program the instrument via the VXIbus are
defined by the Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments (SCPI) 1993.0 standard. The SCPI standard defines
a common language protocol. It goes one step further than
IEEE-STD-488.2 and defines a standard set of commands to
control every programmable aspect of the instrument. It also
defines the formats of command parameters and the formats of
values returned by the instrument.
SCPI is an ASCII-based instrument command language
designed for test and measurement instruments. SCPI
commands are structured in a hierarchical a tree system. In this
system, associated commands are grouped together under a
common root, thus forming subsystems. Throughout this
manual, the following conventions are used for SCPI command
syntax.
Square Brackets ( [ ] )
Enclose optional keywords or
parameters
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