
Appendix F: SCPI Commands Quick Reference
Appendix F: SCPI Commands Quick Reference
This section summarizes the SCPI commands available for interfacing with WSA5000.
The commands are listed alphabetically based on the main node, then sub-nodes, so on.
The sub-nodes are grouped and listed alphabetically based on functionality.
section for details on notations used in the Parameter column.
The Release column indicates from which
firmware
release version that the commands
are available.
Grayed-out
commands are not yet implemented.
Keyword
Parameter
Description
Release
IEEE Mandated
*CLS
Clear all status registers
v1.0
*ESE
<integer>
Event Status Enable register
v1.0
*ESE?
Query ESE register
v1.0
*ESR?
Query Event Status Register
v1.0
*IDN?
Query device identification
v1.0
*OPC
Operation Complete
TBD
*OPC?
Query OC
TBD
*RST
Reset to factory default
v1.0
*SRE
<integer>
Service Request Enable bits
v1.0
*SRE?
Query SRE register
v1.0
*STB?
Query Status Byte register
v1.0
*TST?
Query self-test status
v1.0
*WAI
Wait-to-Continue
TBD
:INPut
:ATTenuator
ON | OFF | 1 | 0
Enables/disables the front-end's 20dB
attenuation (on some models)
v3.0
:ATTenuator?
:VARiable
<integer [dB]>
Sets the variable attenuation for WSA5000-418
and -427
v4.3.8
:VARiable?
:FILTer
:PRESelect
ON | OFF | 1 | 0
Enables/disables the use of preselect filtering
TBD
:PRESelect?
:GAIN
<index> <ON | OFF | 1 | 0>
Sets an input gain stage to be on or off. The
index range is model dependent.
v4.5.0
:GAIN?
<index>
:IF
<NR1 [unit]>
Selects the variable IF gain stages
TBD
:IF?
:HDR
Sets gain level for the narrow-band ADC of the
HDR signal path
v3.1 – :NB
v3.2.1 – :HDR
:HDR?
[MAX | MIN]
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