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Communication Commands
:COMMunicate:STATus?
Function
Queries line-specific status.
Syntax
:COMMunicate:STATus?
Example
:COMMUNICATE:STATUS? ->
:COMMUNICATE:STATUS 0
Description The meaning of each status bit is as follows:
Bit GP-IB RS-232
0
Unrecoverable
Parity error
transmission error
1
Always 0
Framing error
2
Always 0
Break character
detected
3 or greater Always 0
Always 0
The value 0 is always returned for the optional
USB or Ethernet interface.
The status bit is set when the corresponding
cause occurs and cleared when it is read.
:COMMunicate:VERBose
Function
Sets whether to return the response
to a query using full spelling (example
:INPUT:VOLTAGE:RANGE:ELEMENT1
1.000E+03) or using abbreviation (example
:VOLT:RANG:ELEM 1.000E+03).
Syntax
:COMMunicate:VERBose {<Boolean>}
:COMMunicate:VERBose?
Example
:COMMUNICATE:VERBOSE ON
:COMMUNICATE:VERBOSE? ->
:COMMUNICATE:VERBOSE 1
:COMMunicate:WAIT
Function
Waits for one of the specified extended events to
occur.
Syntax
:COMMunicate:WAIT <Register>
<Register> = 0 to 65535 (extended event register,
see page 7-7.)
Example
:COMMUNICATE:WAIT 1
Description For the description regarding how to synchronize
the program using
COMMunicate:WAIT,
see
page 5-10.
:COMMunicate:WAIT?
Function
Creates the response that is returned when the
specified event occurs.
Syntax
:COMMunicate:WAIT? <Register>
<Register> = 0 to 65535 (extended event register,
see page 7-7.)
Example
:COMMUNICATE:WAIT? 65535 -> 1
Operation pending status register/Overlap enable
register
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5
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2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 ACS
0
0
0
0
0
PRN
When bit 5 (PRN) = 1:
Built-in printer operation not complete
When bit 6 (ACS) = 1:
Access to the medium not complete.
6.5 COMMunicate Group