Instruction manual

6.7 MANDATORY COMMANDS

This section explains in detail the IEEE-488.2 and SCPI MANDATORY common

commands, which are supported by this Programmable Instrument.

NOTE:

<SP> = Null or space character (20H)

<AARD> = Arbitrary ASCII Response Data

<NR.DATA> = Numeric Data

<EOS> = End of string character (OAH)

<Channel_list> = Channel Number operation.

The format for giving the channel list is

(@1) : Channel number 1

(@1,2) : Channel nos. 1 & 2.

(@1,2:4) : Channel numbers 1,2,3,4.

Brackets are compulsory.

1. Command : *CLS

Description : Clear Status command

Function : This will clear status Data Structure & forces the Instru-

ment to OCIS and OQIS state.

2. Command : *ESE<SP><NR.DATA>

Description : Standard Event Status Enable command.

Function : This <NR.DATA> is from 0-255 & will set or reset the bits

of Standard Event Status Enable Register.

3. Command : *ESE?

Description : Standard Event Status Enable Query

Function : This query command reads the contents of Stan

dard Event Status Enable register in < NR.DATA>(0-

255) data format.

4. Command : *ESR?

Description : Standard Event Status Register Query

Function : This query command reads the contents of the Stan-

dard Event Status Register in <NR.DATA> Numeric Data

(0-255) format.