Operating instructions

R&S ESCI IEC/IEEE-Bus Commands of HP Models
1166.6004.12 6.261 E-1
8566A / 8568A
Command
Supported Command Subset Known Differences
MT1
O1
O3
OL?
Storage of instrument settings:
80 characters are returned as
information on the instrument
settings.
The contents of the
80 characters returned does not
correspond to the original data
contents of the 8566A / 8568A
family.
OL
OL <80 characters> Readout of instrument settings:
The 80 characters read by
means of OL? are accepted as
information on the corresponding
instrument settings.
The contents of the
80 characters read does not
correspond to the original data
contents of the 8566A / 8568A
family.
OT
Readout of screen contents.
Start and stop frequencies are
always output as frequencies.
PP
The command is accepted
without an error message being
output, but it is ignored.
R1
Activates the command error bit.
R2
Activates Command Error | End
of Sweep.
R3
Activates Command Error |
Device Error.
R4
Activates Command Error | Units
Key Pressed.
The bit patterns of commands
R2, R3, R4 are ORed if the
commands are called
consecutively.
RB
RB <numeric_value> HZ|KHZ|MHZ|GHZ
RB DN
RB UP
RB?
Default value
Range of values
Step size
RC <1|2...|6>
Loads Save Set 1 to 6.
S1
S2
SP
SP <numeric_value> HZ|KHZ|MHZ|GHZ
SP DN
SP UP
SP?
Default value
Range of values
Step size
SS
SS <numeric_value> HZ|KHZ|MHZ|GHZ
SS DN
Default value