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R&S ESCI Contents - Remote Control - Basics
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Contents - Chapter 5 "Remote Control - "Basics"
5 Remote Control - Basics..................................................................................... 5.1
Introduction.......................................................................................................................................5.1
Getting Started..................................................................................................................................5.2
Starting Remote Control Operation................................................................................................5.3
Display Contents during Remote Control.................................................................................5.3
Remote Control via IEC/IEEE Bus ...........................................................................................5.4
Setting the Device Address............................................................................................5.4
Return to Manual Operation...........................................................................................5.4
Remote Control via RS-232-Interface......................................................................................5.5
Setting the Transmission Parameters............................................................................5.5
Return to Manual Operation...........................................................................................5.5
Limitations......................................................................................................................5.5
Remote Control in a Network (RSIB Interface) ........................................................................5.6
Setting the Device Address............................................................................................5.6
Return to Manual Operation...........................................................................................5.6
Messages ..........................................................................................................................................5.7
IEC/IEEE-Bus Interface Messages ..........................................................................................5.7
Device Messages (Commands and Device Responses).........................................................5.7
Structure and Syntax of the Device Messages..............................................................................5.8
SCPI Introduction .....................................................................................................................5.8
Structure of a Command..........................................................................................................5.8
Structure of a Command Line ................................................................................................5.11
Responses to Queries............................................................................................................5.12
Parameters.............................................................................................................................5.13
Overview of Syntax Elements ................................................................................................5.14
Instrument Model and Command Processing.............................................................................5.15
Input Unit................................................................................................................................5.15
Command Recognition...........................................................................................................5.16
Instrument Data Base and Instrument Hardware...................................................................5.16
Output Unit .............................................................................................................................5.17
Command Sequence and Command Synchronization ..........................................................5.17
Status Reporting System...............................................................................................................5.18
Structure of an SCPI Status Register.....................................................................................5.18
Overview of the Status Registers...........................................................................................5.20
Description of the Status Registers........................................................................................5.21
Status Byte (STB) and Service Request Enable Register (SRE).................................5.21
IST Flag and Parallel Poll Enable Register (PPE) .......................................................5.22
Event-Status Register (ESR) and Event-Status-Enable Register (ESE) .....................5.22
STATus:OPERation Register.......................................................................................5.23
STATus:QUEStionable Register..................................................................................5.24
STATus:QUEStionable:ACPLimit Register..................................................................5.25
STATus:QUEStionable:FREQuency Register .............................................................5.26
STATus:QUEStionable:LIMit<1|2> Register................................................................5.27
STATus:QUEStionable:LMARgin<1|2> Register.........................................................5.28
STATus:QUEStionable:POWer Register.....................................................................5.29