Agilent Technologies 8960 10 Series Reference Manual page 558

Obtaining Identification Information *IDN?
February 14, 2000
Description
The identification query provides information about the origin, nature, and definition of the test set and is
divided into four parts Manufacturer, Model Number, Serial Number, and Firmware Revision. *IDN? is
defined in IEEE Std. 488.2-1992, 10.14.
*IDN query returns identification information as a common separated string.
*IDN? Programming Example
DIM A$[100]
OUTPUT 714;"*IDN?" !returns manufacturer,model number, serial number and "0"
ENTER 714;A$
PRINT A$
Manufacturer
Example: Agilent Technologies
Model Number
Printable ASCII characters excluding comma and semicolon up to a 15-character string.
Example: 8960 Series 10 E5515A
Serial Number
Printable ASCII characters excluding comma and semicolon up to a 10-character string.
Example: US00000123
Firmware
Printable ASCII characters excluding comma and semicolon up to a 20-character string.
Example: 0
!separated by commas
!would print, for example "Agilent Technologies, 8960 Series 10 E5515A,
!US38020105,0
S:\Hp8960\E1960A GSM Mobile Test Application\A.04 Release\Reference_Manual\Chapters\conf_ident.fm
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