Agilent Technologies 8960 Series Reference Manual page 760

Obtaining Identification Information (*IDN)
Description
Test set information is returned from a *IDN? query. The *IDN? query provides information about the
Manufacturer, Model Number, Serial Number, and Firmware Revision. *IDN? is defined in IEEE Std.
488.2-1992, 10.14.
Test Set Information
*IDN? query returns identification information as a comma separated string.
DIM A$[100]
OUTPUT 714;"*IDN?" !returns manufacturer,model number, serial number and "0"
ENTER 714;A$
PRINT A$
• Agilent Technologies is the manufacturer.
• Printable ASCII characters excluding comma and semicolon up to a 25-character string.
Model number example: 8960 Series 10 E5515B
• Printable ASCII characters excluding comma and semicolon up to a 10-character string.
Serial number example: US00000123
• Printable ASCII characters excluding comma and semicolon up to a 20-character string.
Firmware revision example: 0
NOTE The *IDN? query will always indicate that the firmware revision is zero.
SYSTem:APPLication[:CURRent]:REVision? is the recommended way to query the firmware
revision.
Related Topics
"Hardware Configuration Report"
!separated by commas
!prints, for example "Agilent Technologies, 8960 Series 10 E5515B,
!US38020105,0
S:\Hp8960\E1962B CDMA 2000\Pi Release\Reference Guide\Chapters\cdma2000_conf_ident.fm
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