Common Commands; Common Command Summary; Common Status Information - Agilent Technologies 8163A Programming Manual

Common Commands

NO T E These commands are described in more detail in "IEEE-Common Commands" on page 47.
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Common Commands
The IEEE 488.2 standard has a list of reserved commands, called
common commands. Some of these commands must be implemented by
any instrument using the standard, others are optional.
Your instrument implements all the necessary commands, and some
optional ones. This section describes the implemented commands.

Common Command Summary

Table 3 gives a summary of the common commands.
Table 3 Common Command Summary
Command Parameter
*CLS
*ESE
*ESE?
*ESR?
*IDN?
*OPC
*OPC?
*OPT?
*RST
*STB?
*TST?
*WAI

Common Status Information

There are three registers for the status information. Two of these are
status-registers and one is an enable-registers. These registers conform
to the IEEE Standard 488.2-1987. You can find further descriptions of
these registers under *ESE, *ESR?, and *STB?.
Function
Clear Status Command
Standard Event Status Enable Command
Standard Event Status Enable Query
Standard Event Status Register Query
Identification Query
Operation Complete Command
Operation Complete Query
Options Query
Reset Command
Read Status Byte Query
Self Test Query
Wait Command
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