Ieee 488.2 Common Commands - Agilent Technologies 8920B Programming Reference Manual

IEEE 488.2 Common Commands

IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
The IEEE 488.2 Standard defines a set of common commands which provide for uniform communication
between devices on the GPIB. These commands are common to all instruments which comply with the
IEEE 488.2 Standard. These commands control some of the basic instrument functions, such as instrument
identification, instrument reset, and instrument status reporting.
The following common commands are implemented in the Test Set:
Table 2 Test Set IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
Mnemonic
*CLS Clear Status Command
*ESE Standard Event Status Enable Command
*ESE? Standard Event Status Enable Query
*ESR? Standard Event Status Register Query
*IDN? Identification Query
*OPC Operation Complete Command
*OPC? Operation Complete Query
*OPT? Option Identification Query
*PCB Pass Control Back Command
*RCL Recall Command
*RST Reset Command
*SAV Save Command
*SRE Service Request Enable Command
*SRE? Service Request Enable Query
*STB? Read Status Byte Query
*TRG Trigger Command
*TST? Self-Test Query
*WAI Wait-To-Continue Command
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