Table of Contents
*STB? (status byte query) ..................................................................................................... 12-13
*TRG (trigger) ........................................................................................................................ 12-14
*TST? (self-test query) .......................................................................................................... 12-15
*WAI (wait-to-continue) ......................................................................................................... 12-15
Status structure ........................................................................................................
Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 13-1
Status register sets ............................................................................................................ 13-1
Condition registers .................................................................................................................. 13-8
Transition filters ....................................................................................................................... 13-9
Event registers ........................................................................................................................ 13-9
Enable registers .................................................................................................................... 13-10
Queues ............................................................................................................................. 13-10
Output queue ........................................................................................................................ 13-10
Error queue ........................................................................................................................... 13-11
Status byte register ............................................................................................................... 13-12
Serial poll and SRQ ............................................................................................................... 13-14
SCPI command reference ........................................................................................
Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 14-1
:FETCh? .................................................................................................................................. 14-2
READ? .................................................................................................................................... 14-4
SCPI command summary .................................................................................................. 14-6
General notes .......................................................................................................................... 14-6
CALCulate command summary .............................................................................................. 14-7
DISPlay command summary ................................................................................................... 14-9
FORMat command summary ................................................................................................ 14-10
OUTPut command summary ................................................................................................. 14-11
:ROUTe command summary ................................................................................................. 14-11
:SENSe command summary ................................................................................................. 14-13
:SOURce command summary ............................................................................................... 14-20
:STATus command summary ................................................................................................ 14-21
:SYSTem command summary .............................................................................................. 14-23
:TRACe command summary ................................................................................................. 14-25
:TRIGger command summary ............................................................................................... 14-26
:UNIT command summary .................................................................................................... 14-32
SCPI command subsystems ............................................................................................ 14-32
CALCulate subsystem ...................................................................................................... 14-32
CALCulate[1] ......................................................................................................................... 14-32
KMATh commands ................................................................................................................ 14-33
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