Ist - HP 54501A Programming Reference Manual

*IST
*IST
(Individual Status)
query
The
*IST
query allows the instrument to
identify itself during
a
parallel
poll by allowing the controller
to read the current state of the
IEEE
488.1
defined
"ist"
local
message
in the instrument. The
response to
this
query
is
dependent upon the current
status
of the instrument
Query Syntax:
*IST?
Returned Format:
<
id
> <
NL>
Where:
<id>
::=
Oor
1
Where:
0
indicates the
"ist"
local message
is
false.
1 indicates the "ist" local
message
is
true.
Example: OUTPUT 707;"*iST?"
ENTER 707; ld$
PRINT ld$
Common Commands
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HP 54501A
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