4
Measurement Operations & Settings
Root Layer Command
command:
:LOCK
syntax:
:LOCK<wsp><boolean>, <value>
description:
Switches the lock off and on.
High power lasers cannot be switched on, if you switch the lock on. High power lasers are switched off immediately when
you switch the lock on.
parameters:
A boolean value:
<value> is the four-figure lock password.
response:
none
example:
lock 1,1234 - 1234 is the default password
command:
:LOCK?
syntax:
:LOCK?
description:
Queries the current state of the lock.
parameters:
none
response:
A boolean value:
example:
lock?
80
0 or OFF: switch lock off
1 or ON: switch lock on
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The commands in the Slot subsystem allow you to query the following:
• a particular slot, for example, using slot1:empt?,
• or, an Optical Head attached to an Optical Head Interface Module, for
example, an Optical Head Interface Module in slot1 with an Optical
Head attached to channel 2, using slot1:head2:empt?.
0: lock is switched off
1: lock is switched on
8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes Programming Guide