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R&S ESU
6.3 Common Commands
The common commands are taken from the IEEE 488.2 (IEC 625-2) standard. A particular command
has the same effect on different devices. The headers of these commands consist of an asterisk "*" fol-
lowed by three letters. Many common commands refer to the status reporting system which is described
in detail in chapter "Remote Control –
Command Parameter
*CAL?
*CLS
*ESE 0 to 255
*ESR?
*IDN?
*IST?
*OPC
*OPT?
*PCB 0 to 30
*PRE 0 to 255
*PSC 0 | 1
*RST
*SRE 0 to 255
*STB?
*TRG
*TST?
*WAI
*CAL?
CALIBRATION QUERY initiates a calibration of the instrument and subsequently queries the
calibration status. Any responses > 0 indicate errors.
*CLS
CLEAR STATUS sets the status byte (STB), the standard event register (ESR) and the EVENt-part of
the QUEStionable and the OPERation register to zero. The command does not alter the mask and
transition parts of the registers. It clears the output buffer.
*ESE 0 to 255
EVENT STATUS ENABLE sets the event status enable register to the value indicated. The query form
*ESE? returns the contents of the event status enable register in decimal form.
*ESR?
STANDARD EVENT STATUS QUERY returns the contents of the event status register in decimal form
(0 to 255) and subsequently sets the register to zero.
6.8
Remote Control – Description of Commands
Basics".
Function
Calibration Query
Clear Status
Event Status Enable
Standard Event Status Query
Identification Query
Individual Status Query
Operation Complete
Option Identification Query
Pass Control Back
Parallel Poll Register Enable
Power On Status Clear
Reset
Service Request Enable
Status Byte Query
Trigger
Self Test Query
Wait to continue
Common Commands
Comment
query only
no query
query only
query only
query only
query only
no query
no query
query only
no query
query only
no query
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