Description Of Commands - Newport New Focus Picomotor 8742 User Manual

Remote Command Set
6.2.1

Description of Commands

Many of the commands take an axis number as a parameter (xx). For such
commands, the valid range of axis number is from 1 to 4.
*IDN?
Product identification string query.
Description
*IDN?
Syntax
This query will cause the instrument to return a unique identification string. This similar
Remarks
to the Version (VE) command but provides more information. In response to this
command the controller replies with company name, product model name, firmware
version number, firmware build date, and controller serial number. No two controllers
share the same model name and serial numbers, therefore this information can be used to
uniquely identify a specific controller.
Model
Name
New_Focus XXXX vYYY mm/dd/yy, SNZZZZ
*IDN?
Example
New_Focus 8742 v1.9 10/23/12 SN10001
VE?
See Also
Firmware
Firmware
Date
Version #
NOTE
Controller
Serial #
(Get product identification information)
(Controller replies with ID string)
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