Common Command Summary; Common Status Information - HP 8163A Series Programming Manual

Common Commands
Command Parameter Function
*CLS
*ESE
*ESE?
*ESR?
*IDN?
*OPC
*OPC?
*OPT?
*RST
*STB?
*TST?
*WAI
N O T E These commands are described in more detail in "IEEE-Common Commands" on page 45.
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Common Command Summary

Table 3 gives a summary of the common commands.
Clear Status Command
Standard Event Status Enable Command
Standard Event Status Enable Query
Standard Event Status Register Query
Identification Query
Operation Complete Command
Operation Complete Query
Options Query
Reset Command
Read Status Byte Query
Self Test Query
Wait Command
Table 3 Common Command Summary

Common Status Information

There are three registers for the status information. Two of these are status-
registers and one is an enable-registers. These registers conform to the IEEE
Standard 488.2-1987. You can find further descriptions of these registers under
*ESE, *ESR?, and *STB?.
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