IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
Common commands are generally not measurement related, but are used
to manage macros, status registers, synchronization, and data storage. All
common commands begin with an asterisk. The common commands are
defined by IEEE 488.2
*CLS (Clear Status Command)
Clear the status byte, the Data Questionable Event Register, the Standard
Event Status Register, the Standard Operation Status register and any other
registers that are summarized in the Status Byte.
*DMC (Define Macro Command)
"<label>" , "<cmds>"
Allows the programmer to assign a sequence of elements to a macro label.
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