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SCPI Parameter Type ....................................................................................................... 4-15
Numeric Parameters......................................................................................................... 4-16
Discrete Parameters ......................................................................................................... 4-16
Boolean Parameters ......................................................................................................... 4-16
SCPI Syntax and Styles ............................................................................................................... 4-16
SOURce Subsystem ................................................................................................................ 4-23
OUTPut Subsystem.................................................................................................................. 4-45
INSTrument Subsystem ........................................................................................................... 4-48
Synchronizing Multiple Instruments ............................................................................................. 4-50
TRIGger Subsystem ................................................................................................................. 4-52
TRACe Subsystem ................................................................................................................... 4-57
Arbitrary Waveforms .................................................................................................................... 4-58
Arbitrary Memory Management ................................................................................................... 4-58
Downloading Arbitrary Waveforms .............................................................................................. 4-59
Sequenced Waveforms ............................................................................................................... 4-61
SYSTem Subsystem ................................................................................................................ 4-64
IEEE-STD-488.2 Common Commands and Queries .............................................................. 4-65
The SCPI Status Registers............................................................................................... 4-66
The Status Byte Register (STB) ....................................................................................... 4-67
Reading the Status Byte Register .................................................................................... 4-69
Clearing the Status Byte Register .................................................................................... 4-69
Service Request Enable Register (SRE) ......................................................................... 4-69
Standard Event Status Register (ESR) ............................................................................ 4-70
Standard Event Status Enable Register (ESE) ................................................................ 4-71
Error Messages ................................................................................................................. 4-71
Chapter 5
PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION ................................................................................................... 5-1
What's in This Chapter................................................................................................................... 5-1
Performance Checks ..................................................................................................................... 5-1
Environmental Conditions........................................................................................................... 5-1
Warm-Up Period ......................................................................................................................... 5-2
Initial Instrument Setting ............................................................................................................. 5-2
Recommended Test Equipment................................................................................................. 5-2
Performance Check Procedures ................................................................................................... 5-2
Frequency Accuracy................................................................................................................... 5-3
Amplitude Accuracy.................................................................................................................... 5-3
DC Offset Characteristics........................................................................................................... 5-4
Squarewave Characteristics ...................................................................................................... 5-5
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