Scpi Commands - Keithley 2002 Getting Started Manual

3-6 IEEE-488 Bus Operation

SCPI commands

In the Model 2002 Multimeter, you are given access to control settings that are hidden on oth-
er instruments. The increased capability does, however, produce increased complexity. To ac-
commodate this, the multimeter incorporates the Standard Commands for Programmable
Instruments (SCPI) command set.
Because the instrument has more control points available, it requires more commands than
its counterparts to perform comparable tasks. Also, since the command set is much larger than
that of other instruments, finding the right commands to do the job is more difficult. Finally,
SCPI command names are longer than command names in other instruments.
This introduction to the SCPI command set has three goals:
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Describe the syntax of SCPI commands. Included are descriptions of short forms and de-
fault nodes, which help reduce the amount of data sent to the instrument.
Provide some simple programs to perform commonly used tasks.
Describe the SCPI commands used in the example programs so you can modify the
programs to suit your needs.