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Chapter 3
HP E1418A SCPI Command Reference
Using This Chapter
This chapter describes Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation
(SCPI) and summarizes IEEE 488.2 Common (*) Commands applicable to the
HP E1418A D/A Converter Module. This chapter contains the following sections:
• Command Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 59
• SCPI Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 62
• ABORt Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 63
• APPLy Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 64
• CALibration Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 66
• DIAGnostic Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 76
• INITiate Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 80
• OUTPut Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 81
• SOURce Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 84
• STATus Subsystem . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 95
• SYSTem Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 100
• TEST Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 101
• TRIGger Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 104
• IEEE 488.2 Common Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . Page 106
• HP E1418A Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 107
Command Types
Commands are separated into two types: IEEE 488.2 Common Commands and
SCPI Commands.
Common
Command
Format
The IEEE 488.2 standard defines the common commands that perform functions
like reset, self-test, status byte query, etc. Common commands are four or five
characters in length, always begin with the asterisk character (*), and may include
one or more parameters. The command keyword is separated from the first
parameter by a space character. Common commands are not documented, except in
a general manner, in this manual. Some examples of common commands are:
*RST
*ESR 32
*STB?
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