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Commands
OA 5000 commands fall into two main groups: Common Commands and
Device Commands. The commands follow Tektronix Standard Codes and
Formats 1991.
Most of these commands can be used either as set commands or queries.
However, some commands can only be used to set: these have the words
“No Query Form” included with the command name. Other commands can
only be used to query: these have a question mark appended to the header,
and include the words “Query Only” in the command name.
Headers, mnemonics, and arguments are usually spelled out fully in text,
with the minimum required spelling shown in upper case. F or example, to
use the command RECall you must enter at least REC. The examples in this
manual use the abbreviated forms.
Several commands and queries used with the OA 5000 are common to all
devices on the GPIB. These commands and queries are defined by IEEE
Std 488.2-1987 and Tektronix Standard Codes and Formats 1991 as useful
across all instruments in a GPIB system.
Table 3-4 lists the Common Commands supported by the OA 5000. Com-
plete descriptions of these commands appear in an alphabetical listing of
commands later in this section.
Table 3-4: Commands Common to All GPIB Devices and
Supported by the OA 5000 Series
Header
Full Command Name
ALLev? All Events
BLRN Binary Device Setup
*CAL?
1
Instrument Self Calibration
*CLS Clear Status
DESE Device Event Status Enable
*ESE Standard Event Status Enable
*ESR? Standard Event Status Register
EVENT? Event
EVMSG? Event Message
EVQTy? Number of Events in Queue
Common
Commands
and Queries