User`s manual
Agilent E8462A Relay Multiplexer Command Reference 105
SYSTem
The SYSTem subsystem returns the numbers and messages in the error queue of a
switchbox, and returns the switchbox module descriptions.
Subsystem Syntax SYSTem
:CDEScription? <number>
:CPON <number> | ALL
:CTYPe? <number>
:ERRor?
SYSTem:CDEScription?
SYSTem:CDEScription? <number> Returns the module description.
Parameters
Comments Multiplexer Module Description: The SYSTem:CDEScription? command returns,
depending on mode currently configured, the following E8462A descriptions:
Example Reading the Description of a Card #1 Module
This example selects the one-wire mode, then queries the description.
FUNC 1,WIRE1
Sets mode to one-wire.
Parameter
Name
Parameter
Type Range of Values
Default
Value
number
numeric 1 through 99 N/A
FUNCtion Mode Description
NONE User defined mode “8 x 16 Channel GP Relay Mux”
WIRE1 One-wire mode “256 Channel 1-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE2 Two-wire mode “128 Channel 2-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE3 Three-wire mode “64 Channel 3-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE4 Four-wire mode “64 Channel 4-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE1X2 2 One-wire mode “2 x 128 Channel 1-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE2X2 2 Two-wire mode “2 x 64 Channel 2-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE4X2 2 Four-wire mode “2 x 32 Channel 4-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE1X4 4 One-wire mode “4 x 64 Channel 1-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE2X4 4 Two-wire mode “4 x 32 Channel 2-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE4X4 4 Four-wire mode “4 x 16 Channel 4-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE1X8 8 One-wire mode “8 x 32 Channel 1-Wire Relay Mux”
WIRE2X8 8 Two-wire mode “8 x 16 Channel 2-Wire Relay Mux”