Programming instructions
Table Of Contents
- Programming Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Programming Examples
- Using the Programming Examples
- GPIB Programming Examples
- Before Using the Examples
- Interface Check using Agilent BASIC
- Interface Check Using NI-488.2 and C++
- Interface Check using VISA and C
- Local Lockout Using Agilent BASIC
- Local Lockout Using NI-488.2 and C++
- Queries Using Agilent BASIC
- Queries Using NI-488.2 and C++
- Queries Using VISA and C
- Generating a CW Signal Using VISA and C
- Generating an Externally Applied AC-Coupled FM Signal Using VISA and C
- Generating an Internal AC-Coupled FM Signal Using VISA and C
- Generating a Step-Swept Signal Using VISA and C
- Saving and Recalling States Using VISA and C
- Reading the Data Questionable Status Register Using VISA and C
- Reading the Service Request Interrupt (SRQ) Using VISA and C
- LAN Programming Examples
- RS-232 Programming Examples
- 3 Programming the StatusRegisterSystem
- 4 Command Reference
- Command Reference Information
- SCPI Basics
- IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
- Calibration subsystem
- Communication Subsystem
- Diagnostic Subsystem
- Display Subsystem
- Memory Subsystem
- Mass Memory Subsystem
- Output Subsystem
- Status Subsystem
- :OPERation:CONDition
- :OPERation:ENABle
- :OPERation:NTRansition
- :OPERation:PTRansition
- :OPERation[:EVENt]
- :PRESet
- :QUEStionable:CALibration:CONDition
- :QUEStionable:CALibration:ENABle
- :QUEStionable:CALibration:NTRansition
- :QUEStionable:CALibration:PTRansition
- :QUEStionable:CALibration[:EVENt]
- :QUEStionable:CONDition
- :QUEStionable:ENABle
- :QUEStionable:FREQuency:CONDition
- :QUEStionable:FREQuency:ENABle
- :QUEStionable:FREQuency:NTRansition
- :QUEStionable:FREQuency:PTRansition
- :QUEStionable:FREQuency[:EVENt]
- :QUEStionable:MODulation:CONDition
- :QUEStionable:MODulation:ENABle
- :QUEStionable:MODulation:NTRansition
- :QUEStionable:MODulation:PTRansition
- :QUEStionable:MODulation[:EVENt]
- :QUEStionable:NTRansition
- :QUEStionable:POWer:CONDition
- :QUEStionable:POWer:ENABle
- :QUEStionable:POWer:NTRansition
- :QUEStionable:POWer:PTRansition
- :QUEStionable:POWer[:EVENt]
- :QUEStionable:PTRansition
- :QUEStionable[:EVENt]
- System Subsystem
- Trigger Subsystem
- Unit Subsystem (:UNIT)
- Amplitude Modulation Subsystem
- :AM[1]|2...
- :AM:INTernal:FREQuency:STEP[:INCRement]
- :AM:MODE
- :AM[1]|2:EXTernal[1]|2:COUPling
- :AM[1]|2:EXTernal[1]|2:IMPedance
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate:AMPLitude:PERCent
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:SWEep:RATE
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:SWEep:TRIGger
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FREQuency
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:NOISe
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:RAMP
- :AM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:SHAPe
- :AM[1]|2:SOURce
- :AM[1]|2:STATe
- :AM[1]|2:TYPE
- :AM[1]|2[:DEPTh]:EXPonential
- :AM[1]|2[:DEPTh][:LINear]
- :AM[1]|2[:DEPTh][:LINear]:TRACk
- :AM[:DEPTh]:STEP[:INCRement]
- Correction Subsystem ([:SOURce]:CORRection)
- Frequency Subsystem ([:SOURce])
- Frequency Modulation Subsystem ([:SOURce])
- :FM[1]|2...
- :FM:INTernal:FREQuency:STEP
- :FM[1]|2:EXTernal[1]|2:COUPLing
- :FM[1]|2:EXTernal[1]|2:IMPedance
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate:AMPLitude:PERCent
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:SWEep:RATE
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:SWEep:TRIGger
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FREQuency
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:NOISe
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:RAMP
- :FM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:SHAPe
- :FM[1]|2:SOURce
- :FM[1]|2:STATe
- :FM[1]|2[:DEViation]
- :FM[1]|2[:DEViation]:TRACk
- List/Sweep subsystem ([:SOURce])
- Low Frequency Output Subsystem ([:SOURce]:LFOutput)
- :AMPLitude
- :FUNCtion[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate
- :FUNCtion[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate:AMPLitude:PERCent
- :FUNCtion[1]:SWEep:RATE
- :FUNCtion[1]:SWEep:TRIGger
- :FUNCtion[1]|2:FREQuency
- :FUNCtion[1]|2:SHAPe
- :FUNCtion:NOISe
- :FUNCtion[1]|2:SHAPe:RAMP
- :SOURce
- LF Out softkeys:LF Out Off On;low frequency output subsystem keys:LF Out Off On
- Phase Modulation subsystem
- :PM[1]|2...
- :PM:INTernal:FREQuency:STEP[:INCRement]
- :PM[1]|2:BANDwidth|BWIDth
- :PM[1]|2:EXTernal[1]|2:COUPling
- :PM[1]|2:EXTernal[1]|2:IMPedance
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:FREQuency:ALTernate:AMPLitude:PERCent
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:SWEep:RATE
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]:SWEep:TRIGger
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FREQuency
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:NOISe
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:RAMP
- :PM[1]|2:INTernal[1]|2:FUNCtion:SHAPe
- :PM[1]|2:SOURce
- :PM[1]|2:STATe
- :PM[1]|2[:DEViation]
- :PM[1]|2[:DEViation]:TRACk
- :PM[:DEViation]:STEP[:INCRement]
- Power Subsystem ([:SOURce])
- :POWer:ALC:BANDwidth|BWIDth
- :POWer:ALC:BANDwidth|BWIDth:AUTO
- :POWer:ALC:LEVel
- :POWer:ALC:SEARch
- :POWer:ALC:SOURce
- :POWer:ALC:SOURce:EXTernal:COUPling
- :POWer:ALC[:STATe]
- :POWer:ATTenuation
- :POWer:ATTenuation:AUTO
- :POWer:MODE
- :POWer:REFerence
- :POWer:REFerence:STATe
- :POWer:STARt
- :POWer:STOP
- :POWer[:LEVel][:IMMediate]:OFFSet
- :POWer[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude]
- Pulse Modulation Subsystem ([:SOURce])
- SCPI Command Compatibility
- Index

Contents
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Data Questionable Power Status Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Data Questionable Frequency Status Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Data Questionable Modulation Status Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Data Questionable Calibration Status Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
4. Command Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Command Reference Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
SCPI Command Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Softkey and Hardkey Cross Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Supported Signal Generator Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
SCPI Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Common Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Command Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Command Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Command Parameters and Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Program Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
File Name Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
MSUS (Mass Storage Unit Specifier) Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Quote Usage with SCPI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Binary, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Octal Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
IEEE 488.2 Common Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
*CLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
*ESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
*ESE?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
*ESR?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
*IDN?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
*OPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
*OPC? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
*PSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
*PSC?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
*RCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
*RST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
*SAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
*SRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
*SRE?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
*STB?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
*TRG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160