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C-12 GB1400 User Manual
Command Descriptions
The following section defines each GB1400 set and query command. Unless noted
otherwise, the following conventions will be followed in the command descriptions in later
sections of this chapter:
Command Headers: Command headers will be shown using the entire command name
in lower case. For legal abbreviations, see the Command Summary – Alphabetical
section earlier in this Chapter.
Set and Query Command Pairs:
Commands that have both forms will be listed under the set command name. For
example the data threshold set and query commands above will be listed under the name
DATA_THRES.
Common and Proprietary GPIB Commands
The following GPIB "common commands" defined in ANSI/IEEE Std. 488.2-1987.
*cls
Clear Status. This set command clears the Standard Event Status Register (SESR) and
the event status bit (ESB) in the Status Byte Register (SBR). In addition it puts the
instrument into the Operation Complete Command Idle State and the Operation Complete
Query Idle State.
Min. Abbr. *cls
Example *cls
*ese [n]
Event Status Enable. This command sets the Event Status Enable Register (ESER) to
the bit sequence corresponding to n, where n is a decimal number in the range 0 to 255.
Min. Abbr. *ese
Argument n: 0 to 255 decimal.
Example *ese 255
(sets the ESER to 11111111 binary)