4-12 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual
Remote Operation
Common Commands Reference
Common Commands Reference
The common commands used in this instrument are shown in the following
table.
• The common commands control some of the basic instrument functions,
such as instrument identification and reset and how status is read and
cleared.
• The common commands are defined by the IEEE 488.2 standard and are
common to all instruments that comply with this standard.
Table 4-1 IEEE 488.2 Common Commands
Command Command Name
*CLS Clear Status Command
*ESE Event Status Enable Command
*ESE? Event Status Enable Query
*ESR? Event Status Register Query
*IDN? Identification Query
*OPC Operation Complete Command
*OPC? Operation Complete Query
*RST Reset Command
*SRE Service Request Enable Command
*SRE? Service Request Enable Query
*STB? Read Status Byte Query
*TST? Self-Test Query
*WAI Wait-to-Continue Command