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C (continued)
Command Reference (continued)
DATA subsystem, 97
FETCh? command, 98
INITiate subsystem, 99
INPut subsystem, 100
MEASure subsystem, 101–110
OUTPut subsystem, 111–112
READ? command, 113
SAMPle subsystem, 114–115
SCPI commands, 71–161
quick reference, 167–170
[SENSe:] subsystem, 116–152
STATus subsystem, 153–154
SYSTem subsystem, 155
TRIGger subsystem, 156–161
Commands
*CLS
, 155, 163
*ESE, 163
*ESE?, 163
*ESR?, 164
*IDN?, 164
*OPC, 164
*OPC?, 165
*RST, 165
*SRE, 60, 165
*SRE?, 165
*STB?, 166
*TRG, 46, 48, 160
*TST?, 166
*WAI, 166
abbreviated, 68
common (*), 162–167
common command format, 67
implied, 68
linking, 69
low-level, 101
non-SCPI function, 193–198
non-SCPI range, 193–198
parameters, 69
SCPI command format, 67
separator, 68
types of, 67
upper case vs. lower case, 68
Common (*) Commands
*CLS
, 155, 163
*ESE, 163
*ESE?, 163
*ESR?, 164
*IDN?, 164
*OPC, 164
Common (*) Commands (continued)
*OPC?, 165
*RST, 165
*SRE, 60, 165
*SRE?, 165
*STB?, 166
*TRG, 46, 48, 160
*TST?, 166
*WAI, 166
format, 67
quick reference, 162, 167
Common Mode
errors
, 35
rejection (CMR), 27
CONFigure Subsystem, 85–95
CONF:CURRent:AC, 87
CONF:CURRent[:DC], 88
CONF:FREQuency, 89
CONF:FRESistance, 90
CONF:PERiod, 91
CONF:RESistance, 92
CONF:VOLTage:AC, 93
CONF[:VOLTage[:DC]], 94
CONF[:VOLTage[:DC]]:RATio, 95
CONFigure? Command, 96
Configuring for Highest Accuracy
Measurements
, 184
Connections
2-wire ohms measurement
, 21, 30
4-wire ohms measurement, 21, 29
analog bus, 19
best type, 25
current measurement, 22
frequency measurement, 19
functional multimeter, 19–22
period measurement, 19
twisted-pair, 28
voltage measurement, 20
voltage ratio (Vdc) measurement, 20
Count
point calibrations
, 79
readings, 74, 114–115
samples, 51, 114–115
trigger, 48–49, 156–157
Crest Factor Error, 33, 180
Current
ac
high speed measurements
, 36
measurement errors, 36
range, 87, 119–120
range vs. resolution, 71