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Hp 437b emulation commands gpib operation – Anritsu ML2430A User Manual

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HP 437B EMULATION
COMMANDS

This section provides an alphabetical listing of the commands (mnemon-
ics) used to program the Model ML2430A Series Power Meter when in HP
437B Emulation mode. The emulation mode can be set through the front
panel

SYSTEM|Rear Panel|GPIB|MODE menu (see Chapter 4, Opera-

tion) or through the GPIB command EMUL (page 6-105).

HP Emulation commands must not have a space between the command
header and the parameter, or commas between the parameters.

The format for HP Emulation commands is:

n>...

The end of the command text must be terminated with a line feed charac-
ter (0Ah, decimal 10) or a GPIB End of Transmission State (EOI), or both.

*CLS

Clear GPIB status bytes

Syntax:

*CLS

Remarks:

This command performs a status structure clear command. The event
status register and the status register are cleared except for the MAV bit.

*ESE

Set the Event Status register enable mask

Syntax:

*ESE

val:

8-bit mask

Remarks:

Event registers for the HP 437B (see Figure 6-8):
Bit 7: Power ON
Bit 6: N/A
Bit 5: Command error
Bit 4: Execution error
Bit 3: Device Dependent error
Bit 2: N/A
Bit 1: N/A
Bit 0: N/A
See the HP 437B manual for details about the HP status registers.

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HP 437B EMULATION COMMANDS

GPIB OPERATION