BNC 7000 Series Programmer Manual - Manual (Page 3)

3
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 5
2 PROGRAMMING THE SERIES 7000 ........................................................................................................... 6
2.1 LAN ............................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.2 E THERNET I NTERFACE C ONNECTION AND S ETUP .................................................................................................. 6
2.3 U SING S OCKETS LAN ..................................................................................................................................... 8
2.4 U SING AND C ONFIGURING VXI-11 (VISA) ......................................................................................................... 8
2.5 U SING T ELNET LAN (P ORT 18) ........................................................................................................................ 9
2.6 USB ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
2.7 USB-TMC I NTERFACE C ONNECTION AND S ETUP USING VISA ................................................................................ 9
2.8 USB-TMC I NTERFACE C ONNECTION AND S ETUP USING B ERKELEY N UCLEONICS API ................................................ 10
2.9 GPIB I NTERFACE C ONNECTION AND S ETUP ....................................................................................................... 10
2.9.1 General GPIB information ............................................................................................................. 10
2.10 U SING SCPI FOR SERIES 7000 ................................................................................................................. 11
3 IEEE-488 INTERFACE COMMANDS ......................................................................................................... 12
3.1 IEEE M ANDATED C OMMANDS ....................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.1 *CLS ............................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.2 *ESE ................................................................................................................................... 12
3.1.3 *ESE? ............................................................................................................................................. 12
3.1.4 *IDN? ............................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1.5 *OPC .............................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1.6 *OPC? ............................................................................................................................................ 13
3.1.7 *OPT? ............................................................................................................................................ 13
3.1.8 *RST ............................................................................................................................................... 13
3.1.9 *SRE .................................................................................................................................. 13
3.1.10 *SRE? ........................................................................................................................................ 14
3.1.11 *STB? ........................................................................................................................................ 14
3.1.12 *TRG ......................................................................................................................................... 14
3.1.13 *TST? ........................................................................................................................................ 14
3.1.14 *WAI ......................................................................................................................................... 14
4 SCPI COMMANDS .................................................................................................................................. 15
4.1 I NTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 15
4.2 SCPI C OMMAND T YPES ................................................................................................................................ 15
4.3 SCPI C OMMAND S YNTAX .............................................................................................................................. 16
4.4 H IERARCHICAL C OMMAND S TRUCTURE ............................................................................................................ 17
4.5 S TATUS S YSTEM P ROGRAMMING .................................................................................................................... 18
4.6 S TATUS R EGISTERS ....................................................................................................................................... 18
4.7 S TATUS G ROUP R EPORTING ........................................................................................................................... 19
4.8 S TANDARD E VENT S TATUS G ROUP .................................................................................................................. 20
4.9 O PERATION S TATUS G ROUP ........................................................................................................................... 20
4.10 Q UESTIONABLE S TATUS G ROUP ................................................................................................................. 20
5 SCPI COMMAND DESCRIPTION .............................................................................................................. 22
5.1 :ABOR T S UBSYSTEM .................................................................................................................................... 22
5.2 :CALC ULATE S UBSYSTEM .................................................................................................................... 22
5.3 :INIT IATE S UBSYSTEM .................................................................................................................................. 23
5.4 :SENS E S UBSYSTEM ..................................................................................................................................... 24
5.5 :STAT US S UBSYSTEM ................................................................................................................................... 27
5.6 :SYST EM S UBSYSTEM ................................................................................................................................... 29
5.7 [:SYST EM :COMM UNICATE ] S UBSYSTEM ........................................................................................................ 29
5.8 :TRIG GER S UBSYSTEM .................................................................................................................................. 32
5.9 UNIT S UBSYSTEM ........................................................................................................................................ 35
Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation 2955 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone: 415-453-9955, Fax: 415-453-9956, Email: [email protected], Web: www.berkeleynucleonics.com