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IEEE 488.2 and Specific Command Reference

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FTB-500

IEEE 488.2 Required Commands

Field 3 (Serial number): ASCII character (0 if not

available)

Field 4 (Firmware level): ASCII character (0 if

not available)

ASCII character 0 represents a single

ASCII-encoded byte with a value of 30 (48

decimal).

The presence of data in all fields is mandatory. If

either field 3 or 4 is not available, the ASCII

character 0 shall be returned for that field. A field

may contain any 7-bit ASCII-encoded bytes in the

range of 20 through 7E (32 through 126 decimal)

except commas (2C, 44 decimal) and

semicolons (3B, 59 decimal).

Example(s)

*IDN? returns EXFO Inc.,

FTB-500,125-2A55,1.0.1.97

Notes

The overall length of the *IDN? response is less

than or equal to 72 characters.

*IDN?