AMETEK SFA Series Programming Manual - Manual (Page 29)

Sorensen SF Series IEEE 488.2 and SCPI Command Operation
3.9
3.9.1
3.9.2
SYSTEM SCPI Command Subsystem
SYSTEM SCPI Command Summary
SYSTem
:ERRor?
:FAULt?
:VERsion?
:LOCAL
:LOCAL?
:LOCLOUT
SYSTEM SCPI Command Reference
In the following table a "C" in the SCPI column indicates that the command is SCPI-compliant.
The Q? column indicates whether the command can also be used for querying.
Command Description SCPI Q?
SYSTem System subsystem. C
:ERRor? Queries Error Queue for next error/event entry
(first in, first out). Entries contain an error
number and descriptive text. A 0 return value
indicates no error occurred; negative numbers
are reserved by SCPI. The maximum return
string length is 255 characters. The queue
holds up to 10 error/entries. All entries are
cleared by the *CLS command. C
:FAULt? Returns four numeric values separated by
commas for the four system fault registers. See
System Fault Registers below. Valid response
is 128, 0, 0, 0 or 0, 0, 0, 0.
Response: , ,
,
N
:VERsion? Returns a numeric value corresponding to the
SCPI version number for which the instrument
complies. The response is in the format
YYYY.V where the Y’s represent the year and
V represents the approved version number for
that year (e.g., 1995.0) C
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