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Miscellaneous commands, Error messages – AMETEK XEL Series 60V and below User Manual

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Miscellaneous Commands

*IDN?

Returns the instrument identification. The exact response is determined by the
instrument configuration and is of the form ,,,
where is the manufacturer's name, defines
the type of instrument, Serial No. is the unique serial number and is
the revision level of the software installed. The format of is
X.xx – Y.yy where X.xx is the revision of the main instrument firmware and Y.yy
is the revision of the Interface board firmware. The Interface firmware is field
updateable by the user via the USB port.

ADDRESS?

Returns the bus address of the instrument; This is the address used by GPIB, if
fitted, or may be used as a general identifier over the other interfaces.

CONFIG?

Reports the operating mode set by the front panel MODE switch. The syntax of
the response is , where is 1 for single channel units and dual
units operating in parallel mode, 2 for dual units with both channels operating
independently and 0 for dual units in tracking mode.

DAMPING

Set the current meter measurement averaging ( I

AVG

) of output where

has the following meaning: 0 = OFF, 1 = ON.

NOLANOK

Disables the

LAn Err

message for no LAN connection found at power on if

is 1 and enables the message if is 0.

*TST?

The PSU has no self test capability and the response is always 0

*TRG

The PSU has no trigger capability. The command is accepted but performs no
action.

Error Messages

Each error message has a number; only this number is reported via the remote control interfaces.
Error message numbers are not displayed but are placed in the Execution Error Register where
they can be read via the remote interfaces, see Status Reporting section.

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