KEPCO KLP Series (older -1200 models) Operator Manual - Manual (Page 66)

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3.6.6 PROGRAM MESSAGE SYNTAX SUMMARY
• Common commands begin with an asterisk (*).
• Queries end with a question mark (?).
• Program messages consist of a root keyword and, in some cases, one or more mes-
sage units separated by a colon (:) followed by a message terminator. Several mes-
sage units of a program message may be separated by a semicolon (;) without
repeating the root keyword.
• If a program message has more than one message unit, then a colon (:) must precede
the next keyword in order to set the parser back to the root (otherwise the next key-
word will be taken as a subunit of the previous message unit).
e.g., the command meas:volt?;curr? will read output voltage and output current
since both volt? and curr? are interpreted as subunits of the meas command.
• Several commands may be sent as one message; a line feed terminates the message.
Commands sent together are separated by a semicolon (;). The first command in a
message starts at the root, therefor a colon (:) at the beginning is not mandatory. e.g.,
the command meas:volt?;:curr? will read output voltage and programmed current
since the colon preceding curr? indicates that curr? is not part of the meas command
and starts at the root.
• UPPER case letters in mnemonics are mandatory (short form). Lower case letters may
either be omitted, or must be specified completely (long form)
e.g., INSTrument (long form) has the same effect as INST (short form).
• Commands/queries may be given in upper/lower case (long form)
e.g., SoUrCe is allowed.
• Text shown between brackets [ ] is optional.
e.g., :[SOUR]VOLT[:LEV] TRIG has the same effect as :VOLT TRIG
3.6.7 STATUS REPORTING
The status reporting of the KLP power supply follows the SCPI and IEEE 488.2 requirements.
The serial poll response of the KLP power supply provides summary bits of the status and error
reporting system. The simplest status report is the command valid reporting and data availabil-
ity, This successful decoding of a command string generates no error and is indicated by the bit
3 of the serial poll response being a zero. The setting of bit 4 in the status byte indicates data is
available to the controller in response a command query message.
3.6.7.1 STATUS REPORTING STRUCTURE
The status reporting of the KLP uses four status registers, illustrated in Figure 3-4. These regis-
ters are the Questionable, Operation, Standard Event and Service Request registers. The
Questionable and Operation registers are 16 bit registers and the Standard Event and Service
Request registers are 8 bits. These four registers are referred to as condition registers. Each of
the four condition registers is associated with two related registers: an event register which
holds unlatched events reported in real-time by the instrument and is cleared by reading the
register, and an enable register which allows the contents of the event register to be passed
through to set the associated condition register.