Instrument programming guide

• Introduction
  • What is SCPI?
  • Syntax and style
    • Syntax of Program Messages
    • Common Commands
    • SCPI Commands Tree
    • SCPI commands syntax description used in this manual
    • Parameters
• Common SCPI commands
  • *CLS
  • *ESE
  • *ESR?
  • *IDN?
  • *OPC
  • *OPC?
  • *OPT?
  • *RST
  • *SRE
  • *STB?
  • *WAI
• Instrument configuration and control commands
  • :INITiate
  • :SYSTem:CONFigure?
  • :SYSTem:CONFigure
    • Configuration parameters for :SYSTem:CONFigure
  • :SYSTem:CONFigure:RESet
  • :SYSTem:PREFerences?
  • :SYSTem:PREFerences
    • Configuration parameters for :SYSTem:PREFerences
• Other configuration and control commands
  • :SYSTem:ERRor
  • :DISPlay:ENABle
  • :ROSCillator:STATe[:CLOCKs]
• Acquisition of measurement data
  • :FETCh[:SCALar]
  • :FETCh:ARRay
  • :FORMat[:DATA]
  • :FORMat:TINFormation
• Connection to the instrument using SCPI
• Example of a simple measurement
• Instrument programming in Python environment
  • Installing prerequisites
    • Checking Python installation
    • PyVISA library installation
  • Examples