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Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI)
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Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI)
ABOUT THIS APPENDIX
IF YOU WILL NOT BE PROGRAMMING USING SCPI COMMANDS, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO READ THIS
APPENDIX.
This appendix documents the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI), formerly known as TMSL, and
applies to Agilent Models 603xA Series Autoranging System DC Power Supplies with the serial numbers shown on the
cover page of this manual.
READER PATH
All readers should read the "INTRODUCTION" of this appendix.
If you are unfamiliar with the Agilent 603xA power supplies, read through Section 3 of this Operating manual first, then
return to this appendix.
If you are unfamiliar with SCPI, see "References", in this appendix.
NOTE TMSL (Test and Measurement Systems Language) and HPSL
are earlier versions of SCPI. If you have used either of these languages, you probably will have no
difficulty using SCPI.
If you are familiar with SCPI, but unfamiliar with programming this power supply, read the ’’Language Dictionary" and
"Status Reporting" in this appendix.
REFERENCES
The following documents will assist you with programming in SCPI
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Beginner’s Guide to SCPI Agilent Part No. H2325-90001.
Highly recommended for anyone who is not a programmer and who has not had previous
SCPI (or TMSL) programming experience.
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1
Tutorial Description of the Agilent Technologies Interface Bus Agilent Part No. 5952-0156.
Highly recommended for those not experienced with the IEEE 488.1 and 488.2 standards.
• These are two formal documents concerning the GP-IB interface:
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ANSI/IEEE Std 488.1-1987. IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation.
Defines the technical details of the GP-IB interface. While much of the information is beyond
the need of most programmers, it can be used to clarify formal definitions of terms used in this
and related documents.