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Publication No. 980844 Rev. B
1261B-Linear User Manual
VXI:BERR:ALARM:TIME?
-- VXI Bus Error alarm
Only the “TIME?” queries are shown above. The “DATE?” queries
may be formed by substituting the keyword “DATE” for the
keyword “TIME”.
The time stamps cannot be set by a command; they can only be
queried. The EMS automatically records them into nonvolatile
memory whenever an out-of-tolerance condition is detected.
IEEE-488.2
Common
Commands
The EMS supports all required IEEE-488.2 commands. In
addition, the optional “*OPT?”, “*SAV”, and “*RCL” commands
are all supported. The following paragraphs describe the IEEE488.2 commands supported by the 1261B EMS.
*IDN? Query
This query requests the instrument to identify itself. The EMS
responds to this query with the following reply:
Racal Instruments,1261B EMS,0,<firmware revision>
This reply indicates the Astronics Test Systems brand (“Racal
Instruments”), the (“1261B EMS”), the serial number (if not
available, it is “0"), and the firmware revision. The firmware
revision is the only field that may change in the future. The
firmware revision is a numeric, floating point value. An example
firmware revision is “2.1".
*RST Command
The *RST command resets the instrument to its power-on
default state. These settings are shown in Table 4-1 of this
manual. This command does NOT change the value of SCPI or
IEEE-488.2 status registers, event registers, condition registers,
or enable registers.
*TST? Query
The *TST? query initiates an instrument self-test and returns a
reply. The reply is a integer numeric value. A value of “0"
indicates that the self-test has passed. A non-zero value
indicates that one of the commanded self-tests has failed.
Consult the “Performing the Self-Test” Section of this chapter
for a description of the self-test failures and error codes
associated.
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