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Series 2600 System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual Appendix C: Common Commands
Command reference
Details on all common commands except those associated with the status model are covered
below. See
Appendix D for information on using status commands.
*IDN? — identification query
Reads ID information
The identification string includes the manufacturer, model number, serial number, and firmware
revision levels and is sent in the following format:
Keithley Instruments Inc., Model nnnn, xxxxxxx, yyyyy
Where:
nnnn is the model number (Model 2601/2602/2611/2612/2635/2636).
xxxxxxx is the serial number.
yyyyy is the firmware revision level.
*OPC — operation complete
Sets OPC bit
*OPC? — operation complete query
Places a “1” in output queue
When *OPC is sent, the OPC bit in the Standard Event Register (see Appendix D) will set when all
overlapped commands complete. An ASCII “1” is also placed in the Output Queue to be read by
the *OPC? query when overlapped commands complete.
*OPC? waitcomplete() print([[1]])
*OPC opc()
*RST reset()
*SRE? print(tostring(status.request_enable))
*SRE <mask> status.request_enable = <mask>
*STB? print(tostring(status.condition))
*TRG N/A
*TST? print([[0]])
*WAI waitcomplete()
Table C-2
Script command equivalents
Common
command Script command equivalent