Agilent Technologies 8164A Manual De Usuario
GPIB Command Compatibility List
Changed Query Result Values
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Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
Changed Query Result Values
Table 14 details queries that respond with different return codes than the
old instruments.
old instruments.
Table 14 Queries with Different Result Values
Command
Change
Affects
*IDN?
Returns new instrument and module identifi-
ers.
ers.
Both
*OPT?
Returns new module options.
Both
*TST
Selftest result codes are completely new.
0 still means passed.
0 still means passed.
Both
A head adapter is not overwritten with the
head when it is inserted.
head when it is inserted.
8153
SENS:POW:UNIT?
Returns W|DBM not a number.
8153
SOUR:POW:WAV?
Returns LOW|UPP|BOTH|EXT and not the
wavelength; use SOUR:WAV? to query the
wavelength. SOUR:WAV:FIXED1? returns
the wavelength of the first laser and
SOUR:WAV:FIXED2? returns the wave-
length of the second laser. For the
HP 8153A, SOUR:POW:WAV? returned the
wavelength of the active laser.
wavelength; use SOUR:WAV? to query the
wavelength. SOUR:WAV:FIXED1? returns
the wavelength of the first laser and
SOUR:WAV:FIXED2? returns the wave-
length of the second laser. For the
HP 8153A, SOUR:POW:WAV? returned the
wavelength of the active laser.
8153
SYSTem:ERRor?
Same functionality but different numbers
and errors are returned for instrument spe-
cific errors.
and errors are returned for instrument spe-
cific errors.
8153
SOURce:AM:SOURce?
Returns different enum values than the
HP 8167/8.
HP 8167/8.
8167/8