Opc -8, Opc? -8, Opt? -8 – Boonton 4500B Peak Power Meter User Manual

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Boonton 4500B RF Peak Power Analyzer

Remote Operation

5-8

*OPC

Description:

Clears the OPC (Operation Complete) status flag. This command is issued before the command to
be checked for completion. After this, the flag may be queried by *OPC? until a value of one is
returned, indicating the command has completed. Note that the query is not a true query - a value
of zero will never be returned.

Syntax:

*OPC

Argument:

None

Valid Modes:

Any

*OPC?

Description:

This command examines the OPC (Operation Complete) status flag and returns a ―1‖ if all
pending operations are complete. If pending operations are not yet complete, it does not return.

Syntax:

*OPC?

Returns:

Always returns 1 to indicate operations complete. Otherwise, does not return.

Valid Modes:

Any

*OPT?

Description:

Return the status of channel 1 and channel 2 followed by a list of installed options.

Syntax:

*OPT?

Returns:

f1 – chan 1 installed?, f2 – chan1 sensor present?, f3 – chan 2 installed?, f4 – chan 2 sensor

present?, opt1, opt2, etc. (option list may be empty).

Valid modes:

Any

*RST

Description:

Set the instrument to a known configuration. The current language selection (SCPI or 4500A
Emulation) is preserved. For SCPI, set measurements to STOP; for 4500A, set ,measurements to
RUN. Set the sensor temperature offset flag to FALSE, set the SCPI file over-write permission to
FALSE, turn the 1 GHz Calibrator output OFF and clear the error queues. System communication
parameters are not changed. Instrument measurement functions are set their default values (See
Table 3-3, Initialized Parameters).

Syntax:

*RST

Argument:

None

Valid Modes:

Any

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