Agilent Technologies 4155C Installation manual

SCPI Command Reference

Agilent 4155C Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer

Agilent 4156C Precision Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer

Agilent Part No. 04156-90060

Printed in Japan January 2001

Edition 1

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In This Manual

Agilent 4155C/4156C provides three command modes to control the 4155C/4156C

via GPIB interface. You can control the 4155C/4156C using one of the following

command modes.

•4155/4156 SCPI command mode

SCPI means Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments. This mode is

the default mode of the 4155C/4156C, and allows you to control all functions of

the 4155C/4156C.

•4155/4156 FLEX command mode

FLEX means Fast Language for EXecution. This mode allows you to control

measurement functions of the 4155C/4156C. Command execution is faster than

the SCPI command mode.

•4145 syntax command mode

This mode allows you to execute the 4145A/B programs on the 4155C/4156C

directly with little or no modification. In this command mode, you cannot

control all functions of the 4155C/4156C.

To confirm the present control mode, see the language mode indicator on the screen,

or enter the CMD? command.

Language mode

indicator The indicator is located between the fourth primary softkey and

the fifth primary softkey, and next to the screen lock indicator.

The meaning of the indicator is as follows:

S: SCPI command mode

F: FLEX command mode

4: 4145 syntax command mode

CMD? command This query command returns the present command mode. The

response is as follows:

0: SCPI command mode

1: FLEX command mode

2: 4145 syntax command mode

This command is effective for all command mode.

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This manual describes about the 4155C/4156C SCPI command set, and consists of

the following chapters:

•Functional Syntax Conventions

Explains the functional syntax required to create program messages that are

transmitted to a 4155C/4156C.

•Response Message Syntax

Explains the syntax of the response messages from the 4155C/4156C.

•Status Reporting Structure

Explains the status reporting structure of the 4155C/4156C.

•Common Commands

Lists SCPI common commands available for the 4155C/4156C, and provides

description, command syntax, example statements, and so on.

•SCPI Commands

Lists device specific SCPI commands of the 4155C/4156C, and provides

description, command syntax, example statements, and so on.

•Error Messages

Lists the 4155C/4156C error messages, and provides error number, error

message and description.

For information about the 4155C/4156C FLEX command set and the 4145 Syntax

command set, refer to GPIB Command Reference.

See User's Guide General Information and User's Guide Measurement and Analysis

for information about the 4155C/4156C itself.

Refer to Programmer's Guide to make a program and use built-in Instrument

BASIC.

Text Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this manual:

Screen Text Represents text that appears on screen of the 4155C/4156C.

Italic Refers to a related document, or is used for emphasis.

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1. Functional Syntax Conventions

Program Message Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Subsystem Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Common Command Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Parameter Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

(Decimal) Numeric Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

String Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Character Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Arbitrary Block Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Non-decimal Numeric Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Boolean Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

2. Response Message Syntax

NR1 Numeric Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

NR2 numeric response data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

NR3 Numeric Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Hexadecimal Numeric Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Octal Numeric Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Binary Numeric Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

String Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Character Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Definite Length Arbitrary Block Response Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Indefinite length arbitrary block response data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

3. Status Reporting Structure

Status Byte Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Service Request Enable Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

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Standard Event Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Standard Event Status Enable Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Output Queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Operation Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Questionable Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Emergency Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Measurement/Stress Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

4. Common Commands

*CAL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

*CLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

*ESE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

*ESR? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

*IDN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

*OPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

*OPT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

*PCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

*RST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

*SRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

*STB? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

*TRG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

*TST? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

*WAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

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5. SCPI Commands

CALibration Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

:CALibration[:ALL]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

:CALibration:AUTO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

:CALibration:ERRor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

:CALibration:SELected? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

DATA | TRACe Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

:DATA|:TRACe:CATalog? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

:DATA|:TRACe[:DATA] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

:DATA|:TRACe:DEFine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

:DATA|:TRACe:DELete:ALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

:DATA|:TRACe:DELete[:NAME] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

:DATA|:TRACe:FREE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

:DATA|:TRACe:POINts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

:DATA|:TRACe:STATus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

:DATA|:TRACe:UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

DIAGnostic Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

:DIAGnostic:TEST:ABORt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

:DIAGnostic:TEST:CONTinue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

:DIAGnostic:TEST:ERRor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

:DIAGnostic:TEST[:EXECute] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

:DIAG:TEST:RESult? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

DISPlay Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

:DISPlay:BRIGhtness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25

:DISPlay:CMAP:COLor<n>:HSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26

:DISPlay:CMAP:DEFault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

:DISPlay:CONTrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

:DISPlay[:WINDow]:ALLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28

:DISPlay[:WINDow][:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29

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FORMat Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30

:FORMat:BORDer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31

:FORMat[:DATA] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32

HCOPy Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33

:HCOPy:ABORt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

:HCOPy:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

:HCOPy:DESTination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36

:HCOPy:DEVice:CMOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38

:HCOPy:DEVice:COLor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39

:HCOPy:DEVice:LANGuage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40

:HCOPy:DEVice:RESolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40

:HCOPy[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41

:HCOPy:INIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41

:HCOPy:ITEM:ALL:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

:HCOPy:ITEM:ALL[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

:HCOPy:ITEM:ANNotation:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

:HCOPy:ITEM:ANNotation2:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43

:HCOPy:ITEM:FFEed:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44

:HCOPy:ITEM:LABel:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44

:HCOPy:ITEM:LABel:TEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45

:HCOPy:ITEM:TDSTamp:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

:HCOPy:ITEM:PNUMber:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46

:HCOPy:ITEM[:WINDow]:TEXT:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47

:HCOPy:ITEM[:WINDow]:TEXT2:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48

:HCOPy:ITEM[:WINDow]:TEXT3:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48

:HCOPy:ITEM[:WINDow]:TRACe:DATA? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49

:HCOPy:ITEM[:WINDow]:TRACe:GRATicule:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

:HCOPy:ITEM[:WINDow]:TRACe[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50

:HCOPy:ITEM[:WINDow]:TRACe:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51

:HCOPy:LINDex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

:HCOPy:OPAGe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52

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