SetupOpens the I/O Configuration menu, which lets you display the VISA addresses, and configure GPIB, SCPI Services, and SCPI Options.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > IO Configuration |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.01.00 |
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Modified S/W Revision |
A.04.00 |
Specifies the GPIB address of your instrument.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > Addresses tab > GPIB Address |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:GPIB:ADDRess <integer> :SYSTem:COMMunicate:GPIB:ADDRess? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:GPIB:ADDR 19 |
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Notes |
Changing the Address on the GPIB port requires all further communication to use the new address. |
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Preset |
This is unaffected by a Preset but is set to 19 on a "Restore System Settings to Default Values." |
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State Saved |
Persistent, survives preset and power cycle but not saved in the instrument state. |
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Range |
0 to 30 |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.01.00 |
Turns the sockets server in your instrument on and off.
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:SOCKets ON|OFF|1|0 :SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:SOCKets? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:SCPI:SOCK ON |
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Preset |
This is unaffected by a Preset but is set to ON on a "Restore System Settings to Default Values." |
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State Saved |
Persistent, survives preset and power cycle but not saved in the instrument state. |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.01.00 |
Turns the VXI-11 server in your instrument on and off.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > SCPI Setup tab > VXI-11 SCPI |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:VXI11 ON|OFF|1|0 :SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:VXI11? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:SCPI:VXI11 |
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Preset |
This is unaffected by a Preset but is set to ON on a "Restore System Settings to Default Values." |
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State Saved |
Persistent, survives preset and power cycle but not saved in the instrument state. |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.01.00 |
Turns HiSLIP in your instrument on and off.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > SCPI Setup tab > HiSLIP SCPI |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:HISLip ON|OFF|1|0 :SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:HISLip? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:SCPI:HISL |
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Preset |
This is unaffected by a Preset but is set to ON on a "Restore System Settings to Default Values". |
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State Saved |
Persistent, survives preset and power cycle but not saved in the instrument state. |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.01.00 |
Changing the SCPI HiSLIP Server requires restarting the instrument application for the change to take effect.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > SCPI Setup tab > HiSLIP Server |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:HISLip:SERVer HISLIP0|HISLIP1 :SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:HISLip:SERVer? |
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SCPI Example |
SYST:COMM:SCPI:HISL:SERV HISLIP1 SYST:COMM:SCPI:HISL:SERV? |
| Notes | Restart the instrument application for the change to take effect. |
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Preset |
This is unaffected by a Preset but is set to HISLIP1 on a "Restore System Settings to Default Values." |
| Range | hislip0 | hislip1 |
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State Saved |
Persistent, survives preset and power cycle but not saved in the instrument state. |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.15.00 |
The instrument provides basic SCPI I/O via a telnet port. The default port is 5024. The ability to change the port to 5023 is provided.
NOTE: changing the SCPI Telnet Port requires restarting the instrument application for the change to take effect.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > Addresses tab > SCPI Telnet Port |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:LAN:SCPI:TELNet:PORT 5023|5024 :SYSTem:COMMunicate:LAN:SCPI:TELNet:PORT? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:LAN:SCPI:TELN:PORT 5023 |
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Preset |
This is unaffected by a Preset but is set to 5024 on a "Restore System Settings to Default Values." |
| State Saved | Persistent, survives preset and power cycle but not saved in the instrument state. |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.04.00 |
Allows you to log all SCPI transactions received by the instrument, across all SCPI clients, to the specified file.
Enables the instrument to begin monitoring SCPI transactions, from all clients, into a specified log file. When set to On, the IO Monitor output terminal in Instrument's Settings >I/O Configuration tab displays the log of incoming SCPI commands.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > I/O Monitor tab > Enable |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:IOMonitor[:STATe] ON|OFF|1|0 :SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:IOMonitor[:STATe]? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:SCPI:IOM ON :SYST:COMM:SCPI:IOM? |
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Preset |
This is unaffected by a Preset but is set to OFF on a "Restore System Settings to Default Values." |
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State Saved |
No |
| Backward Compatibility SCPI |
N51xxB: :SYSTem:LOG:SCPI |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.16.00 |
| Modified at S/W Revision | A.20.00 - Added backwards compatibility SCPI |
Includes additional information in the SCPI log. Verbose information consists of SCPI responses, error information, and timestamps. IO monitoring must already be enabled for this setting to have any effect.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > I/O Monitor tab > Verbose Logging |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:IOMonitor:VERBose ON|OFF|1|0 :SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:IOMonitor:VERBose? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:SCPI:IOM:VERB ON :SYST:COMM:SCPI:IOM:VERB? |
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Preset |
ON |
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State Saved |
No |
| Notes |
Example log output when enabled: > [2024-05-15 T23:45:49] :IQO1:CORR:OPT:DYN:RANG:OBW? < [2024-05-15 T23:45:49] 1 |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.16.00 |
Writes SCPI transactions received by the instrument to a log file. Click Select to choose this file. During monitoring, the log file is appended by the newly received SCPI commands.
Plaintext (.txt) is the supported log file type.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > I/O Monitor tab > File |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:IOMonitor:FILE "<file_name>" :SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:IOMonitor:FILE? |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:SCPI:IOM:FILE "C:\Log.txt" |
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Preset |
<Documents>\Keysight\PathWave\SignalGenerator\Logs\scpi_log.txt |
| Notes |
When IO Monitor is enabled, logs are also written to: <Documents>\Keysight\PathWave\SignalGenerator\Binary\SCPI_LOG.TXT |
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State Saved |
Yes |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.16.00 |
| Modified at S/W Revision | A.20.00 - Added backward compatibility behavior by creating a copy of the log file in the Binary directory |
When IO monitoring is enabled, log file contents are displayed in the logging terminal. The log file and terminal can be cleared upon user request, by clicking Clear Log.
There is no query form for the command.
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GUI Location |
System Menu (triple bar icon) > Settings (gear icon) > I/O Configuration > I/O Monitor tab > Clear Log |
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SCPI Command |
:SYSTem:COMMunicate:SCPI:IOMonitor:CLEar |
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SCPI Example |
:SYST:COMM:SCPI:IOM:CLE |
| State Saved | No |
| Backward Compatibility SCPI |
N51xxB: :SYSTem:LOG:SCPI:CLEar |
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Initial S/W Revision |
A.16.00 |
| Modified at S/W Revision | A.20.00 - Added SCPI and backwards compatibility SCPI |