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8591 spectrum & IDN command

Question asked by AECTEST on Apr 25, 2009
Latest reply on May 13, 2011 by MikeM

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Hi,

I have old spectrum analyzer 8591E and i have a problem in * IDN command. where there is no any reply from the spectrum (empty response). othere things, it is responding to all other commands except the IDN???

could you please help me to solve this issue.....

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FAHAD

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dgun Apr 27, 2009 9:17 AM
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If I'm not mistaken, the 8591 uses "ID" for instrument ID. Try "REV" and "SER" also.

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MikeM Aug 21, 2014 6:44 PM
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Hi Fahad,

The 8590 series analyzers will not respond to any of the newer * commands (*IDN?, *RST, *OPC?, etc...). If you are looking for an equivalent command for these analyzer to the *IDN? query, which returns the instrument model number, serial number, and software revision, you will want to use the following:

ID? for Model Number
SER? for Serial Number
REV? for Software

Best regards,
Mike
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opena Apr 25, 2011 3:15 PM
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Mike M, by chance would you know how to set the 8591e back in to local mode?
I have tried using local, local 7, local 707, but none of them work. I have to press the config button to get it out of remote mode.
Any help would be appreciated.
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MikeM Aug 21, 2014 6:44 PM
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Returning control of an instrument to local operation is not an instrument command, it is a bus level command so it will depend on how, and with what, you are communicating to the instrument...
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opena May 13, 2011 9:41 AM
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I am communicating to the device with a GPIB interface.
The software being used is LabView.
Any suggestions???
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MikeM Aug 21, 2014 6:44 PM
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I don't have Labview, so I don't know how it would do this, but in VEE this is how it's done....
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