Rohit Beriwal

SCPI CheatSheet

This cheatsheet was written by Rohit B.@SQDLab, July 2020.

Language help

The following points were taken from DG5000 programming guide for this language:

• Has hirerachial tree structure
• root word + multiple sub-keywords
• Either write complete keyword or only capital part.

Convention used for DS5072 prograaming guide:

Symbols	Meaning	Example
:	command start/seperator	:DISPlay:SAVer
?	given command is query	:DISPlay:SAVer:STATe?
,	seprator for multiple paramteres in single command	:MMEMory:COPY <dir_name>,<file_name>
———	Following symbols are NOT of SCPI but used by RIGOL	———
{}	Optional Parameter, executed iff it is set	:DATA VOLATILE <val>{,<val>}
|	Seperate different choices(parameters) for given command	:DISPlay:BRIGHtness <brightness>|MINimum|MAXimum
<>	Given parameter MUST be replaced by an effective value	:DISPlay:BRIGHtness 10
[]	Given keyword is optional and will be executed regardless of its mention	[:SOURce<n>]:MOD[STATe]?

Input Parameters types:

Parameter Name	Example
Bool	ON|OFF
Keyword	MAXimum|MINimum
Consecutive real numbers (default accuracy is upto 6 digits)	:MOD:AM:DEPTh<depth>|MIN|MAX depth = any real number between 0-120
Dicrete	:SOURce<n> n = 1 or 2
ASCII Char String	:MDIRrectory <dir_name>

DS5072 Specific Subsystems:

Following (root)command system(subsystem) are present:

• COUPling
• DIGItal
• DISPlay
• MMEMory
• OUTPut
• SOURce
• SYSTem
• TRACe