Reads the actual output voltage. The returned value is the measured output voltage in volts.
real (V) - Actual value of output voltage in Volt.
MEAS:VOLT?
SCPI COMMAND REFERENCE
The B&K Precision BK-PRECISION-1698B is B&K Precision's power supply in the 1696B family. Its SCPI remote-control interface exposes 23 commands across 7 subsystems - 9 settable and 14 queries - and every command is documented here with its parameters, accepted values, return format, and a copy-paste PyVISA example for automating test and measurement.
23
Commands
9
Settable
14
Queries
7
Subsystems
SCPI
Verified
2026-07-16
All commands
23 of 23 commands
Read the actual output current.
string (A) - Actual value of output current in Amp.
MEAS:CURR? return “1.00A”
Read the actual output power.
real (W) - Actual value of output power in Watt.
MEAS:POW?
Sets the output current limit. The value is specified in A or mA.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| value | real | A | Output current limit to set. |
CURR 1.00A CURR?
Read the output current limit setting.
real (A) - The set value of the output current limit in ampere.
CURR? return 1.00A
Read the set value of the Upper Current Limit (UCL).
real (A) - Set value of Upper Current Limit.
Set the output voltage level. The value may be given in V or mV, and the command returns none.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| value | real | V | Output voltage value to set. |
VOLT 1.00V VOLT?
Reads the output voltage setting. The returned value is reported in volts.
real (V) - Set value of output voltage in volt.
VOLT?
[:SOURce]VOLTage:LIMitset / query
Set the Upper Voltage Limit (UVL) value.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| value | real | V | Upper Voltage Limit value. |
Read the Upper Voltage Limit setting.
real (V) - Set value of Upper Voltage Limit.
VOLT:LIM? return “5.00V”
:OUTPut[:STATe]set / query
Set or read the output ON/OFF status. The setter accepts 0|1|ON|OFF, and the query returns the current output status as 0 or 1.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| bool | enum | 0 | 1 | ON | OFF | Output ON/OFF state to set. |
enum - Returns the present output status as 0 or 1.
OUTP 0 OUTP ON OUTP ?
:OUTPut[:STATe]?query
Reads the output ON/OFF status.
enum - Returns the current output status as 0 or 1.
OUTP ?
:SYSTem:PRESetset / query
Resets the instrument to the preset state.
:SYSTem:PRESet?query
Reads the voltage and current stored in preset program 1 to 9.
string - Returns the set voltage and current value of the specified preset program.
SYST:PRES4?
:SYSTem:SN?query
Reads the power supply serial number.
string - Serial number of power supply.
SYST:SN? return "2015091813"
:SYSTem:VERSion?query
Reads the SCPI version of the instrument. The version is returned as year and version number in the form "YYYY.V".
string - SCPI version returned as "YYYY.V", where YYYY is the year and V is the version.
SYST:VER?
*IDN?query
Reads the identity of the power supply.
string - Manufacturer Name, Model, S/N, Software Version.
*IDN?
:PROGram:LEVelset / query
Sets the number of program points to run and the number of cycles to run. The starting point is point 1; a cycle value of 0 means run forever.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value1 | integer | 2 - 20 | Number of points to be run. |
| Value2 | integer | 0 - 9999 | Number of cycles to run; 0 means run forever. |
PROG:LEV 2,9999
:PROGram:DATAset / query
Edits the value for an internal program record. If the program number is omitted, it uses the point defined in PROGram:LEVel.
| Name | Type | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| program numberopt | integer | 0 - 19 | Program number to edit; if ignored, the point defined in PROGram:LEVel is used. |
| value1 | real | V | Voltage value. |
| value2 | real | A | Current value. |
| value3 | real | S | Run duration. |
PROG:DATA2 5.00V, 2.00A, 35S
:PROGram:DATA?query
Reads the set values of an internal program record. The program number # must be between 0 and 19.
string - Returns the set values of Voltage, Current, and Duration for the specified program.
PROG:DATA1?
:PROGram:LEVel?query
Reads the setting for the number of points to run and the number of cycles to run.
string - Returns the number of points and the number of cycles.
PROGram:LEVel?
:PROGram:STARtset / query
Start running of the internal program.
PROG:STAR
:PROGram:STOPset / query
Stops the current running internal program.
PROG:STOP