Causes the front-panel display to blink or disables blinking. The command accepts a numeric or keyword state value.

DISP:BLIN 1

Selects a screen menu or queries the present screen menu.

:DISP:MENU:NAME 0

Clears the text generated by :DISPlay[:WINDow]:TEXT[:DATA] from the main screen.

:DISP:TEXT:CLE

Sets or queries text for a display message. Writing to the display overwrites the data presently on the screen.

:DISP:WIND:TEXT:DATA 'Test 2'
:DISP:WIND:TEXT:DATA?

Makes a measurement and returns the average output current in amperes.

:MEAS:CURR?

Makes a measurement and returns the average output power in watts.

:MEAS:POW?

Makes a measurement and returns the average output voltage in volts.

:MEAS:VOLT?

Sets the output voltage and current. The updated values are not reflected on the display until the output is turned on or the set menu command is sent.

APPL 5.05,1.1
APPL?

Sets the delay time before the output is turned off. A value of 0 results in no delay.

:OUTP:DEL:OFF 1 Set a delay of 1 second before turning the output off.

Sets the delay time before the output is turned on.

:OUTP:DEL:ON 1

Selects high speed priority or slew rate priority for CV or CC mode. This is the equivalent to the F-03 (V-I priority) setting.

:OUTP:MODE 1

Clears the 2260B protection circuits, including OVP, OCP, OTP, and shutdown protection. AC failure protection cannot be cleared.

:OUTP:PROT:CLE

Returns the state of the protection circuits. If the protection circuits are not tripped, this query returns 0; if they are tripped, it returns 1.

:OUTP:PROT:TRIP?

Turns the output on or off when a software trigger is generated.

:OUTP:TRIG ON

Enables or disables the source output.

:OUTP ON

Sets or queries the average-setting smoothing level. The level can be Low, Middle, or High.

SENS:AVER:COUNT MIDD

Reads the Operation Status register of the status model. It returns the bit sum of the Operation Condition register and does not clear the register.

:STAT:OPER:COND?

Sets or reads the bit sum of the Operation Status Enable register of the status model.

Sets or queries the bit sum of the negative transition filter of the Operation Status register.

Sets or queries the bit sum of the positive transition filter of the Operation Status register.

Reads and clears the Operation Event Register of the status model. The instrument returns a decimal value corresponding to the binary-weighted sum of all bits set in the register.

Returns the status registers to their default conditions. It resets the Enable register and the PTRansition and NTRansition filters in the Operation Status and Questionable Status registers.

Reads the Questionable Status register of the status model. This query does not clear the register.

Sets or reads the bit sum of the Questionable Status Enable register of the status model.

Sets or queries the bit sum of the negative transition filter of the Questionable Status register.

Sets or queries the bit sum of the positive transition filter of the Questionable Status register.

Reads the Questionable Status Event register and then clears it.

Enables or disables LAN, GPIB, or USB remote interfaces and remote services such as Sockets and Web Server. The setting is applied after the power cycle.

:SYST:COMM:ENAB 1, USB Turns the USB interface on. USB speed is autodetected.
:SYST:COMM:ENAB? USB The return from the query is 1 (USB is on and autodetected).
:SYST:COMM:ENAB 2, USB Turns the USB interface on. USB speed is full speed only.

Sets or queries the GPIB address. The setting is applied after the power is cycled.

SYST:COMM:GPIB:ADDR 15

Turns DHCP on or off for LAN communication. The setting is applied after the power is cycled.

SYST:COMM:LAN:DHCP 1
SYST:COMM:LAN:DHCP?

Sets or queries the LAN gateway address for the instrument. The setting is saved in nonvolatile memory and is applied after the power is cycled.

:SYST:COMM:LAN:GATE "172.16.0.254"

Sets or queries the LAN IP address for the instrument. The setting is applied after the power is cycled.

SYST:COMM:LAN:IPAD "172.16.5.111"

Sets or queries the LAN subnet mask for the instrument. The setting is saved in nonvolatile memory and is applied after the power is cycled.

:SYST:COMM:LAN:SMAS "255.255.0.0"

Sets or queries whether the web password is on or off. The setting is applied after the power is cycled.

:SYST:COMM:LAN:WEB:PACT 0

Sets or queries the web password. The setting is saved in nonvolatile memory and is applied after the power is cycled.

:SYST:COMM:LAN:WEB:PASS 1234

Sets or queries the DNS address. The setting is applied after the power is cycled.

SYST:COMM:LAN:DNS "172.16.1.252"

Queries the LAN host name. The return is the host name in string format.

:SYST:COMM:LAN:HOST?

Queries the LAN MAC address. The MAC address is returned as a hexadecimal character string in the format "FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF" and cannot be changed.

:SYST:COMM:LAN:MAC? Returns the MAC address. For example, you might see:
02-80-AD-20-31-B1

Queries the front-panel USB-A port state. The response indicates whether a USB drive is absent or present in the port.

:SYST:COMM:USB:FRON:STAT?

Queries the rear-panel USB-B port state. The response indicates whether the port is disabled, connected to a GPIB-USB adapter, or in USB CDC mode.

:SYST:COMM:USB:REAR:STAT? Example if a GPIB adapter is attached: 1

Turns the beeper on or off.

:SYST:CONF:BEEP 0 Set the beeper to off.

Enables or disables the bleed resistor. AUTO turns the bleed resistor on with output-on and off with output-off, and is only applicable to firmware version 1.59 or above.

:SYSTem:CONFigure:BLEeder[:STATe] <state>
:SYSTem:CONFigure:BLEeder[:STATe]?

Enables or disables power-off trip behavior when OVP, OCP, or OTP is tripped. The setting only takes effect after power has been cycled.

:SYST:CONF:BTR:PROT DIS Switch the power off when a protection setting is tripped.

This command turns the power switch off immediately. The ability to do so is not available on all models; if the power switch is not present, the command is ignored.

Sets or queries the CC control mode. The mode selects local control, external voltage control, or external resistance control.

Sets or queries the instrument operation mode. The setting is applied only after power has been cycled.

:SYST:CONF:MSL 1

Sets the external output logic to active high or active low. The setting is applied after the power is cycled.

:SYST:CONF:OUTP:EXT 0 Set the external logic to active high.

Sets whether the output is turned on or off at power-up. The setting is applied after the power is cycled.

:SYST:CONF:OUTP:PON 0 Set the output off at power-up.

Sets or queries the CV control mode: local panel control, external voltage control, or external resistance control. The setting is applied only after power has been cycled.

:SYST:CONF:CURR:CONT 1 Set CV control mode to use external voltage control.

Queries the error queue. The last error message is returned and cleared; each remote interface I/O session has its own error queue.

Returns system information including machine version, build date, keyboard CPLD version, and analog CPLD version. The response is returned as definite-length arbitrary block data.

:SYST:INF?
#3183MFRS Keithley Instruments Inc., Model 2260B-30-72,SN 123456789,Firmware-Version 01.89.20220809,Keyboard-CPLD 0x30c,AnalogControl-CPLD 0x427,Kernel-BuiltON 2022-1-13,MAC 00-00-0a-00-00-00

Sets the behavior of the Output key when the front-panel key lock is on. The setting corresponds to the F-19 function setting.

:SYST:KEYL:MODE 0

Enables or disables the front-panel key lock.

:SYST:KLOC 0 Unlock the front-panel keys.

Resets instrument settings to their factory defaults. It is identical in effect to the *RST command.

Returns the version of the SCPI specifications that the instrument complies with.

:SYST:VERS? Example return: 1999.0

Cancels any triggered actions.

:ABORt

Starts the transient trigger or the output trigger.

:INIT:NAME TRAN

Generates a software trigger for the transient trigger system.

:TRIG:TRAN

Sets or queries the trigger source for the transient system. The source can be selected as BUS or IMMediate.

:TRIG:TRAN:SOUR IMM
:TRIG:TRAN:SOUR BUS

Generates a software trigger for the output trigger system.

Sets or queries the trigger source for the output system. When BUS is selected, the instrument waits for the *TRG or IEEE 488.1 GET group execute trigger command to start the trigger.

:TRIG:OUTP:SOUR IMM Turn the output on.
:TRIG:OUTP:SOUR BUS Turn the output on.

Clears the event registers and queues. It resets the bits in the Standard Event Status, Operation Status, and Questionable Status registers; if immediately preceded by a newline, it also clears the Error Queue and MAV bit in the Status Byte Register.

*CLS

Sets and queries bits in the Standard Event Status Enable Register.

Reads and clears the contents of the Standard Event Status Register. The instrument returns a decimal value corresponding to the binary-weighted sum of all bits set in the register, then clears the register.

*ESR?

Retrieves the identification string of the instrument. The string includes the manufacturer, model number, serial number, and firmware revision.

*IDN?
*IDN? Example output: KEITHLEY INSTRUMENTS INC.,MODEL 2260B-30-72, TW123456, 01.00.20110101

Sets the operation complete (OPC) bit after all pending commands, including overlapped commands, have been executed.

*OPC?

Resets the instrument settings to their default values. It is identical in effect to :SYSTem:PRESet.

Sets or clears the bits of the Service Request Enable register. The query returns the bit sum of that register.

*SRE 48
*SRE?

Reads the Status Byte register. The query returns the contents of the Status Byte register using the Master Summary Status (MSS) bit (bit 6).

*STB?

Sends a bus trigger to the 2260B. It has the same effect as a group execute trigger (GET).

*TRG

Runs self test and reads the result. It returns 0 if the self test completes with no errors; any other value indicates an error was detected.

*TST? Initiates the self-test.

Postpones execution of subsequent commands until all previously overlapped commands are finished. It halts further command processing until all present commands are complete.

*WAI