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Offline MrPeteTopic starter

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Owon Load SCPI additional commands???
« on: December 21, 2025, 02:17:42 am »
I just purchased an Owon OEL1530 load. THey all come with the battery test mode now (full P/N OEL1530_R_T)

My only pain at the moment: they have not fully documented the available SCPI commands. I've discovered some bits, but much is missing.

I'm hoping others may have taken this further... Below: things I have learned, and remaining obvious questions/holes:

The documentation is incorrect in some places, and is also missing some information.

ERRORS IN THE DOCUMENTATION
(Link: https://files.owon.com.cn/software/Application/OEL15_30_Series_SCPI_Programming%20Manual.pdf)

1) MEAS:ALL:INFO? is *not* just providing the state of (OVP, OCP, OPP) errors.

* It also provides three numeric values before the "OFF,OFF,OFF" status.
* Pretty sure the three values are: voltage, current and Power.

2) SYST:SENS? returns OFF|ON not 0|1

3) MODE? returns a number, not the mode name

4) There is no documentation of the match between Mode numbers and Func names
* I learned so far that Mode 4 is Func "current"
* In battery test mode, the Func is "current"

2) I want to remotely measure, and hopefully control, the special battery control mode.

* Through simple experiments and guesses, I learned that

BAT?  provides the battery test current value

BAT:VSTOP?  provides the voltage stop value

BAT:CSTOP? provides the current stop value

* REMAINING QUESTIONS: what are the remaining commands to set and query battery test parameters?

Tstop

Vstop, Cstop, Tstop enable/disable?

Battery accumulated Charge / Capacity (Ah, Wh)

Test completion stop reason?

* AND: is there a command to turn the load output on/off? (eg start/stop a test)?
 

Offline MrPeteTopic starter

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Re: Owon Load SCPI additional commands???
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2025, 02:46:53 am »
 One more question, which perhaps has a common answer...

I just discovered that I can *either* control the device from its front panel, OR I can read values and perform control remotely.

BUT: if the control panel is unlocked, I can't read anything remotely :(

Is there typically a workaround?
 

Offline Nick-Fox_Quixand

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Re: Owon Load SCPI additional commands???
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2026, 01:55:42 pm »
Hey, I responded in the main OEL8511 thread but thought I would add here too

This is a working python script for the OEL8511_T Firmware v2.0.1

https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/6067836
 


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