Agilent Technologies 4263B User Manual

4263B
Program Message
Syntax
This
section
provides
the
construction of
SCPI program
message.
A program
message is
the
message
that
you
send
from computer
to an
instrument. Program
message consist
of commands
combined
with
appropriate
punctuation
and program
message terminators
.
Case
Letter
cases (upper
and
lower)
are
ignored.
Program
Message
T
erminator
A
program
message
must
end
with
one
of
the
three
program
message
terminators
,
<
new
line
>
,
<
^END
>
,
or
<
new
line
>< ^END
> .
< ^END
>
means
that
End
Of
Identify
(EOI)
is
asserted
on
the
GPIB
interface
at
the
same
time
the preceding
data byte
is sent.
F
or
example
,
the
HP
B
ASIC
OUTPUT
statement
is
automatically
sent
after last
data byte
.
Subsystem
Command
Syntax
Subsystem
commands
consist
of
the
mnemonic
separated
by
colons
.
For
example,
the
command
format
for
APERture
of
the
[
SENSe]:FIMP
edance
subsystem is
as follows:
:FIMPedance:APERture
Mnemonics
which
are
contractions
of commands
can also
be
used
as
commands
.
In
the
above
example
,
:FIMP:APER
can
also
be
typed.
Common
Command
Syntax
Common
commands
do
not
have
a
hierarchical
structure
.
They
are
just
sent
as
follows:
*CLS
P
arameters
There
must
be
a
<
space
>
between
the
last
command
mnemonic
and the
rst parameter
in a
subsystem
command.
:FIMUP:APER
t
parameter
t
means
a
space
(ASCII
character
(decimal
32)).
If you send
more than one parameter with a single command, each parameter must be
separated by a
comma. F
or example, two parameters are sent following the D
ATA subsystem's
:POINts command as shown
below.
:DATA:P0IN t < parameter >,<
parameter >
GPIB Reference 5-5

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Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	4263B
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English