Models 2500 and 2502 User’s Manual SCPI Command Reference 17-9
Table 17-3
FORMat command summary
Command Description
Default
parameter SCPI
:FORMat
:SREGister <name>
:SREGister?
[:DATA] <type>[<,length>]
[:DATA]?
:BORDer <name>
:BORDer?
:ELEMents
[:SENSe[1]] <item list>
[:SENSe[1]]?
:CALCulate <item list>
:CALCulate?
:TRACe <item list>
:TRACe?
:SOURce3 <name>
:SOURce3?
Select data format for reading status event registers
(ASCii, HEXadecimal, OCTal or BINary).
Query format for reading status event registers.
Specify data format (ASCii, REAL, 32 or SREal).
Query data format.
Specify byte order (NORMal or SWAPped).
Query byte order.
Specify data elements (CURRent[1], CURRent2,
TIME, and STATus).
Query data format elements.
Specify CALCulate elements (CALCulate, TIME,
or STATus).*
Query CALC data elements,
Specify TRACe data elements: CURRent[1],
CURRent2, CALCulate1, CALCulate2,
CALCulate3, CALCulate4, CALCulate5,
CALCulate6, CALCulate7, TIME, STATus, ALL,
DEFault (CURRent[1], CURRent2).
Query TRACe elements.
Specify SOURce3 data format (ASCii,
HEXadecimal, OCTal, or BIN).
Query SOURce3 data format.
ASCii
ASCii
Note
CURR1,
CURR2
CALC
DEFault
ASCii
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Note: *RST default is NORMal. :SYST:PRES default is SWAPPed.
*This command specifies data elements for CALC1 through CALC7.
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