13-4 DISPlay, FORMat, and SYSTem Key-Press Codes Model 6220/6221 Reference Manual
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FORMat subsystem
The commands in this subsystem are used to select the format for transferring
delta data over the bus and are listed in Table 13-2.
FORMat <type>[,<length>]
Parameters ASCii = ASCII format
SREal = Binary IEEE-754 single precision format
REAL, 32 = Binary IEEE-754 single precision format
DREal = Binary IEEE-754 double precision format
REAL, 64 = Binary IEEE-754 double precision format
The response to a read command can be returned in either the ASCii or binary
format. “Read commands” are covered on page 5-15. All other queries are
returned in ASCii, regardless of the selected format. Over the RS-232 interface,
only the ASCII format is allowed.
Table 13-2
Format commands
Command Description Default
FORMat <type>[,<length>] Specify data format.
<type> = ASCii, REAL, 32, SREal, DREal, or
REAL, 64
<length> = 32 (for REAL type)
ASCii
FORMat:ELEMents <item list> Specify data elements.
<item list> = READing, TSTamp, UNITs, RNUMber,
SOURce, COMPliance, AVOLtage,
or <item list> = ALL or DEFault
RDG,
TST
FORMat:BORDer <name> Specify binary byte order.
<name> = NORMal or SWAPped.
Note
FORMAT:SREGister <name> Select data format for reading for reading status
registers.
<name> = ASCii, HEXadecimal, OCTal or BINary.
For details, see “Reading registers,” on page 11-6.
Note: *RST default is NORMAL. SYSTem:PRESet default is SWAPped.
NOTE <length> is not used for the ASCii, SREal, or
DREal parameters.
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