Commands Listed in Alphabetical Order
Syntax
ALIas:DEFine <
QString><,>{<QString>|<Bloc k>}
ALIas:DEFine?
Related Commands
ALIas:STATE
Arguments
The first <QString> is the alias label.
This label cannot be a command name. Labels must start with a letter a nd can
contain only letters, numbers, and underscores; other characters are not allowed.
The label must be less than or equal to 12 characters.
The second
<QString> or <Block> is a complete sequence of prog
ram messages.
The messages can contain only valid commands that must be separated by
semicolons and must follow all rules f or concatenating comm
ands. The sequence
must be less than or equal to 256 characters.
Examples
ALIAS:DEFINE "ST1",":RECALL:SETUP 5;:AUTOSET
EXECUTE;:SELECT:CH1 ON"
defines an alias named “ST1” that sets
up the instrument.
ALIAS:DEFINE? "ST1" returns :ALIAS:DEFINE "ST1",#246
:RECALL:SETUP 5;:AUTOSET EXECUTE;:SELECT:CH1 ON
.
ALIas:DELEte (No Query Form)
This command removes a specified alias and is identical to ALIas:DELEte:NAMe.
An error message is generated if the named alias does not exist.
Group
Alias
Syntax
ALIas:DELEte <QString>
Related Commands
*ESR?, ALIas:DELEte:ALL
Arguments
<QString> is the name of the alias to be removed. Using ALIas:DELEte
without specifying an alias causes an execution error. <QString> must be a
previously defined value.
Examples
ALIAS:DELETE "SETUP1" deletes the alias named SETUP1.
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