Agilent Technologies 11896A, User'S And Service Manual

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Programming
Program Message Syntax
Program header options
Program headers can be sent using any combination of uppercase or
lowercase ASCII characters . Instrument responses , however , are always
returned in uppercase .
Program command and query headers may be sent in either long form
(complete spelling), short form (abbreviated spelling), or any combination of
long form and short form.
:PADDLE1:POSITION 50 { long form
:PADD1:POS 50 { short form
Programs written in long form are easily read and are almost self-
documenting. The short form syntax conserves the amount of controller
memory needed for program storage and reduces the amount of I/O activity .
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