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122 Chapter 10
Command Reference
Syntax
Notational conventions in this command reference
This section describes the conventions used in the descriptions of the commands listed in
this chapter.
Syntax
The section under the heading “Syntax” describes the syntax used to send the command
from the external controller to the 4288A. A syntax consists of a command part and a
parameter part, and the separator between these parts is a space.
If there are several parameters, the separator between adjacent parameters is a comma (,).
An ellipsis (…) between commas indicates that parameters in that part are omitted. For
example, <numeric 1>,…,<numeric 4> indicates that four parameters, <numeric 1>,
<numeric 2>,<numeric 3>, and <numeric 4>, are required. String-type parameters, for
example, <string>, <string 1>, must be enclosed in double quotation marks (“).
You can omit the lowercase letters in syntax. For example, “:CALibration:CABLe” can be
shortened to “:CAL:CABL.”
The symbols used in the syntax are defined as follows:
< > Characters enclosed in this pair of symbols are necessary parameters
when sending the command.
[ ] The part enclosed in a pair of brackets can be omitted.
{ } A pair of braces indicates that you must select one of the items in this
part. Individual items are separated by a pipe (|).
For example, “:APER SHOR,” “:SENS:FIMP:APERTURE:MODE LONG,” are valid for
the syntax given below.
Syntax
[:SENSe][:FIMPedance]:APERture[:MODE] {SHORt|LONG}
Description
The section under the heading “Description” describes how to use the command or the
operation when executed.
Parameters
The section under the heading “Parameters” describes the necessary parameters when
sending the command. When a parameter is a value type or a string type enclosed by < >
symbols, its description, allowable setup range, initial (factory-set) value, and so on are
given; when a parameter is a selection type enclosed by { } symbols, a description of each
selection item is given.
For a value-type parameter denoted with “MAX or MIN can be used,” you can use MAX
(or MAXIMUM) and MIN (or MINIMUM) as the parameter instead of a value. These
specify the maximum value and minimum value within the allowable setup range.