Agilent Technologies 4294A, Programming Manual

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GPIB Command Reference
:PROGram[:SELected]:STATe
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:PROGram[:SELected]:STATe
Syntax :PROGram[:SELected]:STATe {RUN|PAUSe|STOP|CONTinue}
:PROGram[:SELected]:STATe?
Description Sets the status of the program on the 4294A Instrument BASIC editor.
Parameters
If the program is running and this command is executed with RUN specified, an error
occurs and the command is ignored.
If the program is stopped and this command is executed with PAUSe specified, the
program remains stopped.
If the program is in a status other than PAUSE and this command is executed with
CONTinue specified, an error occurs and the command is ignored.
Query response
{RUN|PAUS|STOP}<newline><^END>
Corresponding
key
No front panel key is available to execute this function.
:PROGram[:SELected]:STRing
Syntax
:PROGram[:SELected]:STRing
<variable name>,<string 1>[,<string 2>,..,<string n>]
:PROGram[:SELected]:STRing?
<variable name>
Description
Sets a value into the specified string variable or numeric array in the program on the 4294A
Instrument BASIC editor.
Parameters
Query response
{
string
1}[,{
string
2},..,{
string
n}]<newline><^END>
Corresponding
key
No front panel key is available to execute this function.
Description
RUN Causes the program to run.
PAUSe Causes the program to pause.
STOP Causes the program to stop.
CONTinue Causes the program in pause to run.
Description
<variable name> Numeric variable name you want to specify. $ at the end of a variable
name is not needed. It does not need to be enclosed in double quotation
marks (").
<
string
1> String you want to set into the string variable. (If the numeric variable
is an array, the 1st value of the array.) It must be enclosed in double
quotation marks (").
<
string
n> When the string variable is an array, the n-th string of the array. It must
be enclosed in double quotation marks (").