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Command Reference 4339B
Command Reference
Notations
In this chapter , each subsystem is documented using the tabular format instead of the
command tree as follows . The following conventions and denitions are used to describe GPIB
operation.
COMMAND P ARAMETER
FORMat
[:DATA] f ASCiij REAL[,64] g
COMMAND P ARAMETER
INITiate
:CONTinuous <Boolean >
[:IMMediate]
Commands closest to the root-level are at the top of the table . Lower nodes in the hierarchy
are indented one position to the right.
If a command requires one or more parameters , the parameter names are listed adjacent to the
command.
The lower case parts are optional.
< > Angular brackets enclose words or characters that are used to symbolize a program code
parameter or an GPIB command.
[ ] Square brackets indicate that the enclosed items are optional.
f g When several items are enclosed by braces , one and only one of these elements may
be selected. A vertical bar can be read as \or" and is used to separate alternative
parameter options .
F or example , the :FORMat[:DATA] command can be
:FORMAT:DATA
:FORM:DATA
:FORMAT
F or example , the f ASCiij REAL[,64]g parameter can be
ASCII
ASC
REAL,64
REAL
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