Overview of the SCPI Command Structure
The Command Tree
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Multiple Parameter Access
The command tree provides comfortable means of accessing certain
parameters of more than one terminal at a time. According to the
system architecture, there are
•
terminals
(DUT input or output pins)
•
ports
(groups of DUT input or output pins with identical or similar
properties, such as a data bus)
•
connectors
(input or output connectors of a frontend)
So, for example, if you have a data bus consisting of several terminals,
you can group them together in a port, and then set their timing
parameters with only one command.
This is shown in the following figure:
CGR(*):MOD(*):CONN(*)
SGEN(*):PDAT(*)
SGEN(*):PDAT(*):TERM(*)
SGEN(*):PPUL(*)
SGEN(*):PPUL(*):TERM(*)
Connector
Channel Labels
Terminal
Port
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