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Programmer’s Guide
Introduction to SCPI
Command Abbreviation
Command Abbreviation
Each command mnemonic has a long form and a short form. The short
forms of the mnemonics allow you to send abbreviated commands. Only
the exact short form or the exact long form is accepted.
The short form mnemonics are created according to the following rules:
• If the long form mnemonic has four characters or less, the short form
is the same as the long form. For example,
DATA
remains
DATA
.
• If the long form mnemonic has more than four characters and the
fourth character is a consonant, the short form consists of the first
four characters of the long form. For example,
CALCULATE
becomes
CALC
.
• If the long form mnemonic has more than four characters and the
fourth character is a vowel, the short form consists of the first three
characters of the long form. For example,
LIMIT
becomes
LIM
.
NOTE
The short form of a particular mnemonic is indicated by the use of
UPPER-CASE characters in this manual.
SCPI is not case sensitive so any mix of upper and lower-case lettering
can be used when sending commands to the analyzer.
If the rules listed in this section are applied to the last program message
in the preceding section, the statement:
OUTPUT 716;"CALCULATE:MARKER:STATE ON;MODE
RELATIVE;MAXIMUM;FUNCTION:TRACKING ON"
becomes:
OUTPUT 716;"CALC:MARK:STAT ON;MODE REL;MAX;FUNC:TRAC ON"
Summary of Contents for 8712ES
Page 11: ...1 1 1 Introduction to GPIB Programming ...
Page 27: ...2 1 2 Synchronizing the Analyzer and a Controller ...
Page 36: ...3 1 3 Passing Control ...
Page 39: ...4 1 4 Data Types and Encoding ...
Page 46: ...5 1 5 Using Status Registers ...
Page 71: ...6 1 6 Trace Data Transfers ...
Page 98: ...6 28 Programmer sGuide Trace Data Transfers Internal Measurement Arrays ...
Page 99: ...7 1 7 Using Graphics ...
Page 105: ...8 1 8 Front Panel Keycodes ...
Page 111: ...9 1 9 Introduction to SCPI ...
Page 129: ...10 1 10 Menu Map with SCPI Commands ...
Page 268: ...12 1 12 SCPI Conformance Information ...
Page 290: ...13 1 13 SCPI Error Messages ...