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SECTION 3 DEVICE MESSAGE FORMAT
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General description
The device messages are data messages transmitted between the controller and devices,
program messages transferred from the controller to this instrument (device), and
response messages input from this instrument (device) to the controller. There are also
two types of program commands and program queries in the program message. The
program command is used to set this instrument's parameters and to instruct it to execute
processing. The program query is used to query the values of parameters and measured
results.
Program message format
To transfer a program message from the controller program to this instrument using the
WRITE statement, the program message formats are defined as follows.
PROGRAM MESSAGE
PROGRAM MESSAGE
TERMINATOR
WRITE #1,"CF 1GHZ"
PROGRAM MESSAGE: When the program message is
transmitted from the controller to this
instrument, the specified terminator is
attached to the end of the program
message to terminate its transmission.
(1) PROGRAM MESSAGE TERMINATOR
EOI
SP
NL
NL
EOI
NL: Called New line.
LF (Line Feed)
Carriage Return (CR) is ignored and is not processed as a terminator.