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53 SCPI Command
For example,
func:rang 8;*IDN?;auto on
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Command abbreviations:
Every command and character parameter has at least two forms, a short form
and a long form. In some cases they will be the same. The short form is
obtained using the following rules.
A) If the long form has four characters or less, the long form and short form
are the same.
B) If the long form has more than 4 characters:
(a) If the 4th character is a vowel, the short form is the first 3 characters of
the long form.
For example:
comparator abbr. to comp
current abbr. to curr
range abbr. to rang
(b) If the 4th character is not a vowel, the short form is the first 4 characters.
For example:
resistance abbr. to res
volume abbr. to vol
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If the long form mnemonic is defined as a phrase rather than a single word, then
the long form mnemonic is the first character of the first word(s) followed by
the entire last word. The above rules, when the long form mnemonic is a single
word, are then applied to the resulting long form mnemonic to obtain the short
form.
For example:
PercentTolerance abbr. to ptol
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The AT861x accepts the three forms of the same SCPI commands: all upper case, all
lower case, and mixed upper and lower case.
7.4
Header and Parameters
The commands consist of a command header and parameters. (See the following.)
For example comp:nom 100.0e3
Header Parameter
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Headers can be of the long form or the short form. The long form allows easier
understanding of the program code and the short form allows more efficient use of
the computer.
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Parameters may be of two types as follows.
(A) Character Data and String Data Character data consists of ASCII characters. The
abbreviation rules are the same as the rules for command headers.
(B) Numeric Data
(a) NR1 integer: For example, 1,+123,-123
(b) NR2 fix float: For example, 1.23,+1.23,-1.23