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chosen by power supply.
A colon “:” separates a command keyword from a lower-level keyword. You must
insert a blank space to separate a parameter from a command keyword. If a command
requires more than one parameter, you must separate adjacent parameters with a
comma as shown below:
SOURce:CURRent:TRIGgered
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Command Separators
A colon “
：
” is used to separate a command keyword from a lower-level keyword as
shown below:
SOURce:CURRent:TRIGgered
A semicolon “
；
” is used to separate two commands within the same subsystem as
shown below:
SOUR:VOLT MIN;CURR MAX
The following two commands have the same effect as the above command.
SOUR:VOLT MIN
SOUR:CURR MAX
Use a colon and a semicolon to link commands from different subsystems.
For example, in the following command string, an error is generated if you do not use
the colon and semicolon:
MEAS:VOLT?;:SOUR:CURR MIN
Using the MIN and MAX Parameters
You can substitute MINimum or MAXimum for the parameter of many commands.
For example, consider the following command:
CURRent {
<
current
>
|MIN|MAX}
Instead of selecting a specific current, you can `substitute MINimum to set the current
to its minimum value or MAXimum to set the current to its maximum value.
