Reference Multimeter and 8 ½ Digit Multimeter
Introduction to SCPI Syntax
11
Parameters
Parameter data, can be numeric, string, boolean or character program data.
These data forms are tabulated in Table 4.
The command to set DCV range is structured:
SENSe:VOLTage:DC:RANGe <
nrf
>|MINimum|MAXimum|DEFault
The <
nrf
> would be a value betwen 2.03 and 20.02 to select the 10 V range. For
example:
SENSe:VOLTage:DC:RANGe 10
A <
cpd
> parameter can also be used with range selection for example:
SENSe:VOLTage:DC:RANGe MIN or
SENSe:VOLTage:DC:RANGe MAX or
SENSe:VOLTage:DC:RANGe DEF
An example use of a Boolean parameter is: DISPlay
<boolean>
. This command
turns on the display:
DISPlay ON or DISPlay 1
To turn the display off:
DISPlay OFF or DISPlay 0
Either ON|OFF or 1|0 can be used but ON|OFF may be preferred as it is more
readable.
The SENSe:<meter_fn> <
string
> command is an example of string parameter.
This command selects DCV:
SENSe:<meter_fn> "VOLTage:DC".
