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The response to CONFigure? For the FREQuency and PERiod functions do not
map to the default syntax because the CONFigure command sets the default
signal routing to “BNC”. Range selection is not available unless the front
terminals are set by the appropriate SENSe:FREQuency|PERiod:ROUTe:
commands are used.
This is because ranging is only supported when using the counter via the front
terminals (see “SENSe:FREQency” and “SENSePERiod”).
CONFigure? will respond with: "<meter_fn> <gate_time>"
Where:
<meter_fn> is FREQuency or Period.
<gate_time> is a scientific floating-point value, representing the
counter gate-time in seconds.
For example, sending: CONF:PER;:CONF? returns: "PER +1.0E+0"
If the non-default <
gate_time
> is set, CONF:PER DEF,100.0E-3;:CONF?
returns: "PER +1.0E-1"
The configuration function: CONFigure[:SCALar]:POWer does not take any
parameters.
For example, sending: CONF:POW;:CONF? will return: "POW"
The configuration query commands for the Temperature functions RTD, FRTD,
and TRTD do not map directly to the default configuration syntax because in the
Product, the first two parameters, <
type
> and <
expected_value
>, can only be
DEFault.
CONFigure? responds with: "<meter_fn> <resolution>"
Where:
<meter_fn> is the short-form of the SCPI function name
mnemonic.
<resolution> is the absolute resolution as a scientific floating point
value.
For example, sending: CONF:TEMP:RTD;:CONF? will return: "TEMP:RTD 1.0e-1"
The configuration query command for Thermocouple Is also non-standard, but
unlike RTD does include the transducer type.
CONFigure? will respond with: "<meter_fn> <type>,<resolution>"
Where:
<meter_fn> is TC
<type> is the thermocouple type (J|R|E|N|U|C|L|T|B|K|S).
<resolution> is the absolute resolution as a scientific floating-point
For example, sending:
CONF:TEMP:TC;:CONF
? will return: "TEMP:TC K,+1.0E-1"
