Hioki 9593-03, Instruction Manual

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4.3 Message Format
The commands for the 3157 are as far as possible mnemonic. Furthermore, all
commands have a long form, and an abbreviated short form.
4.3.1 Program Message
The program message is made up from header and data portions.
Example Command message to set test time to ON
:TIMER_ON
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① ②
①:Header portion
②:Data portion (ASCII-format text or numeric values. Some
messages have no data portions…query messages, etc.)
A command header can be abbreviated. The whole command form is referred
to as the "long form" and the abbreviated form as the "short form."
In this manual, the short form is written in upper case letters, and then this
is continued in lower case letters so as to constitute the long form. Either of
these forms will be accepted during operation, but intermediate forms will not
be accepted. Further, during operation both lower case letters and upper case
letters will be accepted without distinction.
For "TIMER", either "TIMer" (the long form) or "TIM" (the short form) will be
accepted. However, any one of "TIME", or "Tl" is wrong and will generate an
error.
4.3.2 Response Messages
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It represents the response message for query messages from the 3157.
Response messages generated by the 3157 are in long form and in upper case
letters.
Example :TIMER_ON
(Test time is currently enabled.)
If an error occurs when the query message is received, the query does not
produce response message.
4.3 Message Format
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