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Communications Method
8.7 Communications Method
Various communications commands are available to control the instrument using an interface.
The communications commands include program messages sent from a computer to the instrument
and response messages sent from the instrument to the computer.
Program message
Response message
Communications commands are categorized as follows.
Communications command
Program message
Response message
Command message
Query message
Message format
Program message
The program messages can be divided into command messages and query messages.
(1) Command message
A command message is used to control the instrument, for example, when setting and resetting it.
Example: Command to set the test voltage
:VOLTage 100
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(2) Query message
A query message is used to query operation results, measurement results, and settings of the
instrument.
Example: Command to query the current test voltage
:VOLTage?
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See “Header” (p. 115), “Separator” (p. 116), and “Data” (p. 117).
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