
Note
A command or query may be sent in either
or shortform, or in
any combination of iongform and shortform. The HEADER and
commands only control the format of the returned data
and have no effect on the way commands are sent.
Refer to the chapter “System Commands” for information on turning the
HEADER and
commands on and off.
Response Data
Both numbers and strings are returned as a series of ASCII characters, as
Formats
described in the following sections. Keywords in the data are returned in
the same format as the header, as specified by the
command.
Like the headers, the keywords will always be in upper-case.
The following are possible responses to the
TFORMAT:
LAB? ‘ADDR’ query.
terminator> (Header on;
on)
(Header on;
off)
(Header off;
on)
(Header off;
off)
to the individual commands in this manual for information on the
(alpha or numeric) of the data returned from each query.
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