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Section 7: SCPI command reference Series 2280 Precision DC Power Supply Reference Manual
7-14 077085503 / March 2019
:FORMat:ELEMents
This command specifies or queries data elements to be included in the data string.
Type Affected by Where saved Default value
Command and query Recall settings
Instrument reset
Power cycle Save settings READ, SOUR, UNIT, REL
Usage
:FORMat:ELEMents <item list>
:FORMat:ELEMents?
<item list>
See Details
Details
When specifying data elements, you can:

Specify buffer elements in any order.

Include up to 9 elements in a single list.

Repeat elements as long as the number of elements in the list is 9 or less.

Use a comma to delineate multiple elements for a data point.

Use single or double quotes to enclose all of the elements.
The options for <
item list>
are described in the following table.
Element Description Example output
READing
The measurement reading based on the
measurement function
+8.034562E-03
SOURce
The source value
+4.01
UNIT
The unit of measurement reading, source value,
and time stamp '
V
', '
A
' and '
s
'
MODE
Output state
CC (constant current), CV
(constant voltage), or
OFF
DATE
The date for the data point
07/01/2013
TIME
The time for the data point
19:21:36.2553
TSTamp
The timestamp for the data point
07/01/2013 19:21:36.2553
RELative
The relative time when the data point was
measured, in seconds
+4.00s
RSTamp
The relative time when the data point was
measured
12:23:32.2345
The
RELative
and
RSTamp
elements are defined as the time since the first reading was stored in
the buffer. These values are reset every 24-hours. The
DATE
,
TIME
, and
TSTamp
elements
represent absolute time from the internal real-time clock (RTC).