Keysight Technologies E5260 Series, Programming Manual

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Keysight E5260/E5270 Programming Guide, Edition 4 1- 21
Programming Basics
Command Input Format
Terminator
The terminator completes the GPIB command entry and starts command execution.
The following figure shows the terminator syntax diagram.
Terminator Syntax Diagram
Special Terminator
If a semicolon (;) is inserted before the terminator, as shown in the following figure,
the preceding commands are not executed until the next command line is input and
another terminator is input, without a preceding semicolon. The command lines are
then executed together.
Special Terminator Syntax Diagram
Separator
If you enter multiple commands, use semicolons (;) to separate the commands.
Spaces are allowed before and after the semicolons. Command execution starts
when the terminator is received, not when the semicolon is received. You can input
multiple commands of up to a total of 256 characters (including the terminator). If
you input more than 256 characters, the input buffer overflows, and an error is
indicated.
Use commas (,) to separate numeric data entries.
NOTE Do not include the reset command (*RST) or the abort command (AB) in multiple
command strings (example:
OUTPUT @E5270;”*RST;CN”
). If you do, the other
commands in the string (example:
CN
) are not executed.
CR
EOI
LF
LF
^
CR
EOI
LF
LF
^
;