Kikusui BIM1000 Series, User Manual

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User’s Manual
BIM1000 Series
Remote Control | Overview of Commands
Message terminator
All commands must be terminated with a valid terminator according to the communication interface
(p. 45) .
Common commands
There are commands that are common to the IEEE-488.2 and SCPI standards for functions such as reset-
ting devices and performing self-diagnoses. These common commands start with an asterisk (“*”). These
commands may have one or multiple parameters.
Parameters
The SCPI parameter format is derived from the program parameter format that is defined in IEEE 488.2.
The program data expression format that the this product uses is shown below.
Non-numeric parameters
 Character data (Character)
Character data is used when only a limited number of values are available for a program setting.
Responses are returned in long form with uppercase letters.
:SAMPle:RATE {SLOW|MEDium|FAST}
 Boolean data (Boolean)
Boolean data is used to express a condition of 1 or 0, or ON or OFF. Responses are returned using ON or
OFF.
:CALCulate:AVERage:STATe {1|0|ON|OFF}
Numeric parameters
 NR1
Represents an integer value.
Details are given in the “IEEE 488.2 Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation.”
 NR2
Represents a real number in floating-point format.
Details are given in the “IEEE 488.2 Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation.”