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SCPI command syntax
Command syntax
In this manual, SCPI commands are expressed in the following format.
Example:
VOLTage:DC:RANGe {<range>|MINimum|MAXimum}
• SCPI commands can be written in long form (with all the characters) or in short form
(omitting the lowercase characters).
SCPI commands can be transmitted in either long form or short form.
• SCPI commands are not case sensitive. VOLT, Volt, and volt are all received as the short
form of the VOLTage command.
VOLTAGE, Voltage, and voltage are all received as the long form of the VOLTage com-
mand.
• A space separates a program header and its parameters.
• Multiple parameters are separated by commas.
• Compound commands can be created through the concatenation of two commands with
a semicolon.
Example
TRIG:DELAY 1; COUNT 10
This compound command sends the same commands as the two following commands.
TRIG:DELAY 1
TRIG:COUNT 10
• Program headers are separated by colons.
• By using colons and semicolons, you can concatenate commands of different subsys-
tems.
Example
SAMP:COUN 10;:TRIG:SOUR EXT
Special symbols and characters
The special symbols and characters that are used in this manual for the SCPI command syn-
tax are explained below.
Symbol or character Definition
< >
Character strings inside the < and > symbols indicate program data.
Do not include the < and > symbols in the actual program.
{ }
Characters and numbers delimited by “|” inside the { and } symbols
indicate that one of the delimited items is to be selected. Do not
include the { and } symbols in the actual program.
[ ]
Character strings inside [ and ] indicate optional data.
When optional data is not sent with the program, the default value is
sent. Do not include the [ and ] symbols in the actual program.