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8.5 Overview of Messages
The information transferred between the controller (computer) and this product
(KHA1000) is called a message.
This product uses the SCPI format for these messages.
Messages include commands sent from the computer to this product and responses
sent from this product to the computer.
Command hierarchy
SCPI is an ASCII-based command language developed for testing and measuring
instruments. The command structure is organized based on common roots or nodes,
which are the component blocks of the SCPI subsystem. Each command is a
combination of program headers, parameters, and punctuation.
The hierarchy is explained using the SENSe subsystem as an example.
SENSe is the root node. CURRent and VOLTage are the second-level nodes,
RANGe is the third-level node, and UPPer and AUTO are the fourth-level nodes.
Upper and lower nodes are delimited by a colon (:).
When a colon is provided at the beginning of the program header, the first node is
the root node.
Program headers Parameters
SENSe:
CURRent
:RANGe
[:UPPer] <numeric>
:AUTO <bool>
VOLTage
:RANGe
[:UPPer] <numeric>
:AUTO <bool>