
Remote Commands in the Receiver Application
R&S
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ESW
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15.8.1
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FORMat[:DATA]
<Format>[, <BitLength>]
This command selects the data format that is used for transmission of trace data from
the R&S
ESW to the controlling computer.
Note that the command has no effect for data that you send to the R&S
ESW. The
R&S
ESW automatically recognizes the data it receives, regardless of the format.
For details on data formats see
Chapter 15.7.3.6, "Formats for Returned Values: ASCII
Parameters:
<Format>
ASCii | REAL | UINT | MATLab
ASCii
ASCii format, separated by commas.
This format is almost always suitable, regardless of the actual
data format. However, the data is not as compact as other for-
mats may be.
REAL
Floating-point numbers (according to IEEE 754) in the "definite
length block format".
The format setting
REAL
is used for the binary transmission of
trace data.
<BitLength>
16 | 32 | 64
Length in bits for floating-point results
16
16-bit floating-point numbers.
Compared to
REAL,32
format, half as many numbers are
returned.
Data Management