Remote Control - Commands
R&S NRP
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FORMat
The FORMat command system sets the format of numeric data (measured values) that is exchanged
beween the remote control computer and the R&S NRP if high-level measurement commands are
used.
Table 6-6: Commands of the FORMat command system
Command
Parameter
Unit
Remark
FORMat[:READings]
:BORDer[?]
NORMal | SWAPped
-
[:DATA][?]
ASCii | REAL
-
FORMat[:READings]:BORDer[?] NORMal | SWAPped
Influences the order of bytes in 64-bit binary data.
NORMal
The 1st byte is the MSB (most significant byte), the 8th byte the LSB (least significant
byte).
This fulfills the Big Endian convention (Big Endian: "the big end comes first").
SWAPped
The 1st byte is the LSB (least significant byte), the 8th byte the MSB (most significant
byte).
This fulfills the Little Endian convention.
*RST
value:
NORMal
FORMat[:READings][:DATA][?] ASCii | REAL
Specifies whether numeric data is sent as block data in binary form (
REAL
) or as character strings in
plain text (
ASCII
).
*RST
value:
ASCii
