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Remote Control - Fundamentals
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The commands with which measurement results are read out have a special status . A
question mark extended with MIN and MAX indicates the minimum and maximum
measured value shown in the combo display above the measured value.
If the MIN and MAX extension is used on text parameters, strings and query only com-
mands which do not retrieve measured values a timeout occurs, followed by an error
message in the error queue.
1. Numeric parameter
Example:
:OUTPut: SAMPle:FREQuency?
:OUTPut: SAMPle:FREQuency? MIN
:OUTPut: SAMPle:FREQuency? MAX
Response:
48 KHZ
30 KHZ
200 KHZ
2. Measurement Results
Example:
:SENSe:DATA?
:SENSe:DATA? MIN
:SENSe:DATA? MAX
Response:
-82.341 DBFS
-101.695 DBFS
-19.979 DBFS
3. Strings are returned in single quotation marks.
Extension with MIN AND MAX is not permissible.
Example:
:MMEMory:SWEep:STORe?
Response:
'MYTRACE.TRC'
4. Text parameters (character data) are returned in short form.
Extension with MIN AND MAX is not permissible.
Example:
:SENSe:FUNCtion?
Response:
RMS
6.5.3 Parameter
Most commands require the entry of a parameter. Parameters must be separated from
the header by a "white space". Parameters may be numeric values, Boolean parame-
ters, text, character strings or block data. The type of parameter required for the partic-
ular command is stated in the details of the command.
SCPI Command Structure and Syntax