TAKASAGO HX-S-G4 Series, Instruction Manual

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Using via Digital Data Communication
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Upper and Lower-Case Sensitive
Common Commands and SCPI Commands are not case-sensitive.
<Ex.>
OUTPUT
Output
Outp
OUTP
OUTPut
Short Form & Long Form
SCPI Command has two forms; abbreviated (Short) and normal (Long) form. Command words must use either
of the two forms. If neither are used an error will occur and the command will not be executed.
<Ex.>
OUTPut Long Form
OUTP Short Form
OUTPut[:STAT] Combination of Long and Short Form
OUTPu Recognized as illegal command
Inputting SCPI Commands
SCPI commands use the following hierarchical structure.
<Ex.>
ALM Root Command
:CLEar Command
:CONTain Pass Command
:CC <NRf> Command & Parameters (NRf is a numeric parameter. Omit <> when inputting.)
:CV? Query Command
The program message must begin with the root command with the OPTION command that can be omitted.
If root commands are an OPTION command, the next level command is processed as a root command.
A colon ( : ) can be placed at the beginning of the program message.
<Ex.>
Below 2 commands are the same commands:
stat:pres
:stat:pres
Multiple program messages can be connected by separating them with semi-colons ( ; ).
<Ex.>
ALM:CLEar;:ALM:CONTain:CC <NRf>
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