Tektronix AWG710, Programmer'S Manual

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Command Syntax
AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Programmer Manual
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The Line Feed (LF) character or the New Line (NL) character (ASCII 10), and
all characters in the range of ASCII 127-255 are defined as special characters.
These characters are used in arbitrary block arguments only; using these
characters in other parts of any command yields unpredictable results.
You can abbreviate most SCPI commands, queries, and parameters to an
accepted short form. This manual shows these commands as a combination of
upper and lower case letters. The upper case letters indicate the accepted short
form of a command, as shown in Figure 2–2. The accepted short form and the
long form are equivalent and request the same action of the instrument.
Long form of a
command
Minimum information needed
for accepted short form
Accepted short form
of a command
SOUR1:FREQ 100
SOURce1:FREQuency 100
Figure 2-2: Example of abbreviating a command
NOTE
. The numeric suffix of a command or query may be included in either the
long form or short form; the AWG710 will default to “1” if no suffix is used.
Special Characters
Abbreviating Commands,
Queries, and Parameters