2470 High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual
Section 11: Introduction to SCPI commands
2470-901-01 Rev. A /
May
2019
11-5
Sending strings
If you are sending a string, it must begin and end with matching quotes (either single quotes or
double quotes). If you want to include a quote character as part of the string, type it twice with no
characters in between.
A command string sent to the instrument must terminate with a
<new line>
character. The
IEEE-488.2 EOI (end-or-identify) message is interpreted as a
<new line>
character and can be used
to terminate a command string in place of a <new line> character. A
<carriage return>
followed
by a
<new line>
is also accepted. Command string termination will always reset the current SCPI
command path to the root level.
Using the SCPI command reference
The SCPI command reference contains detailed descriptions of each of the SCPI commands that you
can use to control your instrument. Each command description is broken into several standard
subsections. The figure below shows an example of a command description.
Figure 136: SCPI command description example
