Syntax
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Abbreviating Commands,
Queries, and Parameters
You can abbreviate most SCPI commands, queries, and parameters to an accepted
short form. This manual shows these short forms 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 3-31, you can create a short form by using only the
upper case letters. The accepted short form and the long form are equivalent and
request the same action of the instrument.
Figure 3-31: Example of abbreviating a command
Chaining Commands and
Queries
You can chain several commands or queries together into a single message. To
create a chained message, first create a command or query, add a semicolon (;), and
then add more commands or queries and semicolons until you are done. If the
command following a semicolon is a root node, precede it with a colon (:).
Figure 3-32 illustrates a chained message consisting of several commands and
queries. The single chained message should end in a command or query, not a
semicolon. Responses to any queries in your message are separated by semicolons.
Figure 3-32: Example of chaining commands and queries
Long form of a
command
Accepted short form
of a command and
parameter
Minimum information needed
for accepted short form
RECord:TARGet:TRIGger:POSition 50
REC:TARG:TRIG:POS 50
:REC:TARG:TYPE RAM;:REC:TARG:UNLI OFF;:REC:TARG:SYZE?;:REC:TARG:TRIG:POS?
30;50
First command
Second command
Second query
First query
The response from this chained message might be
Response from first query
Response from second query
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