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2) Command format
A command consists of an alphabetic command operand, which
shows the contents, and an alphabetic or numeric parameter,
which follows the command operand. The command operand
and parameter must be separated with one or more spaces.
A space in the command operand or parameter causes a
command or parameter error.
Example: Mode setting PA18-2B
It is possible to write several commands on a single line if they are
separated with separators ":" or ";". (Multi-statement) However,
among data request commands, the last one is only valid. If a
command contains an error, that command causes a GP-IB error
SRQ and the following command is executed. A delimiter is
added to the end of a command. Any of the following may be
used as the delimiter.
CR.LF
CR
LF
CR.LF+EOI
CR+EOI
LF+EOI
EOI
MODE
18,2
_
Parameter
Space
Command
