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<Voltage>, <Time>, <Percent>
<Voltage>, <Time> and <Percent> indicate decimal
values which have physical significance. <Multiplier>
or <Unit> can be attached to <NRf>. They can be
entered in any of the following forms.
Form
Example
<NRf><Multiplier><Unit>
5MV
<NRf><Unit>
5E-3V
<NRf><Multiplier>
5M
<NRf>
5E-3
<Multiplier>
Multipliers which can be used are shown below.
Symbol
Word
Description
EX
Exa
10
18
PE
Peta
10
15
T
Tera
10
12
G
Giga
10
9
MA
Mega
10
6
K
Kilo
10
3
M
Mili
10
-3
U
Micro
10
-6
N
Nano
10
-9
P
Pico
10
-12
F
Femto
10
-15
A
Atto
10
-18
<Unit>
Units which can be used are shown below.
Symbol
Word
Description
V
Volt
Voltage
S
Second
Time
PCT
Percent
Percent
• <Multiplier> and <Unit> are not case sensitive.
• [U] is used to indicate [
µ
].
• [MA] is used for Mega (M) to distinguish it from Mili.
• If both <Multiplier> and <Unit> are omitted, the
default unit will be used.
• Response messages are always expressed in
<NR3> form. Neither <Multiplier> nor <Unit> is
used, therefore the default unit is used.
<Register>
<Register> indicates an integer, and can be expressed
in hexadecimal, octal or binary as well as as a decimal
number. <Register> is used when each bit of a value
has a particular meaning. <Register> is expressed in
one of the following forms.
Form
Example
<NRf>
1
#H<Hexadecimal value made up of the digits 0 to 9, and A to F>
#H0F
#Q<Octal value made up of the digits 0 to 7>
#q777
#B<Binary value made up of the digits 0 and 1>
#B001100
• <Register> is not case sensitive.
• Response messages are always expressed as
<NR1>.
<Character Data>
<Character data> is a specified string of character data
(a mnemonic). It is mainly used to indicate options, and
is chosen from the character strings given in { }. For
interpretation rules, refer to
"
Header Interpretation
Rules
"
on page 2-4.
Form
Example
{EVENt|TIME|EXTernal}
EVENt
• As with a header, the
"COMMunicate:VERBose"
command can be used to return a response
message in its full form. Alternatively, the
abbreviated form can be used.
• The
"COMMunicate:HEADer"
command does not
affect <character data>.
<Boolean>
<Boolean> is data which indicates ON or OFF, and is
expressed in one of the following forms.
Form
Example
{ON|OFF|<NRf>}
ON OFF 1 0
• When <Boolean> is expressed in <NRf> form, OFF
is selected if the rounded integer value is [0] and ON
is selected if the rounded integer is [Not 0].
• A response message is always [1] if the value is ON
and [0] if it is OFF.
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