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Command Syntax
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Commands include upper and lowercase characters
- only uppercase characters are required,
- lower case characters can be removed to abbreviate the commands.
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Successive nodes should be separated by a colon (:)
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A space should separate the last level node from any possible associated
parameter. If there are several parameters, a comma should separate them.
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Examples of command:
- complete:
ACQUISITION:LASER L850
- abbreviated:
ACQ:LAS L850
Abbreviation of command header
Generally, when the header has more than four characters, the following rules
are adopted:
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The first four characters of the header are used, except if the fourth is a vowel.
In the latter case the vowel is dropped and only the first three characters are
necessary.
Example:
ACQ for ACQUISITION
MEAS for MEASUREMENT
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If the command is made from several words, the first letter of each word is
used, except for the last one (three or four first characters).
Example:
MSL for Measurement Slope
DSPL for Display Splice
Linking commands
Successive commands should be separated by a semicolon(;).
Parameters
There are several parameter types:
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Numerical: decimal, signed and scientific numbers
Examples: 245, 687E2, -1.48E3, .426, 1.100E-4
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Key words. Examples: OFF, ON, YES, NO
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String of ASCII characters which should be enclosed within quotes
(") or (’)
Example:
«TRACE TITLE»
Queries
The commands generally have an associated query.
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Most of the queries have no parameters. They are terminated by?
They are not specified in the following dictionary of the commands.
Examples:
SYST:PRIN?
request the printer mode selected
IDEN:OPER?
request the identification of the operator
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