5
Y
ou
end
a
program
message
with
a
line
feed
(LF)
character
,
or
any
character
sent
with
End-Or-Identify
(EOI).
Short
F
orm
and
Long
F
orm
The
instrument
accepts
messages
in
short
or
long
forms
.
F
or
example
,
the
message
:DISPLAY:ENABLE
ON
is
in
long
form,
the
short
form
of
this
message
is
:DISP:ENAB
ON .
In
this
manual
the
messages
are
written
in
a
combination
of
upper
and
lower
case
.
Upper
case
characters
are
used
for
the
short
form
of
the
message
.
F
or
example
,
the
above
command
would
be
written
:DISPlay:ENABle .
The
rst
colon
can
be
left
out
for
the
rst
command
or
query
in
your
message
.
That
is
,
the
example
given
above
could
also
be
sent
as
DISP:ENAB
ON .
Command
and
Query
Syntax
All
characters
not
between
angled
brackets
must
be
sent
exactly
as
shown.
The
characters
between
angled
brackets
(<
.
.
.
>)
show
the
kind
of
data
that
you
send,
or
that
you
get
in
a
response
.
Y
ou
do
not
type
the
angled
brackets
in
the
actual
message
.
Descriptions
of
these
items
follow
the
syntax
description.
The
most
common
of
these
are:
string
is
ascii
data.
A
string
is
contained
between
a
"
at
the
start
and
the
end,
or
a
'
at
the
start
and
the
end.
value
is
numeric
data
in
integer
(12),
decimal
(34.5)
or
exponential
format
(67.8E-9).
wsp
is
a
white
space
.
Other
kinds
of
data
are
described
as
required.
The
characters
between
square
brackets
([
.
.
.
])
show
optional
information
that
you
can
include
with
the
message
.
The
bar
(j )
shows
an
either-or
choice
of
data,
for
example
,
aj b
means
either
a
or
b,
but
not
both
simultaneously
.
Extra
spaces
are
ignored;
they
can
be
inserted
to
improve
readability
.
Remote
Operation
5-5