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GPIB Command Compatibility List
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Changed Parameter Syntax and Semantics
on page -285 details commands whose parameter syntax or
semantics have changed.
Table 13
Commands with Different Parameters or Syntax
Command
Change
Affects
SOUR:AM:FREQ/?
This command does not accept the value CW, instead
use SOUR:AM:STAT ON|OFF to switch from and to CW
mode.
The commands accepts floating point values.
8153
DISP:BRIG
This command now supports integers between 1 and
100, instead of float values between 1 and 0.
8153
SENS:CORR:COLL:ZERO?
This command returns the last zero state, instead of the
last remote zero state.
8153
SENS:POW:REF
Accepts TOMODule and TOREF for the first parameter,
instead of accepting TOA|TOB as the HP 8153A does. The
numbers 0|1|2 cannot be used, only the strings above.
8153
SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RAT
Accepts TOREF,0 or values for slot,channel, instead of
accepting TOA|TOB as the HP 8153A does. The numbers
have a different meaning.
8153
SYST:DATe
SYST:DATe from HP 8167/8 is not supported, but
SYST:DATe from HP 8153 is supported.
8167/8