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Command Syntax
In this manual, SCPI commands are expressed in the following format.
MEASure[:SCALar]:CURRent:DC? {<numeric>|MINimum|MAXimum}
SCPI commands are also available in the short form. In the short form, the lowercase
characters in SCPI commands are omitted.
SCPI commands can be sent either in the long form or short form. Because SCPI
commands are not case-sensitive, CURR, CURRent, and curr are all acceptable as
short form notations. In the long form, CURRENT, Current, and current are all accept-
able.
• A space separates a program header and its parameters.
• Multiple parameters are separated by commas.
• Multiple commands are separated by semicolons (compound command).
OUTPut:PHASe:ON:STATe ON;LEVel 90
In the second command, OUTPut:PHASe:ON is omitted. This is possible because that
path is set to OUTPut:PHASe:ON by the first command (OUTPut:PHASe:ON:STATe
ON).
This compound command is equivalent to entering the following commands.
OUTPut:PHASe:ON:STATe ON
OUTPut:PHASe:ON:LEVel 90
If you specify a node that is not defined in the current path, an error will occur.
By using colons and semicolons, you can concatenate commands of different sub-
systems.
SOURce:CURRent MINimum;:MEASure:CURRent:AC?
There are two root nodes in this compound command: SOURce and MEASure.
When the second command or later begins with a colon, the path that was specified
by the previous command is cleared.
• The maximum length of a command that you can transmit on a single line is 128
bytes.
