3302C Series Mainframe Operation Manual 4-7
4.4 The description of abbreviation
SP
:
Space, the ASCII code is 20 Hexadecimal.
;
:
Semicolon, Program line terminator, the ASCII code is OA Hexadecimal.
NL
:
New line, Program line terminator, the ASCII code is OA Hexadecimal.
N
:
Integer number from 1 to 8.
NR2
:
Digits with decimal point. It can be accepted in the range and format of
##.#####.
For Eexample
:
30.12345, 5.0
The description of GPIB programming command syntax.
{ }
:The contents of the { } symbol must be used as a part or data of the GPIB
command, it can not be omitted.
[ ]
:The contents of the [ ] symbol indicts the command can be used or not. It
depends on the testing application.
|
:This symbol means option. For example
〝
A|B
〞
means it can only use A or
B as the command, it can choose only one as the setting command.
Terminator
:You have to send the program line terminator character after send
the GPIB command, the available command terminator characters which can
be accepted in 3302C mainframe is listed in Table 4-3.
LF
LF WITH EOI
CR, LF
CR, LF WITH EOI
Table 4-4 GPIB command terminator
A terminator informs GPIB that it has reached the end of statement. Normally, this
is sent automatically by your GPIB programming statements. In this manual, the
terminator is assumed at the end of each example line of code. If it needs to be
indicated, it is shown by symbol (nl); which stand for
〝
new line
〞
and represents
ASCII code byte the OA Hexadecimal or 10 decimal.
Semicolon
〝;〞:
The
semicolon
〝;〞
is a back-up command, the semicolon
allows you to combine command statement on one line to create command
message.