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1257 User Manual
EADS North America Defense
SCPI Command Reference 6-1
Test and Services, Inc.
©
2001
Chapter 6
SCPI COMMAND REFERENCE
General
This section contains a detailed description of each command that
is either specific to the 1257 or common to multiple switch
modules. The commands are presented in
Table 6-1
.
The commands accepted by the 1257 are shown using the SCPI
syntax notation. The command syntax in
Table 6-1
is displayed
using the following conventions:
Square Brackets ( [ ] )
Enclose optional keywords or
parameters.
Braces ( { } )
Enclose
possible
parameters
within a command.
Triangle Brackets ( < > )
Substitute
a
value
for
the
enclosed parameter.
Vertical Bar ( | )
Separate
multiple
parameter
choices.
Bold Typeface Letters
Designate factory default values.
(Command
Only)
This indicates the command
cannot be used in query form.
(Query Only)
This indicates the command can
only be used as a query. The
command form, without the
question mark is not allowed.
To illustrate the SCPI notation, a part of the ROUTE command
subsystem is shown below:
[:ROUTe]
:CLOSe
<channel
list>
:OPEN
<channel
list>
:ALL
(Command
Only)