SCPI Commands HMF series
Remote Control
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Basics
SCPI Programmers Manual
NOTICE
Case-insensitivity
Upper case and lower case notation only serves to distinguish the two forms in the
manual, the instrument itself is case-insensitive.
Special characters
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Parameters
A vertical stroke in parameter definitions indicates alternative possibilities in the
sense of „or“. The effect of the command differs, depending on the used parameter.
Example:
FUNCtion {SINusoid | SQUare | RAMP | PULSe | ARBitrary}
FUNC SIN sets the sine wave function.
FUNC SQU sets the square wave function.
{ }
Parameters in curly brackets are optional and can be inserted once or several times,
or omitted.
Example:
PERiod {<Period in sec> | MINimum | MAXimum}
The following are valid commands:
PER MIN
PER MAX
Table 1.5: Special characters
SCPI Parameters
Many commands are supplemented by a parameter or a list of parameters. The parameters
must be separated from the header by a „white space“ (ASCII code 0 to 9, 11 to 32 decimal, e.g.
blank). Allowed parameters are:
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Numeric values
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Special numeric values
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Boolean parameters
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Text
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Character strings
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Block data
The required parameters and the allowed value range are specified in the command description.
Numeric values
Numeric values can be entered in the following form. Values exceeding the resolution of the
instrument are rounded up or down.
Example:
VOLT 5V
= VOLT 5
VOLT 800mV = VOLT 0.8