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Command
Reference
4339B
Command Reference
Notations
In
this
chapter,
each subsystem
is documented
using the
tabular format
instead of
the
command
tree
as
follows
.
The
following conventions
and denitions
are used
to describe
GPIB
operation.
COMMAND
P
ARAMETER
FORMat
[:DATA]
f ASCii
j REAL[,64]
g
COMMAND
P
ARAMETER
INITiate
:CONTinuous
<
Boolean >
[:IMMediate]
Commands
closest
to
the
root-level
are
at
the
top
of
the table
.
Lower
nodes
in
the
hierarchy
are
indented
one
position
to
the
right.
If
a
command
requires
one
or
more
parameters
,
the
parameter
names
are
listed
adjacent
to
the
command.
The
lower
case
parts
are
optional.
<
>
Angular
brackets
enclose
words
or
characters
that
are
used
to
symbolize
a
program
code
parameter
or
an
GPIB
command.
[
]
Square
brackets
indicate
that
the
enclosed
items
are
optional.
f
g
When
several
items
are
enclosed
by
braces
,
one
and
only
one
of these
elements
may
be
selected.
A
vertical
bar
can
be
read
as
\or"
and
is
used
to
separate alternative
parameter
options
.
F
or
example
,
the
:FORMat[:DATA]
command can
be
:FORMAT:DATA
:FORM:DATA
:FORMAT
For
example,
the f
ASCii
j
REAL[,64]
g
parameter
can
be
ASCII
ASC
REAL,64
REAL
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