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Notational Conventions
This section describes the notational conventions used for the description
of TDR commands reference.
Command Type
Object type describes different types of E5071C- SCPI commands. The
E5071C provides properties and methods as SCPI commands. SCPI
commands which set (send)/read (return) the state of the E5071C using
variables are defined as property and SCPI commands which does other
processing are defined as method.
SCPI commands used to read the state of the E5071C are indicated with
"Query" and ones used only to set the state of the E5071C are indicated
by "Command" . SCPI commands that can both read and write data to the
E5071C are indicated by 'Command/Query'.
Syntax
Syntax describes the syntax for sending an SCPI command from the
controller (PC) to the E5071C. The syntax consists of two parts: the object
part and the set part, with a space " " inserted between them. As for
query, the syntax consists of object part followed by a question mark, with
no space in between them.
Description
Description describes how to use the SCPI commands or the operation
when executed.
Parameters
Parameters provide description about different parameters that can be
used with the SCPI commands. It gives the description, data type,
allowable range, preset value, unit, resolution, and notes (if any).
The data types of the E5071C SCPI commands include 5 types as shown in
the following table.
Data
type
Name
Consumed
memory
Range
Long
Long
integer
type
4 bytes
-2,147,483,648 to
2,147,483,647
Double
Double
precision
floating
point type
8 bytes
For a negative value:
-1.79769313486232E+308
to -4.94065645841247E-
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