Com mands which are not float ing point, but in te ger, are:
All of the Status en able type com mands (* SRE for ex am ple)
Stored num bers ( i.e., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Off set ta ble numbers ( i.e., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...)
GPIB ad dresses (1 to 30)
User Av er ag ing number in the AVG com mand (1 to 512)
Display contrast number (1 to 12).
The ML2400A Se ries data for mats are sum ma rized be low:
<NR1> This no ta tion rep re sents ASCII in te ger val ues. A comma (,) is used to sep a rate
mul ti ple val ues sent in a sin gle com mand in put or out put string.
Ex am ples of val ues that can be rep re sented by <NR1> no ta tion:
1
0
–29,179
<NR2> This no ta tion rep re sents ASCII float ing point val ues in dec i mal point for mat.
A comma (,) is used to sep a rate mul ti ple val ues sent in a sin gle com mand's in -
put or out put string.
Ex am ples of val ues that can be rep re sented by <NR2> no ta tion:
1.0
–0.00015
12.743, –180.07
<NR3> This no ta tion rep re sents ASCII float ing point val ues in ex po nen tial for mat
(sci en tific no ta tion). A comma (,) is used to sep a rate mul ti ple val ues sent in a
sin gle com mand's in put or out put string.
Ex am ples of val ues that can be rep re sented by <NR3> no ta tion:
1.0E9
7.056E3
9.0E2,3.42E2
<NRf > This no ta tion is used to sig nify that data can be in ei ther <NR1>, <NR2>, or
<NR3> for mat as de scribed above. Ex am ples of val ues that can be rep re -
sented by < NRf > no ta tion:
1.0E9
10.005
83,4.5E2,234.9901
<String> This no ta tion rep re sents a string of 7-bit ASCII char ac ters (in clud ing non
print able char ac ters) that is de lim ited (sur rounded) with ei ther sin gle quotes
(' ') or dou ble quotes (“ ”). The string can in clude text for mat ting char ac ters
such as line feed, space, or car riage re turn. Note that if a dou ble quote char ac -
ter must be sent as part of the string, then it must be fol lowed by an ad di tional
ML2400A OM 6-3
GPIB OPERATION DATA I/O FORMATS