Anritsu MS9740A - SCPI Remote Control; Message Format

Chapter 1 Outline
1-2.
1.1 SCPI Remote Control
SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) is a
standard concerning the command syntax and data structure of remote
control commands developed for measuring instruments.
The MS9740A Optical Spectrum Analyzer provides command messages
that conform to the SCPI standard syntax. However, it does not support
the status registers and required command messages that are specified
in the SCPI standard.
1.2 Message Format
For general description of messages, refer to 2.5, “Message Format” in
the MS9740A Optical Spectrum Analyzer Remote Control Operation
Manual
.
SCPI messages have a hierarchical structure separated by colons as
shown in the following example. Lowercase characters and sequences of
characters enclosed in square brackets can be omitted. The behavior of
MS9740A is the same between the following messages:
:DISPlay[:WINDow]:TRACe:X[:SCALe]:STOP
:DISP:TRAC:X:STOP
A query command has the question symbol (?) appended to the string.
Example:
:DISPlay[:WINDow]:TRACe:X[:SCALe]:CENTer?
:SYSTem:INFormation?