3.7.1.2 Notations
The SCPI standard allows numeric value specification in different notations.
Decimal notation is used by default. To use other notations, specify the numeric
values in the following way:
3.7.2 Booleans
The booleans can assume two values: logical yes and logical no (ON and OFF), and
specified in command as:
ON or 1 – logical yes
OFF or 0 – logical no
For example:
DISPlay:ENABle OFF
DISPlay:ENABle 0
3.7.3 Character Data
The SCPI standard allows specification of parameters as character data, as in the
following command:
TRIGger:SOURce {BUS|IMMediate|EXTernal}
the possible values of the character data – "BUS", "IMMediate", "EXTernal".
The character data have long and short format, and the formats are specified in
accordance with the same rules as described in Section 3.5.
Apart from that, the character data can be combined with numerical parameters.
For example:
SENSe:FREQuency:STARt {MINimum|MAXimum|<value>}
The following specifications are acceptable: