EXFO FTB-500 - Page 346

Data Types
338 FTB-500
Applicable Data Types for Output —IEEE 488.2
 <SUFFIX RESPONSE DATA>
This data type is used by a device to return units and multipliers.
Examples: DBW, W, KHZ
 <ARBITRARY ASCII RESPONSE DATA>
This data type is used by a device to return information when it is
impossible to use any other data type.
Example: To the *IDN? query, the device will return this response in an
arbitrary ASCII bytes format:
EXFO E.O. Engineering,,125-2A55,1.0.1.97
/
<suf f ix unit>
<suff ix mult.> <suffix unit>
<digit>
-
-
<digit>
/
.
<ASCII data
by te>
<RESPONSE MESSAGE
TERMINATOR >