Remote 
Programming 
DMCE-DEPENDENT 
COMMAND 
SET 
OUTPUT DATA 
TYPE 
FORMAT 
NUMERIC DATA 
f 
n.nnnnnEf nn[suffix][CR][Lf][EOI] 
(from trigger or G2) 
EXAMPLES: 
+I 
2.34!56E+6  Measured value 
+12.34!56Ei-6,  OHM  Measured value 
-9.99999E+9  Overrange 
(2 
200.000 counts) 
+9.99999€+9,>VDC  Overrange 
(3 
260,000 counts) 
4-1.0032E+21  Error message 
INSTRUMENT  nnnn [CR] [LF] [EOI] 
CONFIGURATION DATA 
(From GO,  64, G5,  EXAMPLE: 
G6, 
and G7)  1100  Default GO  value 
SRQ  MASK DATA 
nn [CR] [LF] [EOI] 
(From GI) 
EXAMPLE: 
32  SRQ  on any error 
USER-DEFINED MESSAGE 
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa [CR] [LF] [EOI] 
(From G3)  EXAMPLE: 
FL8840A.01-25-84 
If no messages have ever been stored, 
a 
string of 16 nulls 
(Hex 
00) will be returned. 
INSTRUMENT 
FLUKE, mmmmm, 
0, 
Vn,n  [CR] 
[Lfl 
[EOI] 
FLUKE 8840A with IEEE488 
IDENTIFICATION 
interface software version 
(From G8) 
EXAMPLE: 
FLUKE, 8840A, 
0, 
V4.0 
Numeric data is always in volts, amps, or ohms. 
The terminators 
CR, 
LF, and EOI are selected with the Terminator Commands fWn). 
The suffix, defined below, is enabled with the Y1 command and disabled with the 
YO 
command. (Default 
= 
Yl 
SUFFIX FORMAT 
9 
> 
VDC 
VAC 
OHM 
IDC 
IAC 
Function Indicator 
> 
Reading is overrange 
(2 
200,000  counts) 
<space>  Reading is not overrange but can be over voltage 
(> 
1000 Vdc or 700 V; 
Leading Comma  (Always present  in suffix).  Most versions  of  BASIC expect 
multiple input values to 
be 
separated by commas. i.e.,  input 
@ 
I, N,  S$ to acquire 
C 
the numeric portion and suffix string. 
Figure 
3-6. 
Output 
Data 
Format 
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