GDS-1000B Programming Manual 
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COMMAND OVERVIEW 
The Command overview chapter lists all GDS-
1000B commands in functional order as well as 
alphabetical order. The command syntax section 
shows you the basic syntax rules you have to 
apply when using commands. 
Command Syntax 
 
  USB CDC_ACM compatible 
  SCPI, 1994 (partially compatible) 
Commands and queries have two different forms, 
long and short. The command syntax is written 
with the short form of the command in capitals 
and the remainder (long form) in lower case. 
 
The commands can be written in capitals or lower-
case, just so long as the short or long forms are 
complete. An incomplete command will not be 
recognized. 
Below are examples of correctly written 
commands. 
:TIMebase:SCALe?
Short
Long
Short