Hioki 3560 - Message Format

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8.2 Operating Procedure (GP-IB)
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.2.3 Message Format
NOTE
The commands for the 3560 are as far as possible mnemonic.
Furthermore, all commands have a long form, and an abbreviated short
form.
(1) Program message
The program message is made up from header and data portions.
Example :AUT ON
AUT: Header
ON: Data
(ASCII codes or numerical characters. Messages containing no data also exist in
the form of query messages.)
A command header can be abbreviated. The whole command form is
referred to as the "long form" and the abbreviated from as the "short
form."
In this manual, the short form is written in upper case letters, and then
this is continued in lower case letters so as to constitute the long form.
Either of these forms will be accepted during operation, but intermediate
forms will not be accepted. Further, during operation both lower case
letters will be accepted without distinction.
(2) Response messages
It represents the response message for query messages from the 3560.
Response messages generated by the 3560 are in long form and in upper
case letters.
Example :CSET:BEEPER IN
If an error occurs when a query is received, no response message to the
query is sent.