HP 4284A - Page 245

Command
Abbreviations
Every command and character parameter has at least two forms, a
short form and a long form. In some cases they will be the same.
The short form is obtained using the following rules.
If the long form has four characters or less, the long form and short
form are the same.
If the long form has more than 4 characters,
If the 4th character is a vowel, the short form is the rst 3
characters of the long form.
If the 4th character is not a vowel, the short form is the rst 4
characters.
For example:
BIAS abbreviates to BIAS .
TRIGger abbreviates to TRIG .
LEVel abbreviates to LEV .
FREQuency abbreviates to FREQ .
If the long form mnemonic is dened as a phrase rather than a
single word, then the long form mnemonic is the rst c
haracter of
the rst word(s) followed by the entire last word. The ab ove rules,
when the long form mnemonic is a single w
ord, are then applied to
the resulting long form mnemonic to obtain the short form.
For example:
Percent TOLerance abbreviates to PTOL . (The long form is
PTOLERANCE .)
Note
The HP 4284A accepts the three forms of the same SCPI commands:
all upp er case, all lower case, and mixed upp er and lower case.
8-4 Command Reference