HP 54501A - Response Data Formats

Response
Data
Most
data
will
be
returned as
exponential
or
integer
numbers.
However,
Formats
query
data of
instrument setups
may
be
returned
as
character
data.
Interrogating
the
trigger
SLOPE?
will
return
one
of
the
following:
:TRIGGER:SLOPE
POSITIVE
<
terminator
> (with
HEADER ON/LONGFORM
ON)
:TRIG:SLOP
POS
<
terminator
> (with
HEADER
ON/LONGFORM OFF)
POSITIVE
<
terminator
> (with
HEADER OFF/LONGFORM
ON)
POS
<
terminator
>
(with
HEADER
OFF/LONGFORM
OFF)
Note
Refer
to
the
individual
commands
in
this
manual
for
information
on
the
format
(alpha
or
numeric)
of
the
data
returned
from
each
query.
HP
54501A
Introduction
to
Programming
an
Oscilloscope
Programming
1-15