HP 54501A - Command Set Organization

If
you want
to observe
the
headers for
the
queries,
you
must
bring
the
returned
data
into
a
string
variable.
Generally,
you
should
dimension
all
string
variables
before
reading
the
data.
If
you
do
not need
to
see
the
headers and
a
numeric value
is
returned
from
the
HP
54501A,
then
you
should
use
a
numeric variable.
In
this
case
the
headers
should be
turned off.
Command
Set
Organization
The
command
set
for
the
HP
54501A
is
divided
into
13
separate
groups:
Common
commands, root
level
commands
and
11
sets
of
subsystem
commands.
Each of
the
13
groups
of
commands
is
described
in the
following chapters.
Each
of
the
chapters
contain
a
brief
description
of
the
subsystem,
a
set of
syntax
diagrams
for
those
commands,
and
finally,
the
commands
for
that
subsystem
in
alphabetic
order.
The
commands
are
shown
in the
longform
and shortform
using
upper
and
lowercase
letters.
As
an example,
AUToscale
indicates
that
the
longform
of
the
command
is
AUTOSCALE and
the
shortform of
the
command
is
AUT.
Each
command
listing
contains
a
description
of
the
command
and
its
arguments,
the
command syntax,
and
a
programming example.
Table
4-2
lists
the
commands
for
the
HP
54501A
in
alphabetical
order
with
their
corresponding subsystem
or
command
type.
Programming
and
Documentation
Conventions
4-12
HP
54501A
Programming