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4-4. The description of abbreviation
SP:Space, the ASCII code is 20 Hexadecimal.
;:Semicolon, Program line terminator, the ASCII code is OA Hexadecimal.
NL:New line, Program line terminator, the ASCII code is OA Hexadecimal.
NR2:Digits with decimal point. It can be accepted in the range and format of###.#####.
For Example
:
30.12345, 5.0
The description of GPIB programming command syntax.
4-5. Remote Control Command Language description
{ } : The contents of the { } symbol must be used as a part or data of the GPIB
command, it can not be omitted.
[ ] : The contents of the [ ] symbol indicts the command can be used or not. It depends
on the testing application.
| : This symbol means option. For example〝LOW|HIGH〞means it can only use
LOW or HIGH as the command, it can choose only one as the setting
command.
Terminator : You have to send the program line terminator character after send the GPIB
command, the available command terminator characters which can be
accepted in 3350F mainframe is listed in Table 4-9.
LF
LF WITH EOI
CR,LF
CR,LF WITH EOI
Table 4-8 GPIB COMMAND TERMINATOR
Semicolon〝;〞: The semicolon〝;〞is a back-up command, the semicolon allows you to
combine command statement on one line to create command message.