Rohde & Schwarz CMU 200 - Overview of Syntax Elements

Structure and Syntax of Device Messages CMU
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Overview of Syntax Elements
The following survey offers an overview of the syntax elements.
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;
,
?
*
"
#
#B10110
#O7612
#HF3A7
#21313...
The colon separates the key words of a command.
In a command line the separating semicolon marks the uppermost
command level.
The semicolon separates two commands of a command line.
It does not alter the path.
The comma separates several parameters of a command.
The question mark forms a query.
The asterisk marks a common command.
Quotation marks introduce a string and terminate it.
The double dagger # introduces binary, octal, hexadecimal and block data.
Binary:
Octal:
Hexa:
Block:
A "white space" (ASCII-Code 0 to 9, 11 to 32 decimal, e.g. blank) separates
header and parameter.