Rohde & Schwarz NRPxxA Series - Setting the Result Format

Remote Control Commands
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Parameters:
<unit> DBM | W | DBUV
*RST: W
Example:
UNIT:POW DBM
9.6.2 Setting the Result Format
The FORMat subsystem sets the format of numeric data (measured values) that is
exchanged between the remote control computer and the power sensors if high-level
measurement commands are used.
Remote commands:
FORMat:BORDer.............................................................................................................84
FORMat:SREGister..........................................................................................................84
FORMat[:DATA]............................................................................................................... 85
FORMat:BORDer <border>
Selects the order of bytes in 32-bit or 64-bit binary data.
Parameters:
<border> NORMal | SWAPped
NORMal
The 1st byte is the least significant byte, the 4th/8th byte the
most significant byte.
Fulfills the Little Endian (little end comes first) convention, used
by x86/x64 CPUs, for example.
SWAPped
The 1st byte is the most significant byte, the 4th/8th byte the
least significant byte.
Fulfills the Big Endian (big end comes first) convention.
*RST: NORMal
Example:
FORM:BORD NORM
FORMat:SREGister <sregister>
Specifies which format is used for the return value of *STB?.
Parameters:
<sregister> ASCii | HEXadecimal | OCTal | BINary
*RST: ASCii
Example:
FORM:SREG ASC
Configuring and Retrieving Results