Command Description Method and Terminology


Following lists are examples of the command table.

Command or query program message

Command or response data

Workings of the command program message
or query program message

Command

Data
(for a query, response data)

Explanation

:HEADer A$

A$ = ON, OFF

Enables/disables headers

:HEADer?

A$

Query the current setting of header prefixes



Each notation in the data column is as follows.

Notation

Meaning

Example

A$

Character string data

OFF, ON

A$

Channel string data

CH1_1 to CH8_4
L1A1 to L8D4 (L1 to L8)
W1 to W16
Z1 to Z16
F1 to F8

A, B, C,...

Numerical value

10, -20,1.5E+05, 0.1

A<NR1>

Integer data

+15, -20, 25

A<NR2>

Fixed point numbers

+1.23, -4.57,7.89

A<NR3>

Floating point numbers

+10.0E-03,-2.3E+03, 5E+03


All formats <NR1 to 3> for the numerical setting are accepted.
Numerical values not specified by NR in the response will be returned in format.