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
Queries

:HEADer?

A$



Each notation in the data column is as follows.

Notation

Meaning

Example

A$

Character string data

OFF, ON

unit$

Unit string data

UNIT1 to UNIT4
REMOTE1 to REMOTE7

ch$

Channel string data

CH1_1 to CH4_30
R1_1 to R7_30
PLS1 to PLS8
ALM1 to ALM8
W1 to W30

pls$

Pulse Channel string data

PLS1 to PLS8

alm$

Alarm Channel string data

ALM1 to ALM8

w$

Wave Calculate Channel string data

W1 to W30

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.