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SCPI Command
Reference
2-20 HP-IB Programming
Terms
‘Ihble 2-2. Dictionary of Terms
Description
Indicates an ASCII representation of a number if required
in the command statement. The numbers may be an integer
or floating- point, and may include a decimal exponent.
(NRf stands for “flexible numeric representation.” For
further information, refer to the IEEE 488.2 standard.)
Indicates an ASCII representation of a number if required
in the command statement. The number must be an integer
and may not include decimal points. For further
information, refer to the IEEE 488.2 standard.)
Indicates that a “PCT” termination is required in the
command statement. If no termination is specified, a “PCT”
value is assumed.
Indicates that a “HZ”, “KHZ”, “GHZ”, or “MHZ”
termination is required in the command statement. IF the
command is not terminated then “HZ” is assumed.
Indicates that a “RAD” termination is required in the
command statement. If no termination is specified then
“RAD” is assumed.
Indicates that a “DB”, “DBM”, “DBUV”, “UV”, “MV”, “V”,
“UVEMF”, “MVEMF”, or “DBUVEMF” termination is
required in the command statement. If no termination is
specified then “DBM” is assumed.
:command] Bracketed commands are optional. SCPI assumes the
optional command is present.
3aram ] param Parameters separated by “I” indicate that either parameter
is acceptable.
,aram,param Parameters separated by ‘0” indicate that multiple
parameters are allowed.
{command]command} Commands enclosed in the {} blanket indicate one of these
codes can be selected.
‘string’ Indicates a string parameter that contains ASCII character.
A string must begin with a double quote (“) and end with a
double quote mark. You can include the quotation marks as
part of the string by typing it twice without any characters
in between the quotation marks. Or, you can avoid typing
the quotation marks twice by using a single quotation
mark( ‘).