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Syntax Elements are shown in the syntax diagrams as elements within rectangles.
Syntax Component
analyzer command
‘Ihble 5-1. Syntax Elements
DellnitionlRange
Any spectrum-analyzer command in this chapter, with required parameters and
terminators.
character S,! “#S%&‘()+ ,/0123456789: ;ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
LJVWXYZ[\)? -‘abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz(Charactersarea
subset of data byte.)
character & EOI 8-bit byte containing only character data and followed by end-or-identify (EOI)
condition, where the EOI control llne on HP-IB is asserted to indicate the end of the
transmission. END signifies the EOI condition.
character string
data byte
data byte & EOI
A list of characters.
8-bit byte containing numeric or character data.
8-bit byte containing numeric or character data followed by end-or-identify (EOI)
condition, where the EOI control line on HP-IB is asserted to Indicate the end of the
transmission. END signifies the EOI condition.
delimiter -I\@=/-$%;!‘: w&z
Matching characters that mark the beginning and end of a character string, or a list of
user-defined functions or spectrum analyzer commands. Choose delimiting characters
that are not used within the string they delimit.
digit
lsb length
0123456789
Represents the least significant byte of a two-byte word that describes the number of
bytes returned or transmitted. See msb length.
msb length Represents the most significant byte of a two-byte word that describes the number of
bytes returned or transmitted. See lsb length.
number Expressed as integer, decimal, or in exponential (E) form. Real Number Range: f
1.797693134862315 x 1tio8, including 0.
output termination
Up to 15 signllicant figures allowed.
Numbers may be as small as f 2.225073858507202 x 1O-3o8
Integer Number Range: -32,768 through + 32,767
Carriage return (CR) and line feed (LF), with end-or-identify (EOI) condition. ASCII
codes 13 (carriage return) and 10 (line feed) is sent via HP-IB, then the end-or-identify
control line on HP-IB sets to indicate the end of the transmission.
predefined function ACTVF, AMPLEN, BITF, CNTLI, CORREK, DONE, HAVE, HN, LIMIFAIL, MEAN,
MEANTH, MEM, MINPOS, MKBW, PEAKS, PKPOS, PWRBW, REV, RMS, SER, STB,
STDEV, SUM, SUMSQR, TRCMEM, VARIANCE.
A predellned function is an analyzer command that returns a number that can be
operated on by other spectrum analyzer commands. Insert a predefined function into
a command statement where predefined function appears in the command syntax
chart.
If a predefined function takes a parameter (for example, PKPOS TRA), it can be used
only as the last parameter of an spectrum analyzer command that has two or more
predelined functions as parameters. For example, MPY VAR,PKPOS TRB,HAVE CARD;
is illegal, but MPY V-AR,DONE,HAVE CARD; is not.
Programming Commands 5-3