Agilent Technologies 5000 Series manual Query Return Values, Infinity

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Query Return Values

	Command headers immediately followed by a question mark (?) are
	queries. Queries are used to get results of measurements made by the
	instrument or to find out how the instrument is currently configured.
	After receiving a query, the instrument interrogates the requested function
	and places the answer in its output queue. The answer remains in the
	output queue until it is read or another command is issued.
	When read, the answer is transmitted across the bus to the designated
	listener (typically a controller). For example, the query :TIMebase:RANGe?
	places the current time base setting in the output queue. When using the
	Agilent VISA COM library in Visual Basic, the controller statements:
	Dim strQueryResult As String
	myScope.WriteString ":TIMebase:RANGe?"
	strQueryResult = myScope.ReadString
	pass the value across the bus to the controller and place it in the variable
	strQueryResult.
	Read Query Results Before Sending Another Command. Sending another command or
N O T E
	query before reading the result of a query clears the output buffer (the current response)
	and places a Query INTERRUPTED error in the error queue.
Infinity	The representation of infinity is +9.9E+37. This is also the value returned
Representation	when a measurement cannot be made.

Agilent InfiniiVision 5000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference 547