Agilent Technologies 85330A Command Syntax, Common Command Format Standard Command Format

Remote Programming Command Reference

7	Remote Programming Command
	Reference

Common Command Format

Standard Command Format

This chapter describes programming commands for the multiple channel controller.

Command Syntax

Common commands are four or five characters in length, always begin with the asterisk character (*), and may include one or more parameters. The command keyword is separated from the first parameter by a space character. Some examples of common commands are:

*IDN? *CLS *OPC?

Standard commands perform functions such as making measurements, querying instrument states, or retrieving data. A command subsystem is a hierarchical structure that usually has a top level (or root) command, one or more low-level commands, and their parameters. This is an example of a typical subsystem:

RUNTime

:SOURce

:SOURCE1

:TRIGger

RUNTime is the root command, SOURce is a second level command, SOURCE1 is a third level command, and TRIGGER is a fourth level command.

A colon (:) always separates a command from the next lower level command, as shown below:

ROUTe:CLOSe

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