Agilent Technologies 85330A service manual Abbreviated Commands, Parameters, Parameter Types

Remote Programming Command Reference

Abbreviated Commands

The command syntax shows most commands as a mixture of upper case (capital) and lower case letters. The upper case letters indicate the abbreviated spelling for the command. For shorter program lines, use the abbreviated form. For better program readability, you may use the entire command. The instrument will accept either the abbreviated form or the entire command.

For example, if the command syntax shows TIMEout, then both TIME and TIMEOUT are acceptable forms. Incorrect forms of TIMEout, such as TIMEO or TIMET will generate an error. You may use upper case or lower case letters. Therefore, TIMEOUT, timeout, and TiMoUt all are acceptable.

Parameters

The following table contains descriptions and examples of parameter types you might see later in this chapter.

Table 7-1 Parameter Types

Type:	Descriptions and Examples:
Numeric	Accepts all commonly used decimal representations of numbers
	including optional signs, decimal points, and scientific notation.
	123, 123E2, -123, -1.23E2, 0.123, 1.23E-2, 1.23000E-01.
	Special cases may include MIN, MAX, and INF.
Boolean	Represents a single binary condition that is either true or false.
	ON, OFF, 1, 0
Discrete	Selects from a finite number of values. These parameters use
	mnemonics to represent each valid setting.
	An example is the TRIIGger:SOURce:SOURCE1:TRIGger command,
	where TRIGger can be set to TTL or IMM.
Optional Parameters	Parameters shown within square brackets ( [ ] ) are optional parameters.
	(Note that the brackets are not part of the command and are not sent to
	the instrument.) If you do not specify a value for an optional parameter,
	the instrument chooses a default value. When specifying a parameter, be
	sure to place a space between the command and the parameter.

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