Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions Introduction to Programming
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Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions
A program message is a message containing commands or queries that
you send to the inst ruments . The foll owing ar e a few po ints abo ut progra m
messages:
• You can use either upper-case or lower-case characters.
• You can send several commands in a single message. Each command
must be separated from the next one by a semicol on (;).
• A command message is ended by a line feed character (LF) or
<CR><LF>.
• You can use any valid number/unit combination.
In other words, 1500NM,1.5UM and 1.5E-6M are all e quivalent.
If you do not specify a unit, th en the def ault uni t is assum ed. The d efault
unit for the commands are given with c ommand description in the next
chapter.