Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions Introduction to Programming
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition 25
Command and Query Syntax
All characters not between angled brac kets must be sent exactly as
shown.
The characters between angled bracke ts (<...>) indicate the kind of data
that you should send, or that you get in a respon se. You do not type the
angled brackets in the actual message.
Descriptions of these items follow the sy ntax description. The following
types of data are most commonly used:
Other kinds of data are described as requi red.
The characters between square brackets ([...]) show optional informatio n
that you can include with the message.
The bar (|) shows an either-or choice of data, for example, a|b means
either a or b, but not both simultan eously.
Extra spaces are ignored, so spaces can be inserted to improve readability.

Units

Where units are given with a command, usually only the base units are
specified. The full sets of units ar e given in the table below.
string is ascii data. A string is contained betwe en double quotes ("...") or
single quotes (‘...’).
value is numeric data in integer (12), decimal (34.5) or exponential format
(67.8E-9).
wsp is a white space.
Table2 Units and allowed Mnemonics
Unit Default Allowed Mnemonics
meters M PM, NM, UM, MM, M
decibel DB MDB, DB
second S NS, US, MS, S
decibel/1mW DBM MD BM, DBM
Hertz HZ HZ, KHZ, MHZ, GHZ, THZ
Watt Watt PW, NW, UW, MW, Watt
meters per second M/S NM/S, UM/S, MM/S, M/S