Changed Parameter Syntax and Semantics

GPIB Command Compatibility List

Changed Parameter Syntax and

Semantics

Table 13 details commands whose parameter syntax or semantics have changed.

Table 13 Commands with Different Parameters or Syntax

Command

Change

Affects

 

 

 

SOUR:AM:FREQ/?

This command does not accept the value

8153

 

CW, instead use SOUR:AM:STAT ONOFF

 

 

to switch from and to CW mode.

 

 

The commands accepts floating point val-

 

 

ues.

 

DISP:BRIG

This command now supports integers be-

8153

 

tween 1 and 100, instead of float values be-

 

 

tween 1 and 0.

 

SENS:CORR:COLL:ZERO?

This command returns the last zero state,

8153

 

instead of the last remote zero state.

 

SENS:POW:REF

Accepts TOMODule and TOREF for the first

8153

 

parameter, instead of accepting TOATOB

 

 

as the HP 8153A does. The numbers 012

 

 

cannot be used, only the strings above.

 

SENS:POW:REF:STAT:RAT

Accepts TOREF,0 or values for slot,chan-

8153

 

nel, instead of accepting TOATOB as the

 

 

HP 8153A does. The numbers have a differ-

 

 

ent meaning.

 

SYST:DATe

SYST:DATe from HP 8167/8 is not support-

8167/8

 

ed, but SYST:DATe from HP 8153 is sup-

 

 

ported.

 

 

 

 

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