Agilent Technologies E1301B, E1300B SYSTemCOMMunicate SERialn RECeive Bits, SYSTCOMMSER0BITS

SYSTem:COMMunicate :SERial[n] [:RECeive] :BITS

:COMMunicate	SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[n][:RECeive]:BITS < bits>			Sets the number
:SERial[n] [:RECeive]	of bits to be used to transmit and receive data.
:BITS
Parameters
	Parameter	Parameter	Range of		Default
	Name	Type	Values		Units
	bits	numeric	7 8 MIN MAX		none
Comments	• Attempting to set bits to other than those values shown will result in an
	error -222.

•While this command operates independently of either the

… PARity:TYPE or … SBITs commands, there are two combinations which are disallowed because of their data frame bit width. The following table shows the possible combinations:

… BITS	… PARity:TYPE	… SBITs	Frame Bits
7	NONE	1	9 - disallowed
7	NONE	2	10
7	Yes	1	10
7	Yes	2	11
8	NONE	1	10
8	NONE	2	11
8	Yes	1	11
8	Yes	2	12 - disallowed

•DIAG:BOOT:COLD will set … BITS to 8.

•Related Commands: SYST:COMM:SER[n]:PARity

•*RST Condition: No change

Example

:COMMunicate :SERial[n] [:RECeive] :BITS?

Example

Configuring data width to 7 bits.

SYST:COMM:SER0:BITS 7

SYSTem:COMMunicate:SERial[n][:RECeive]:BITS? [MIN MAX] returns:

•The current data width if no parameter is sent.

•The maximum allowable setting if MAX is sent.

•The minimum allowable setting if MIN is sent.

Querying the current data width.
SYST:COMM:SER0:BITS?
enter statement	statement enters 7 or 8

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