
Section 7 SCPl Outline
Command Description Method
:SOURce : TELecom : BRATe ~brate>
:SOURce :TELecom : BRATe?
:SOURce : TELecom : EQUAlizer <boolean>
:SOURce : TELecom : EQUAlizer?
Fig. 7-2 Example of SCPl Commands
The command tree shown in the previous section consists of the commands shown above.
The section below provides explanations of the stipulations concerning descriptions of commands.
<Commandformat>
A command begins with a colon ( : ).
Or, a command is structured by concatenating headers nith a colon ( : ).
<Form of header abbreviation>
Headers come in short and long forms.
The short form signifies an abbreviated form of the long form.
A command is interpreted as the same command whether it is expressed in the short or long form. (The short and long form can be mixed.)
This specification uses the uppercase and lowercase characters to distinguish the short and long forms. (The section expressed in uppercase characters refers to the short foml.) However, the uppercase and lowercase characters are not distinguished when they are actually used.
Example:
Long form> : SOURce : TELecom : BRATe M9953
Short form> sour : TEL : BRAT M99.53
Long+short form > Sour : TELeconi : BRAT M9953
The section in the brackets ( [ and ] ) expresses the option node. The header enclosed by the brackets ( [ and ] ) can be abbreviated, and the abbreviated and
Example:
When a header is not abbreviated > : DISPlay : DSELect : NAME "SETup"
When a header is abbreviated > : DISPlay : DSELect : "SETup"
At least one space character is always inserted between a command and a parameter. Two or more parameters are separated by a comma ( , ).