Fluke PM-3394B, PM-3380B, PM-3390B Data types, An explicit decimal point and may or may not be

COMMAND REFERENCE 4 - 3

Notes:

(1)A space character that needs to be part of a message is specified as SP. Spaces within a syntax specification that are not specified as SP are used for formatting purposes to improve the readability; they don’t have any

semantical meaning.

Note: The only exception to this rule is the program header separator, which separates the header from the parameter part in a message. For reasons of readability, this required syntactical element is not specified in any syntax definition. Sending a SP in between the header and parameter part will satisfy this requirement.

Example: The syntax specification INPut:STATe ON requires a SP character in between the STATe node and the ON parameter. This message is sent as INPut:STATeSPON. Sending INPut:STATeON causes a Command Error.

(2)Except for the program header separator, any message from the Command Summary and Command Specification sections can be sent to the instrument exactly as defined by the syntax specification. However, these specifications do not reflect all details of the flexible syntax structure that is allowed when creating composite messages.

(3)The characters > and < in a string expression are considered as meta symbols. When these characters are to be sent as literals in a string, they are placed between quote characters.

Example: The specification "CH<n>", where <n> = [1] 2, specifies the following strings: "CH" "CH1" "CH2" , but "Number ">" 2" specifies the string characters Number > 2.

4.1.2 Data types
<NRf> =	<NR1> <NR2> <NR3>
	Decimal Numeric Data.
<NR1> =	<sign> <digit> {<digit>}
	Notation for specifying a decimal number, e.g., -179.
	<sign> = [+] -
<NR2> =	<NR2> is the same format as <NR1>, except that it uses
	an explicit decimal point and may or may not be
	preceded by a sign, e.g., -179.56.
<NR3> =	<NR3> is the same format as <NR2>, except that an
	exponent is added, e.g., -1.7956 E + 02.