Fluke PM-3390B, PM-3380B, PM-3370B, PM-3394B List of Implemented IEEE-488.2 Syntactical Elements

D - 2 STANDARDS INFORMATION

D.2 List of Implemented IEEE-488.2 Syntactical Elements

The following list of elements is used in the common and SCPI commands:

<PROGRAM MESSAGE>

Represents a sequence of zero or more <PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT> elements, separated by <PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT SEPARATOR> ELEMENTS.

<PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT>

Represents a single command, programming data, or a single query received by a device.

<COMMAND MESSAGE UNIT>

Represents a single command or programming data received by a device.

<QUERY MESSAGE UNIT>

Represents a single query sent form the controller to a device.

<PROGRAM DATA>

A program data element is also referred to as a parameter. It represents any of the following data types:

<CHARACTER PROGRAM DATA>

A data type suitable for sending short mnemonic data, generally where a numeric data type is not suitable. Refer to <character_data> of section 4.1.2 "Data types".

<DECIMAL NUMERIC PROGRAM DATA>

A data type suitable for sending decimal integers or fractions with or without exponents. Refer to <numeric_data> of section 4.1.2 "Data types".

<NON-DECIMAL NUMERIC PROGRAM DATA>

A data type suitable for sending integer numeric representations in base 16 (hexadecimal), 8 (octal), or 2 (binary). Refer to <numeric_data> of section

4.1.2"Data types".

<STRING PROGRAM DATA>

A data type suitable for sending 7-bit ASCII character strings. Refer to <string_data> of section 4.1.2 "Data types".

<ARBITRARY BLOCK PROGRAM DATA>

A data type suitable for sending blocks of arbitrary 8-bit data bytes. Refer to <block_data> of section 4.1.2 "Data types".

<EXPRESSION PROGRAM DATA>

Represents an expression between parentheses. Example: (CH1-CH2).