HP 8360 Responses, Details of, Commands and, In This Subsection, Program Message Syntax, Getting Started Programming l-79

Details ofCommands andResponsesIn This Subsection

This subsection describes the syntax of SCPI commands and responses. It provides many examples of the data types used for command parameters and response data. The following topics are explained:

Program Message These paragraphs explain how to properly

Syntaxconstruct the messages you send from the computer to instruments.

Response Message These paragraphs discuss the format of

Syntaxmessages sent from instruments to the computer.

SCPI Data Types These paragraphs explain the types of data contained in program and response messages.

Program Message Syntax

These paragraphs examine the construction of SCPI program messages in more detail. Recall that program messages are the messages you send from the computer to an instrument. These program messages contain commands combined with appropriate punctuation and program message terminators. Figure l-29 illustrates the simplified syntax of a program message.

) subsystem command

NOTES:

<new line> = ASCII character decimal 10 “END = EOI asserted concurrent with last byte

Figure j-29. Simplified Program Message Syntax

As Figure l-29 shows, you can send common commands and subsystem commands in the same message. If you send more than one command in the same message, you must separate them with

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