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to clear an addressed instrument.

Related statements used by some computers:

RESET

CONTROL

SEND

The preceding statements are primarily management commands that do not incorporate programming codes. The following two statements do incorporate programming codes, and are used for data communication.

output

Output is used to send function commands and data commands from the controller to the addressed instrument. The syntax is:

where USING is a secondary command that formats the output in a particular way, such as a binary or ASCII representation of numbers. The USING command is followed by “image items” that precisely define the format of the output; these image items can be a string of code characters, or a reference to a statement line in the computer program. Image items are explained in the programming codes where they are needed. Notice that this syntax is virtually identical to the syntax for the ENTER statement that follows.

A BASIC example:

100 OUTPUT 719; “programming codes”

The many programming codes for the synthesizer are listed in the “SCPI Command Summary” in Chapter 2.

Related statements used by some computers:

CONTROL

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