Tektronix 071-0590-00 user manual Overview

Remote Commands

Overview

This section defines the GB1400 command syntax including command types, parameter types, delimiters used between command elements, and terminators used at the end of command lines.

Symbols

The table below shows the symbols used in this chapter to describe GB1400 commands and responses.

Symbol		Meaning
<CR>	Carriage return (ASCII decimal 13).
<LF>	Line Feed (ASCII decimal 10).
<EOI>	End or Identify, a message terminator signal specified
	in ANSI/IEEE Std. 488.2-1987
<ui>	Unsigned integer in range 0 through 65,535
<NR1>	Signed integer value.
<NR2>	Floating point value, without an exponent.
<NR3>	Floating point value, with an exponent.
<non-decimal numeric>	A non-decimal integer in the range 0 - 255 (decimal)
	with leading "#H" (hexadecimal), "#Q" (octal), or "#B"
	(binary). Examples:
	Hexadecimal:	#HFF
	Octal:	#Q377
	Binary:	#B11111111
<qstring>	A quoted string; that is a character string with
	beginning and ending quotes.
[ ]	Enclosed argument is required.
	Exclusive OR. For example the argument [a b c]
	means that you must include one and only one of the
	following parameters: a, b, or c.

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