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Interfacing the XMP 2600 Programming messages formats

Programming messages formats

Listening Formats

Programming messages received by the XMP 2600 are comprised of the following elements:

Program Message	a programming command, query or data sent to the
	XMP 2600 from the Controller. A Program Message
	may have zero or more of the following:

Program Message Unit .. the actual command or query (including data) sent to the XMP 2600 by the Controller. A Program Message Unit is either a Command Message Unit or a Query Message Unit. The Program Message Unit is made out of the following elements:

Command Program Header or Query Program Header

............................. the Program Header represents the operation to be

performed by the XMP 2600. A Query Program Header is always ended with a “?”. Headers can be in Lower or Upper Case letters.

Program Header Separator		separates the	Program	Header
	from the Program Data elements. It is the ASCII
	character <white space>.
Program Data	zero or more Program Data elements separated by a
	Program Data Separator may be included in the
	Message Unit (as required by the specific Program
	Header). A Program Data element may be one of the
	following:
<ch>	Channel Number is a decimal number in the range 1
	to 16.
<value>	a Decimal Value expressed either in implicit or
	explicit point format. In some cases a sign (“+” or “-”)
	may precede it.
<int>	a Decimal Integer Value.
<string>	a series of ASCII characters enclosed within a pair of
	a specific character.
Program Data Separator		separates Program Data elements. It is
	the ASCII character “,” and may have any number of
	<white space> characters surrounding it.
Program Message Unit Separator		separates Program	Message	Units
	contained within a single Program Message. The
	Separator is the ASCII character “;” and may have
	any number of <white space> characters surrounding
	it.
Program Message Terminator	terminates the Program Message. Together they form
	a complete transmission. The Terminator may be one
	of the following:
<LF> or <NL>	Line Feed or New Line (ASCII code 10).
<CR><LF>	Carriage Return & Line Feed (ASCII codes 13 & 10).
<EOI>	the GPIB single line EOI message. It may be
	combined with a <LF> ASCII code byte.

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