Anritsu MG3641A User Manual

SECTION 6 GPIB

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and lower-case.

(The three types of headers, FREQUENCY, Frequency, and frequency are all interpretable as the same header.)

Example: Long form

→ :FREQuency:SWEep:MODE AUTO

Short form

→ :FREQ:SWE:MODE AUTO

Long + Short

→ :FREQ:SWEep:MODE AUTO

The symbol [ ] indicates an option node. The header enclosed within the [ ] may abbreviated. It is accepted as a

command whether abridged or unabridged.

Example: When a header is abridged

→ :FREQuency:CW 10 MHz

When a header is unabridged

→ :FREQuency 10 MHz

One or more spaces must be placed between a command and a parameter. Two or more parameters must be

separated with a comma ( , ).

6.2.5

Compounding Commands

Commands can be chained with a semicolon ( ; ) as shown in the following examples. The second command is

referred to the same level as the lowest layer of the first command. This allows the second command to be written

with the full path name, as shown in the example 1. However, as shown in example 2, the header with a higher order

than SWEep can be omitted.

Example: 1

→ :FREQuency:SWEep:MODE AUTO;:FREQuency:SWEep:TIME 50 ms

→ :FREQuency:SWEep:MODE AUTO;TIME 50 ms