Agilent Technologies 8164A Manual De Usuario
Introduction to Programming
Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions
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Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
Short Form and Long Form
The instrument accepts messages in short or long forms.
For example, the message
:STATUS:OPERATION:ENABLE 768
is in long form.
The short form of this message is
:
STAT:OPER:ENAB 768
In this manual, the messages are written in a combination of upper and
lower case. Upper case characters are used for the short form of the
message.
lower case. Upper case characters are used for the short form of the
message.
For example, the above command would be written
:
STATus:OPERation:ENABle
The first colon can be left out for the first command or query in your
message. That is, the example given above could also be sent as
message. That is, the example given above could also be sent as
STAT:OPER:ENAB 768