Agilent Technologies 8164A Manual De Usuario
Programming and Syntax Diagram Conventions
Introduction to Programming
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition
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Command and Query Syntax
All characters not between angled brackets must be sent exactly as
shown.
shown.
The characters between angled brackets (
<
...
>
) indicate the kind of data
that you should send, or that you get in a response. You do not type the
angled brackets in the actual message.
angled brackets in the actual message.
Descriptions of these items follow the syntax description. The following
types of data are most commonly used:
types of data are most commonly used:
Other kinds of data are described as required.
The characters between square brackets (
[
...]) show optional information
that you can include with the message.
The bar (
|
) shows an either-or choice of data, for example, a|b means
either a or b, but not both simultaneously.
Extra spaces are ignored, so spaces can be inserted to improve readability.
Units
Where units are given with a command, usually only the base units are
specified. The full sets of units are given in the table below.
specified. The full sets of units are given in the table below.
string
is ascii data. A string is contained between double quotes ("...") or
single quotes (‘...’).
single quotes (‘...’).
value
is numeric data in integer (12), decimal (34.5) or exponential format
(67.8E-9).
(67.8E-9).
wsp
is a white space.
Table 2 Units and allowed Mnemonics
Unit
Default
Allowed Mnemonics
meters
M
PM, NM, UM, MM, M
decibel
DB
MDB, DB
second
S
NS, US, MS, S
decibel/1mW
DBM
MDBM, DBM
Hertz
HZ
HZ, KHZ, MHZ, GHZ, THZ
Watt
Watt
PW, NW, UW, MW, Watt
meters per second
M/S
NM/S, UM/S, MM/S, M/S