Fluke 5020A Manuel D’Utilisation

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Table 4 lists the commands in alphabetical order. In this section the commands are 

arranged into the following groups: 
Alarm Commands - commands for alarm settings. alarm commands 
Measurement Commands - commands for reading measurement data.  
Data Commands –commands for setting and reading data information 
Measurement Control Commands – commands for the timing and action of the 

measurement process. 
Channel Commands - commands for selecting channels. 
Calibration Commands - commands for calibration settings. 
System Commands - commands for general system configuration parameters. 
Communication Interface Commands - commands for controlling the interface 

configuration (serial and IR ports). 
Date and Time Commands - commands for setting the date, time and the date and time 

formats. 
Password Commands - commands for enabling and disabling the password, for setting 

the password, and for checking the password protection state. 
Status Commands - commands to report the status and condition of the instrument. 
Each section provides the command structure (long and short format), a description of the 

command purpose, a command example, an example of what the command returns (as 

applicable to query commands), and notes specific to the command. The following apply 

to each group of commands: 

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  Upper case letters designate syntax that is required when issuing the command. 

Lower case letters are optional and may be omitted.  

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  <>indicates a required parameter. 

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  [] indicates an optional parameter. 

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  () indicates a group of parameters that must be used together. 

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  ‘|’ indicates alternate parameter values. 

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  <str> indicates a string of ASCII characters is required. 

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  <chn> indicates a channel number is required. 

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  <num> indicates an integer value is required. 

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  <bool> indicates a boolean value (0 or 1) is required. The mnemonics OFF and 

ON are also accepted for 0 and 1, respectively. 

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  <unit> indicates a temperature unit (C or F) is required. 

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  <float> indicates a floating point value is required. 

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  <pass> indicates a four digit numeric password is required. 

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  <port> indicates a port number is required. 

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  <year> indicates a four digit number for the year is required. 

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  <month> indicates a one or two digit number for the month is required. 

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  <day> indicates a one or two digit number for the day is required.