Command Description Method and Terminology

Following lists are examples of the command table.

Command or query program message | Command or response data | Workings of the command program message or query program message
Command | Data (for a query, response data) | Explanation
:HEADer A$ | A$ = ON, OFF | Enables/disables headers Queries
:HEADer? | A$

Each notation in the data column is as follows.

Notation | Meaning | Example
A$ | Character string data | OFF, ON
unit$ | Unit string data | UNIT1 to UNIT4 REMOTE1 to REMOTE7
ch$ | Channel string data | CH1_1 to CH4_30 R1_1 to R7_30 PLS1 to PLS8 ALM1 to ALM8 W1 to W30
pls$ | Pulse Channel string data | PLS1 to PLS8
alm$ | Alarm Channel string data | ALM1 to ALM8
w$ | Wave Calculate Channel string data | W1 to W30
A, B, C,... | Numerical value | 10, -20, 1.5E+05, 0.1
A<NR1> | Integer data | +15, -20, 25
A<NR2> | Fixed point numbers | +1.23, -4.57, 7.89
A<NR3> | Floating point numbers | +10.0E-03, -2.3E+03, 5E+03

All formats <NR1 to 3> for the numerical setting are accepted.