Response Data Types - Fluke 5080A Operator's Manual

5080A
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Data
Type
Integer
Floating
String
Character
Response
Data (CRD)
Indefinite
ASCII (IAD)
Binary
Block Data
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Table 5-4. Response Data Types
Integers for some controllers or computers are decimal numbers in the range -32768 to
32768.
Responses in this range are labeled Integer.
Example:
*ESE 123; *ESE?
returns:
123
Numbers that may have up to 15 significant figures plus an exponent that may range
from ±E20.
Example:
POWER?
returns:
1.4293E+00
Any ASCII characters including quotation mark delimiters.
Example:
SRQSTR "SRQ from 5080A"; SRQSTR?
returns:
"SRQ from 5080A"
This type of response is always a keyword.
Example:
OUT 10V, 100HZ; FUNC?
returns:
ACV
Any ASCII characters followed by EOM. Queries with this type of response MUST be
the last Query in a program message.
Example:
*OPT?
CAL reports and lists which contains Line Feeds are typically of this type.
A special data type defined by the IEEE-488.2 standard. This type is used in *PUD?
query. It is defined as follows:
#(non-zero digit) (digits) (user data)
The non-zero digit specifies the number of characters that will follow in the <digits>
field. Characters allowed in the digits field are 0 through 9 (ASCII 48 through 57
decimal). The value of the number in the <digits> field in decimal defines the number of
user data bytes that follow in the <user data> field. The maximum response is 64
characters.
Example:
*PUD "test1"; *PUD?
returns:
#205test1
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