HP 8509A Programming Manual page 44

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8-2 Remote Command Reference
Table 8-1. Conventions
Command Separates parameters. A parameter must be supplied
Separator to the right of every colon.
Query The command causes the instrument to prepare a
response. No further commands may be sent until
the response is retrieved.
Mandatory Select one of the options in the braces as a
Selection parameter. If braces indicate option is part of a
parameter, select option and append it to the
parameter.
Optional Selection Similar to Mandatory Selection except that selecting
a parameter is optional.
Selection Separator Separates mandatory selection and optional selection
parameters. Spaces may be added in this document
for clarity.
Described A description of the parameter. Supply a parameter
parameter corresponding to the description in the brackets.
The lename of the le to save or load. The path, if
speci ed, should exist, or an error will occur. If the
path is not speci ed the default path will be used.
The default path for any lename is the windows
working directory. This is usually the same as the
HP8509 application directory, but can be changed in
the Windows Program Manager by highlighting the
HP8509 icon and selecting
the current drive is changed using the
Spec>
default directory of the current drive. The lename
must be enclosed in double quotes (
any colons (
optional.
File | Properties
command, then the default directory is the
), otherwise the double quotes are
:
. If
Drive:<Drive
) if it includes
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