Format Commands; Format[:Data] <Type>[,<Length>] - Keithley 2750 User Manual

14-2 FORMat and Misc SYSTem Commands

FORMat commands

The commands in this subsystem are used to select the format for transferring data,
Table 14-1
Table 14-1
SCPI commands — data format
Command
FORMat[:DATA] <type>[,<length>]
FORMat:ELEMents <item list>
FORMat:BORDer <name>
Note: *RST default is NORMal. SYSTem:PRESet default is SWAPped.
FORMat[:DATA] <type>[,<length>]
Parameters
NOTE
The response to READ?, FETCh?, MEASure?, TRACe:DATA?, CALC1:DATA?, or
CALC2:DATA? over the GPIB can be returned in either the ASCII or binary format. All
other queries are returned in ASCII, regardless of the selected format. Over the RS-232
interface, only the ASCII format is allowed.
NOTE
, over the bus.
Specify data format; ASCii, SREal, REAL, 32,
DREal, or REAL, 64.
Specify data elements; READing, UNITs, TSTamp,
RNUMber, CHANnel, LIMits.
Specify byte order; NORMal or SWAPped.
ASCii = ASCII format
SREal = Binary IEEE-754 single precision format
REAL, 32 = Binary IEEE-754 single precision format
DREal = Binary IEEE-754 double precision format
REAL, 64 = Binary IEEE-754 double precision format
<length> is not used for the ASCii, SREal, or DREal parameters.
Regardless of which data format for output strings is selected, the instrument
will only respond to input commands using the ASCII format.
Model 2750 Multimeter/Switch System User's Manual
Description Default
ASCii
All 3
(see Note)