Format:elements - Keithley 2280 Series Reference Manual

Section 7: SCPI command reference

:FORMat:ELEMents

This command specifies or queries data elements to be included in the data string.
Type
Command and query
Usage
:FORMat:ELEMents <item list>
:FORMat:ELEMents?
<item list>
Details
When specifying data elements, you can:

Specify buffer elements in any order.

Include up to 9 elements in a single list.

Repeat elements as long as the number of elements in the list is 9 or less.

Use a comma to delineate multiple elements for a data point.

Use single or double quotes to enclose all of the elements.
The options for <item list> are described in the following table.
Element
READing
SOURce
UNIT
MODE
DATE
TIME
TSTamp
RELative
RSTamp
The RELative and RSTamp elements are defined as the time since the first reading was stored in
the buffer. These values are reset every 24-hours. The DATE, TIME, and TSTamp elements
represent absolute time from the internal real-time clock (RTC).
7-14
Affected by
Recall settings
Instrument reset
Power cycle
See Details
Description
The measurement reading based on the
measurement function
The source value
The unit of measurement reading, source value,
and time stamp
Output state
The date for the data point
The time for the data point
The timestamp for the data point
The relative time when the data point was
measured, in seconds
The relative time when the data point was
measured
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Where saved
Save settings
Default value
READ, SOUR, UNIT, REL
Example output
+8.034562E-03
+4.566723E+01
'V', 'A' and 's'
CC (constant current), CV
(constant voltage), or
OFF
07/01/2013
19:21:36.2553
07/01/2013 19:21:36.2553
+4.430876E+00s
12:23:32.2345
077085503 / March 2019