Definite-Length Block Response Data - Agilent Technologies 54621A Programmer's Manual

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Definite-Length Block Response Data

Definite-Length Block Response Data
Definite-length block response data allows any type of device-dependent data
to be transmitted over the system interface as a series of 8-bit binary data bytes.
This is particularly useful for sending large quantities of data or 8-bit extended
ASCII codes. The syntax is a pound sign ( # ) followed by a non-zero digit
representing the number of digits in the decimal integer. After the non-zero
digit is the decimal integer that states the number of 8-bit data bytes being sent.
This is followed by the actual data.
For example, for transmitting 4000 bytes of data, the syntax would be:
Figure 2-1
Definite-length block response data
The "8" states the number of digits that follow, and "00004000" states the
number of bytes to be transmitted.
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