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Command Syntax
<short form mnemonic>
:
<long form mnemonic>
Agilent 81250 Parallel Bit Error Ratio Tester, Programming Reference, March 2006
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• Numeric suffixes are represented by (*) in command descriptions.
• Queries are denoted by a question mark (?) at the end of the header.
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The instrument accepts either the abbreviated command form or the
entire command form, but not any other forms.
The commands are not case sensitive, so upper or lower case letters or
a mix of them are acceptable.
Instrument Commands and Queries Syntax
The instrument command syntax is as follows:
<instrument command> := :<short form mnemonic> [<numeric suffix>]
Queries are denoted by a command header with an appended question
mark.
<instrument command> :=
Linking Commands
It is possible to link multiple device commands.
To link multiple device commands, use a semicolon and a colon
between the commands. Because the Agilent 81250 System allows to
configure the available hardware resources as virtual instruments, it
is necessary that each individual command sent to the system
specifies also the virtual instrument that has to execute the command.
This is done by a leading node, the <Handle>. When linking commands,
leading nodes can be omitted, as long as they are identical.
Overview of the SCPI Command Structure
:<long form mnemonic> [<numeric_suffix>]
:
<numeric suffix>
:<short form mnemonic> [<numeric suffix>] '?'
:<long form mnemonic> [<numeric_suffix>] '?'
?
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