Special Characters In Commands - Agilent Technologies ESA-E Series Programmer's Manual

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Special Characters In Commands
Special Characters in Commands
Special
Character
Meaning Example
A vertical stroke betwee n
parameters indicate s
alternative choices. Th e
effect of the command i s
different depending on
which parameter is
selected .
Command :[ :SENSe] :DETect
or[ :FUNCtion]
NEGative POSitive
I
SAMP
l e
The choices are neg, pos, and
samp . .
:SENSe :DETector :FUNCti o
n SAMPle
is one possible command
choice .
A vertical stroke between
key words indicates
identical effects exist for
several key words . Only on e
of these key words is used at
a time. The command
functions the same for
Command:
[ :
SENSe ] : ACPower : BANDw
idth ~ BWIDth :ACHannel
Two identical commands are :
:
SENSe : ACPower : BANDwi d
th :ACHannel
a CRTCRal a APAnwnr a RWTi]f h e
ACHannel
[ ] Key words in square
brackets are optional
when composing the
command . These implied
key words will be executed
even if they are omitted .
Command :
[ :SENSe] :ACPower :AVERa
ge [ : STATe] OFF ON 01 1
The
following commands are
all valid and have identical
effects :
:SENSe :ACPower :AVERa
ge :STATe OFF
:ACPower :AVERage :STA
Te OF F
ACPower :AVERage OFF
< >
Angle brackets around a
word, or words, indicates
they are not to be used
literally in the command.
They represent the needed
item .
Command:
:SENSe:ACPower:CSPaci n
g <freq>
In this command example th e
word <freq> should be
replaced by an actual
frequency:
:SENSe:ACPower:CSPaci n
g 9.7MHz
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