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Making Effective Use of This Manual
How To Use This Manual
How To Use This Manual
Chapters 3 to 8 provide task-based descriptions of SCPI commands that are useful for
programming and explain how you can use them. These chapters contain explanations and
sample program listings that you can use to develop your custom programs. For more
information on individual commands, see
Looking up SCPI commands
Chapter 10, "Command Reference,"
You can look up a particular SCPI command in any of the following ways:
Lookup by Abbreviated Command Name
Lookup by Full Command Name
Lookup by Command Function
Lookup by Front panel key
NOTE
Some SCPI commands supported by the E4981A have optional syntax elements. In the
command reference conventions, these elements are enclosed between square brackets ([ ])
or printed in lowercase letters. See
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Chapter 10, "Command Reference."
contains a complete reference of SCPI commands.
The command reference is organized alphabetically according to the
abbreviated name used as the title for each command's description.
You can use the index at the end of the manual to find full command
names along with the page numbers where they appear.
Table 10-1 on page 301
provides a complete list of commands by
function and indicates the page numbers where the commands appear
in the command reference.
Table 10-2 on page 309
provides a complete list of commands that
correspond to the front panel key tree and indicates the page numbers
where the commands appear in the command reference.
"Syntax" on page 162
for more information.
Chapter 1
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