Agilent Technologies E1476A User Manual page 67

Command
Separator
Abbreviated
Commands
Implied
Commands
66 Switchbox Command Reference
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A colon (:) always separates one command from the next lower level command as
shown below:
5287H 6&$1 02'("
Colons separate the root command from the second level command 5287H 6&$1
and the second level from the third level 6&$1 02'(" .
The command syntax shows most commands as a mixture of upper and lower case
letters. The upper case letters indicate the abbreviated spelling for the command.
For shorter program lines, send the abbreviated form. For better program readability,
you may send the entire command. The instrument will accept either the abbreviated
form or the entire command.
For example, if the command syntax shows 0($6XUH, then 0($6 and 0($685( are
both acceptable forms. Other forms of 0($6XUH, such as 0($68 or 0($685 will
generate an error. You may use upper or lower case letters. Therefore, 0($685(
PHDVXUH and 0H$V8U( are all acceptable.
Implied commands are those which appear in square brackets ([ ]) in the command
syntax. (The brackets are not part of the command and are not sent to the
instrument.) Suppose you send a second level command but do not send the
preceding implied command. In this case, the instrument assumes you intend to use
the implied command and it responds as if you had sent it. Examine the partial
>5287H @ subsystem shown below:
>5287H @&/26H FKDQQHOBOLVW!
&/26H" FKDQQHOBOLVW!
23(1 FKDQQHOBOLVW!
23(1" FKDQQHOBOLVW!
6&$1 FKDQQHOBOLVW!
02'( PRGH!
02'("
The root command >5287H @ is an implied command. To close relays in a
FKDQQHOBOLVW!, you can send either of the following command statements:
5287 &/26 #    or &/26 #   
These commands function the same closing channels 00 through 07 on card 1 and
channels 01 and 25 on card 2.
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