Hameg HMC8012 Programmer's Manual page 9

SCPI Commands HMC8012
Optional mnemonics
Some command systems permit certain mnemonics to be inserted into the header or omitted. These mnemonics are
marked by square brackets in the description. The instrument must recognize the long command to comply with the
SCPI standard. Some commands are considerably shortened by these optional mnemonics.
Example:
S C P I P r o g r a m m e r s M a n u a l
INITiate[:IMMediate]
Definition: INITiate[:IMMediate]
Command: INIT:IMM is equivalent to INIT
S C P I P r o g r a m m e r s M a n u a l
S C P I P r o g r a m m e r s M a n u a l
Special characters
| Parameters
A vertical stroke in parameter definitions indicates alternative possibilities in the sense of „or". The
effect of the command differs, depending on which parameter is used.
Example:
Definition: UNIT:TEMPerature {C | K | F}
Command: UNIT:TEMP C selects °C for temperature measurements
Command: UNIT:TEMP K selects Kelvins for temperature measurements
[ ] Mnemonics in square brackets are optional and may be inserted into the header or omitted.
Example: INITiate[:IMMediate]
INIT:IMM is equivalent to INIT
{ } Parameters in curly brackets are optional and can be inserted once or several times, or omitted.
Example: CALCulate:LIMit:LOWer {<Value> | MINimum | MAXimum}
The following are valid commands:
CALC:LIM:LOW 10
CALC:LIM:LOW MIN
:ACQuire
CALC:LIM:LOW MAX
:CHAN1OFFSet
Table 1.5: Special characters
SCPI Parameters
Many commands are supplemented by a parameter or a list of parameters. The parameters must be separated from
the header by a „white space" (ASCII code 0 to 9, 11 to 32 decimal, e.g. blank). Allowed parameters are:
– Numeric values
– Special numeric values
– Boolean parameters
– Text
– Character strings
– Block data
The parameters required for each command and the allowed range of values are specified in the command description.
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:DISPlay
:HCOPy
*ESR?
H M O S e r i e s
H M S S e r i e s
H M S S e r i e s
Firmware Version: 01.020 and later
Firmware Version: 01.020 and later
Firmware Version: 03.00 and later
:MEASure
:LOGic:SIZE
*OPC?
HMO352x, HMO2524
HMO72x ... HMO202x
:POD1
:SYSTem
*SRE?
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