Summary Of Command Syntax - Newport New Focus Picomotor 8742 User Manual

66 Remote Command Set
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Summary of Command Syntax

COMMAND FORMAT
The general format of a command is a two character mnemonic (AA). Both upper
and lower case are accepted. Depending on the command, it could also have optional
or required preceding (xx) and/or following (nn) parameters.
BLANK SPACES
Blank spaces are allowed and ignored between parameters and commands. For the
clarity of the program and memory saving considerations, use blank spaces with
restraint. The following two commands are equivalent.
2 PA 1000
2PA1000
COMMAND LINE
Commands are executed line by line. A line can consist of one or a number of
commands. The controller will interpret the commands in the order they are received
and execute them sequentially. This means that commands issued on the same line
are executed significantly closer to each other than if they would be issued on
separate lines. The maximum number of characters allowed on a command line is
64.
SEPARATOR
Commands issued on the same line must be separated by semicolons (;).
Multiple parameters issued for the same command are separated by commas (,).
TERMINATOR
Each command line must end with a line terminator, i.e., carriage return.