ITech IT8000 Series Programming Manual page 18

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VOLTage 20<NL>
Headers
Headers, also referred to as keywords, are instructions recognized by the instru-
ment. Headers may be either in the long form or the short form. In the long form,
the header is completely spelled out, such as VOLTAGE, STATUS and DELAY.
In the short form, the header has only the first three or four letters, such as
VOLT, STAT and DEL.
Query indicator
Following a header with a question mark turns it into a query (VOLTage?，
VOLTage:PROTection?). If a query contains a parameter, place the query indi-
cator at the end of the last header(VOLTage:PROTection?MAX).
Message unit separator
When two or more message units are combined into a compound message,
separate the units with a semicolon (STATus:OPERation?;QUEStionable?).
Root specifier
When it precedes the first header of a message unit, the colon becomes the root
specifier. It tells the command parser that this is the root or the top node of the
command tree.
Message terminator
A terminator informs SCPI that it has reached the end of a message. Three per-
mitted message terminators are:
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In the examples of this guide, there is an assumed message terminator at the
end of each message.
Command execution rules
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newline (<NL>), decimal 10 or hexadecimal 0X0A in ASCII.
end or identify (<END>)
both of the above (<NL><END>).
Commands execute in the order that they are presented in the program
message.
An invalid command generates an error and, of course, is not executed.
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