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Password Commands - commands for enabling and disabling the password,
for setting the password, and for checking the password protection state.
Status Commands - commands to report the status and condition of the
instrument.
Each section provides the command structure (long and short format), a de-
scription of the command purpose, a command example, an example of what
the command returns (as applicable to query commands), and notes specific to
the command. The following apply to each group of commands:
• Upper case letters designate syntax that is required when issuing the com-
mand. Lower case letters are optional and may be omitted.
• <> indicates a required parameter.
• [] indicates an optional parameter.
• () indicates a group of parameters that must be used together.
• '|' indicates alternate parameter values.
• <str> indicates a string of ASCII characters is required.
• <chn> indicates a channel number is required.
• <num> indicates an integer value is required.
• <bool> indicates a boolean value (0 or 1) is required. The mnemonics
OFF and ON are also accepted for 0 and 1, respectively.
• <unit> indicates a temperature unit (C or F) is required.
• <float> indicates a floating point value is required.
• <pass> indicates a four digit numeric password is required.
• <year> indicates a four digit number for the year is required.
• <month> indicates a one or two digit number for the month is required.
• <day> indicates a one or two digit number for the day is required.
• <hour> indicates a one or two digit number for the hour (0 to 23) is re-
quired.
• <minute> indicates a one or two digit number for the minute is required.
• <second> indicates a one or two digit number for the second is required.
• <baud> indicates a valid baud rate setting is required.
• <addr> indicates an IP address is required.
• For query commands, specifying the MIN, MAX, or DEF parameter
causes the instrument to respond with the minimum, maximum, or default
setting respectively.
• For set commands, specifying the MIN, MAX, or DEF parameters causes
the instrument to use the minimum, maximum, or default setting respec-
tively.
8 Digital Communications Interface
Commands
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