HP E1343A User Manual page 49

Command
Separator
Abbreviated
Commands
Implied
Commands
48 Relay Multiplexer Command Reference
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A colon (:) always separates one command from the next lower level command as
shown below:
ROUTe:SCAN:MODE?
Colons separate the root command from the second level command (
and the second level from the third level (
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
are both acceptable forms. Other forms of
will generate an error. You may use upper or lower case letters. Therefore,
MEASURE , measure , and
Implied commands are those which appear in square brackets ([ ]) in the command
syntax. (Note that 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
subsystem shown below:
[SOURce:]
PULSe
:COUNt < count
:COUNt? [<MIN|MAX>]
period
:PERiod <
:PERiod? [<MIN|MAX>]
The root command
[SOURce:
count to 25, you can send either of the following command statements:
SOUR:PULS:COUN 25
SCAN:MODE?
MEASure
MEASure
MeAsUrE are all acceptable.
>
>
] is an implied command. To set the instrument's pulse
or
PULS:COUN 25
ROUTe:SCAN
).
, then MEAS and MEASURE
, such as MEASU or MEASUR
SOURce
)