Measurement Data Formats - Agilent Technologies N6705 User Manual

6 Advanced Source and Measurement Functions

Measurement Data Formats

ASCII
Real
Normal
Swapped
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The default data format for measurement queries is ASCII. You can
also specify Real data format when returning SCPI array and external
datalog measurements as well as for setting and querying constant-
dwell Arb levels.
Numeric data is transferred as ASCII bytes in <NR1>, <NR2>, or <NR3> format
as appropriate. The numbers are separated by commas
Data is returned in binary IEEE single precision floating point. In this case the
four bytes of each value can be returned in either big-endian or little-endian
byte order, determined by the FORMat:BORDer setting.
The following command specifies the data format:
FORM ASCII | REAL
You can also specifiy how binary data is transferred. This only
applies when the FORMat:DATA is set to REAL
Binary data is transferred in normal order. The most significant byte is returned
first, and the least significant byte is returned last (big-endian).
Binary data is transferred in swapped-byte order. The least significant byte is
returned first, and the most significant byte is returned last (little-endian).
The following command specifies the byte order of the data:
FORM:BORD NORM | SWAP
Use swapped format if you are using a little-endian data processor.
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