Command Separator; The Min And Max Parameters - Racal Instruments 3151 User Manual

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Command Separator

The MIN and MAX
Parameters
A colon ( : ) is used to separate a command keyword from a lower
level keyword as shown below:
SOUR:FUNC:SHAP SIN
A semicolon ( ; ) is used to separate commands within the same
subsystem, and can also minimize typing. For example, sending the
following command string:
TRIG:SOUR:ADV INT;BURS ON;INT:RATE 5e-3
is the same as sending the following three commands:
TRIG:SOUR:ADV INT
TRIG:BURS ON
TRIG:INT:RATE 5e-3
Use the colon and semicolon to link commands from different
subsystems. For example, in the following command string, an error
is generated if both the colon and the semicolon are not used.
OUTP:STATE ON;:TRIG:STAT ON
Substitute MINimum or MAXimum in place of a parameter for some
commands. For example, consider the following command:
FREQuency {<frequency>|MINimum|MAXimum}
Instead of selecting a specific frequency, substitute MIN to set the
frequency to its minimum value or MAX to set the frequency to its
maximum value.
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