Response Messages; Sending A Response Message; Message Exchange Protocol; Response Message Terminator (Rmt) - Keithley 2016 User Manual

Response messages

A response message is the message sent by the instrument to the computer in response to a
query command program message.

Sending a response message

After sending a query command, the response message is placed in the Output Queue. When
the Model 2016 THD Multimeter is then addressed to talk, the response message is sent from
the Output Queue to the computer.
Multiple response messages
If you send more than one query command in the same program message (see the paragraph
entitled, "Multiple Command Messages"), the multiple response messages for all the queries is
sent to the computer when the Model 2016 is addressed to talk. The responses are sent in the
order that the query commands were sent and are separated by semicolons (;). Items within the
same query are separated by commas (,). The following example shows the response message
for a program message that contains four single item query commands:
0; 1; 1; 0

Response message terminator (RMT)

Each response is terminated with an LF (line feed) and EOI (end or identify). The following
example shows how a multiple response message is terminated:
0; 1; 1; 0; <RMT>

Message exchange protocol

Two rules summarize the message exchange protocol:
Rule 1. You must always tell the Model 2016 what to send to the computer.
The following two steps must always be performed to send information from the instrument
other computer:
1. Send the appropriate query command(s) in a program message.
2. Address the Model 2016 to talk.
Rule 2. The complete response message must be received by the computer before another
program message can be sent to the Model 2016.
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