Specifications

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Retrieving Measurement Results
Data Transfer Format
Binary format
When you select the binary format as the data transfer format, numerical data (binary data)
are transferred in the format shown in Figure 6-3.
Figure 6-3 Binary Format
In this format, the data is represented with a hash (#) mark, the number 6 (indicating that
<Number of bytes> is 6 bytes), the number of the binary data to be transferred (<Number
of bytes>), the binary data itself, and finally the message terminator <new line>^END.
Binary data is in IEEE 754 floating point format of 64-bit configuration as shown in Figure
6-4.
Figure 6-4 64-bit Floating Point Data
Byte Order
In the binary format, you can select either of the following transfer orders for each byte
comprising an 8-byte data string:
NORMal Data transfer begins from the byte containing MSB (Most Significant
Bit, the leftmost byte shown in Figure 6-4).
SWAPped Data transfer begins from the byte containing LSB (Least Significant
Bit, the rightmost byte shown in Figure 6-4).
To set the byte order, use the following command:
• :FORM:BORD on page 283