User`s guide

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Command Guidelines
Optional Commands
Optional Commands
The following lists the optional command groups that are used with many of the GPIB
Command Subsystems. The list describes the abbreviation used for each optional set and
its corresponding Appendix, that gives more details of the options available.
Examples;
RFGenerator:AMPLitude1 <real> | [:FNUM]
When this command appears in a program it can be written as follows;
RFG:AMPL1:UNITs? ................or
RFG:AMPL1:INCRement UP ..........or
RFG:AMPL1:INCR:MODE:LINear ......or
RFGENERATOR:AMPLITUDE1 -10DBM ...or
RFG:AMPL1:INCRement:DUNits -1DBM
Optional
Command
Abbreviation
Reference
Appendix
Description
[:INUM] Appendix A Increment integer numeric fields
[:FNUM] Appendix B Floating point numeric field
[:FNUM-MOD] Appendix C Floating point numeric field without INCR:MODE
[:MM] Appendix D Measurement fields
[:MM-MOD] Appendix E Measurement fields without units commands
[:AVG] Appendix F Measurement fields that use averaging
[:MET] Appendix G Measurement fields that use meters
[:MULTI-B] Appendix H Measurement fields that use Multi Burst measure-
ments