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The mnemonics consist of upper - or lower-case alpha characters.
Example: The command to set the frequency to 1KHZ may be written in the
following ways:
FREQ 1KHZ
FREQ 1000HZ
FREQ 1000
FREQ 1E3
freq 1khz
freq 1000hz
freq 1000
freq 1e3
b) Program Header Separator
The Program Header Separator is used to separate the program header from the program
data. It consists of one or more white space characters, denoted as <ws>. Typically, it is a
space.
c) Program Data
The Program Data represent the values of the parameters being set, for example, the '1KHZ'
in the above
examples. Different forms of program data are accepted, depending on the command. The
Program Data types used in the instrument are:
i) Character program data
This form of data is comprised of a mnemonic made up of lower - or upper-case alpha
characters. As with Program Header mnemonics, some Character Data mnemonics have short
and long forms. Only the short or the long form may be used.
ii) Boolean data
Boolean data indicate that the parameter can take one of two states, ON or OFF. The
parameter may be character type
ON or OFF
or numeric. A numeric value is rounded to an integer. A non-zero result is interpreted as 1
(ON), and a zero result as 0 (OFF).
Queries return the values 0 or 1.
iii) NRf