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Command programming notes ........................................ 13-1
ICL command list .......................................................... 13-11
Command programming notes
Wild characters
For the following command reference, it is necessary to understand the following
conventions. Many commands are expressed in a generic form using wild
characters. A wild character indicates a channel, function, or trigger line.
Remember that wild characters used in the generic form are NOT to be included
in the command sent to the instrument.
X and Y
The X character is used for functions and attributes to indicate the slot (1
through 6) and Y is used to indicate the limit number (1 or 2). For example, the
attribute for the limit 2 number testing is generically expressed as follows:
dmm.limit[Y].enable
To enable limit 2, send the following command statement to the instrument:
dmm.limit[2].enable = dmm.ON
To query for idn information for the card in Slot 1, send the following command
statement to the instrument:
card1_idn = slot[1].idn
NOTE The wild characters X and/or Y are NEVER sent to the instrument.
They are used in this command reference for notational convenience
only.
Section 13
Instrument Control Library (ICL)