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Chapter 1 SCPI Command Overview RIGOL
MSO5000 Programming Guide 1-1
Chapter 1 SCPI Command Overview
SCPI (Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) is a standardized instrument programming
language that is built upon the existing standard IEEE 488.1 and IEEE 488.2 and conforms to various
standards, such as the floating point operation rule in IEEE 754 standard, ISO 646 7-bit coded character set
for information interchange (equivalent to ASCII programming). The SCPI commands provide a hierarchical
tree structure, and consist of multiple subsystems. Each command subsystem consists of one root keyword
and one or more sub-keywords.
Contents in this chapter:
 Syntax
 Symbol Description
 Parameter Type
 Command Abbreviation