Remote Control Commands
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:FORMat:SREGister
<Format>
Determines the numeric format for responses of the status register.
Parameters:
<Format>
ASCii | BINary | HEXadecimal | OCTal
ASCii
Returns the register content as a decimal number.
BINary|HEXadecimal|OCTal
Returns the register content either as a binary, hexadecimal or
octal number. According to the selected format, the number
starts with #B (binary), #H (hexadecimal) or #O (octal).
*RST:
ASCii
Example:
FORM:SREG HEX
returns the register content as a hexadecimal number.
:FORMat[:DATA]
<Data>
Determines the data format the instrument uses to return data via the IEC/IEEE bus.
The instrument automatically detects the data format used by the controller, and
assigns it accordingly. Data format determined by this SCPI command is in this case
irrelevant.
Parameters:
<Data>
ASCii | PACKed
ASCii
Transfers numerical data as plain text separated by commas.
PACKed
Transfers numerical data as binary block data.
The format within the binary data depends on the command.
The various binary data formats are explained in the description
of the parameter types.
*RST:
ASCii
Example:
FORM ASC
transfers the data as ASCII data.
12.11 HCOPy Subsystem
The
HCOPy
subsystem contains the commands to generate and save a hard copy of
the display.
To access a stored hard copy file, use the commands of the
MEMM
subsystem.
HCOPy Subsystem
