B&K Precision MDL Series - Programming Manual - Manual (Page 24)

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Suffixes and Multipliers
Class Suffix Unit Unit with Multiplier
Amplitude V volt MV (millivolt)
Current A amps MA (milliamp)
Power W watt MW (milliwatt)
Resistance OHM ohm MOHM (megohm)
R ohm MR(megohm)
Slew Rate A/uS amps/microsecond
Time S second MS (millisecond)
Common Multipliers
1E3 K kilo
1E-3 M milli
1E-6 U micro
Response Data Types
Character strings returned by query statements may take either of the following forms, depending on
the length of the returned string:
Character Response Data. Permits the return of character strings.
Arbitrary ASCII Response Data. Permits the return of undelimited 7-bit ASCII. This data
type has an implied message terminator.
String Response Data. Returns string parameters enclosed in double quotes.
Response Messages
A response message is the message sent by the instrument to the computer in response to a query
command program message.
Sending a Response Message
After sending a query command, the response message is placed in the Output Queue. When the
electronic load is then addressed to talk, the response message is sent from the Output Queue to the
computer.
Multiple Response Messages
If you send more than one query command in the same program message (see the paragraph entitled,
“Multiple Command Messages”), the multiple response messages for all the queries is sent to the
computer when the electronic load is addressed to talk. The responses are sent in the order that the
query commands were sent and are separated by semicolons (;). Items within the same query are
separated by commas (,). The following example shows the response message for a program message