Teledyne LeCroy WaveStation SCPI Command Reference Manual - Manual (Page 10)

WaveStation SCPI
Header
The header is the mnemonic form of the operation to be performed by the oscilloscope. Most headers
have a more easily recognized long form and a short form for better transfer and decoding speed. The
two can be used interchangeably:
Comm_HeaDeR
is equivalent to CHDR
Some command or query mnemonics are imposed by the IEEE 488.2 standard. All these mnemonics
begin with an asterisk *. They comprise the first group of commands listed in this manual.
Data Parameters
When a command uses additional data values, they are expressed as ASCII data that can take the form
of character, numeric, or block data. Macro parameters are not implemented.
Character Data
These are simple alphanumeric words or abbreviations indicating a specific action.
In commands where you can specify many parameters, or where not all parameters are applicable at
the same time, the format requires pairs of character data values. The first value names the parameter
to be modified, while the second gives its value.
C1:BSWV TYPE,SINE,FRQ,1000,AMP,3,OFST,3
Numeric Data
The numeric data type is used to enter quantitative information. Numbers can be entered as integers,
fractions, or exponents:
C2:BURSTWAVE STATE,ON,DLAY,2.4e-07S
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