BNC 1105 Universal Counter - Manual (Page 124)

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Note
Sending this command while a measurement is in progress will hold off
further commands from being executed until the current measurement
completes. However, you can use Device Clear or power-on to cancel this
hold-off effect.
:FORMat[:DATA] ASCii|REAL
Sets or queries the format type of the data.
When choosing ASCii type, numeric data is transferred as ASCII bytes in
format. The numbers are separated by commas as specified in IEEE488.2. When
there is no response data, Not A Number 9.91E37 will be returned.
When choosing REAL type, response data is transferred in a
block> as a 64-bit IEEE754 floating point number. Not a Number 9.91E37 will be
returned in the if there is no response data.
Return
A sequence of ASCII-encoded bytes: ASCii or REAL.
Notes
The format type of the data will be set back to ASCii after *RST command.
This command controls the response data type of the following commands:
:CALCulate:DATA?
:CALCulate3:DATA?
:FETCh?
:MEASure query
:READ?
[:SENSe]:DATA?
:TRACe[:DATA] query
:INITiate:AUTO
Sets or queries whether the counter stops or goes on measuring when a
measurement exceeds the specified limits.
AUTO OFF instructs the counter to stop measuring when a measurement
exceeds the limits and AUTO ON (set :INIT:CONT to OFF) instructs the counter
to keep measuring even if the measurement fails the limit test.