AMETEK BPS Series Programming Manual - Manual (Page 21)

BPS / MX / RS Series SCPI Programming Manual AMETEK Programmable Power
Manual P/N 7003-961 Rev. AA 21
2.5 SCPI Data Formats
All data programmed to or returned from the AC source is in ASCII. The data type may be
numerical or character string.
2.5.1 Numerical Data Formats
Symbol Data Form
Talking Formats
Digits with an implied decimal point assumed at the right of the
least-significant digit.
Example: 273
Digits with an explicit decimal point. Example:.0273
Digits with an explicit decimal point and an exponent.
Example: 2.73E+2
Boolean Data.
Example: 0 | 1 or ON | OFF
Listening Formats
Extended format that includes , and .
Examples: 273
273.0 2.73E2
Expanded decimal format that includes and MIN, MAX.
Examples: 273, 273.0, 2.73E2, MAX.
MIN and MAX are the minimum and maximum limit values that
are implicit in the range specification for the parameter.
Boolean Data
Example: 0 | 1
2.5.2 Character Data
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.