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Measurement Computing Analyzer488 User Manual

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Section 4

Serial Controller

4.10

[

,addr

,,,] An optional list of bus addresses, each one

preceded by an address separator; either a comma
(,), a slash (/) or a period (.).

No more than 15 bus addresses are allowed in any
single command.

4.11.2.2 Record Memory Addressing

location

An address of the record memory. Absolute record
memory locations are from 0 to 32767, and
relative locations are from -32767 to +32767.

4.11.2.3 Character Count

#count

The number of characters to be transferred. A
pound sign (#) followed by an integer in the range
of 1 to 32767. May be specified in hexadecimal
by preceding it with &H. The hexadecimal range
is &H1 to &H7FFF. A character count of zero in
invalid.

4.11.2.4 ASCII Characters

$char

A single character whose ASCII value is the
number char, a decimal number in the range 0 to
255

or a hexadecimal number in the range of &H0

to &HFF. For example, $65 is the letter "A", as is
&H41

.

CR

The carriage return character ($13, &H0D).

LF

The line feed character ($10, &H0A).

'X

Any printable character. The apostrophe, ('), is
immediately followed, without any intervening
spaces, by a single character which is taken to be
the character specified.