HP 8360 - Manual (Page 92)

(line feed) is received. However, the LF bit pattern could
coincidentally occur randomly in a long string of binary data, where
it might cause a false termination. Also, the bit patterns for the
ASCII CR (carriage return), comma, or semicolon might cause a false
termination. Suppression of the EOI causes the computer to accept
all bit patterns as data, not commands, and relies on the HP-IB EOI
(end or identify) line for correct end-of-data termination.
Related statements used by some computers:
CONVERT
IMAGE
IOBUFFER
ON TIMEOUT
SET TIMEOUT
TRANSFER
This completes the HP-IB Command Statements subsection. The
following material explains the SCPI programming codes, and shows
how they are used with the OUTPUT and ENTER HP-IB command
statements.
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