SECTION 6 GPIB
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6.4 Device Message Format
6.4.1 Program message format
To output a program message from the controller to the MG3641A/MG3642A with a PRINT statement, the following
format is used:
(1) Program message terminator
SP
NL
NL
EOI
EOI
NL
EOI
: New line.
Also called a line feed (LF).
: Indicates that the message
ends with the EOI signal of
the GPIB interface.
The carriage return (CR) is ignored without being processed as a terminator.
(2) Program message
Multiple commands can be output successively by inserting a semicolon ( ; ) between them. (For details, see
Section 6.2.5.)
;
Program message unit
Program message
terminator
Program message
PRINT @3; “ :FREQ:CW 500 MHz”
Program message
∆
↑
A specified terminator is added at
output from the controller to the
MG3641A/MG3642A.