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7.3.2.3. COMMAND SYNTAX
Commands are not case-sensitive and all arguments within one command (i.e. ID numbers, keywords, data
values, etc.) must be separated with a space character.
All Commands follow the syntax:
X [ID] COMMAND <CR>
Where
X is the command type (one letter) that defines the type of command. Allowed designators are
listed in Table 6-25 and Appendix A-6.
[ID] is the analyzer identification number (refer to Section 6.10.1.). Example: the Command “?
200” followed by a carriage return would print the list of available commands for the revision
of software currently installed in the instrument assigned ID Number 200.
COMMAND is the command designator: This string is the name of the command being issued (LIST,
ABORT, NAME, EXIT, etc.). Some commands may have additional arguments that define
how the command is to be executed. Press? <CR> or refer to Appendix A-6 for a list of
available command designators.
<CR> is a carriage return. All commands must be terminated by a carriage return (usually
achieved by pressing the ENTER key on a computer).
Table 7-11: Command Types
COMMAND COMMAND TYPE
C Calibration
D Diagnostic
L Logon
T Test measurement
V Variable
W Warning
7.3.2.4. DATA TYPES
Data types consist of integers, hexadecimal integers, floating-point numbers, Boolean expressions and text
strings.
 Integer data are used to indicate integral quantities such as a number of records, a filter length, etc. They
consist of an optional plus or minus sign, followed by one or more digits. For example, +1, -12, 123 are
all valid integers.
 Hexadecimal integer data are used for the same purposes as integers. They consist of the two
characters “0x,” followed by one or more hexadecimal digits (0-9, A-F, a-f), which is the ‘C’ programming
language convention. No plus or minus sign is permitted. For example, 0x1, 0x12, 0x1234abcd are all
valid hexadecimal integers.
 Floating-point numbers are used to specify continuously variable values such as temperature set points,
time intervals, warning limits, voltages, etc. They consist of an optional plus or minus sign, followed by
zero or more digits, an optional decimal point, and zero or more digits. (At least one digit must appear
before or after the decimal point.) Scientific notation is not permitted. For example, +1.0, 1234.5678, -
0.1, 1 are all valid floating-point numbers.
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