User`s guide

Easy Ways to Control Instruments Chapter 3
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8 Leave the REAL64 FORMAT default. The multimeter returns
single readings as real numbers.
9 Leave DEFAULT NUM CHARS as is.
The default for the number of characters is 20. If you want to
change the number, click on DEFAULT NUM CHARS to toggle
to MAX NUM CHARS and change the number 20 to the
desired number.
10 Leave SCALAR as is and click OK.
You will see the transaction displayed on the bar as READ
TEXT X REAL64. Notice that VEE automatically adds a data
output named x.
NOTE
Names are not case sensitive.
NOTE
If the instrument is returning an array of values, click on the SCALAR menu
in the I/O Transaction dialog box to get the menu for different dimensions,
as shown in
Figure 96. Once you have selected the array dimension, you
also need to specify a size for the array.