Operation Manual

SECULIFE ESPRO
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Not all commands require the complexity of the full command path. For example, the Status?
command doesn’t have a Node or Subnode.
Some commands allow for reading and writing data and some commands are Read Only. To indicate a
read function, a question mark (?) is placed at the end of the command path. For example, a write
command to change the load resistance to 100.5 ohms would be “CONFigure:LOAD:VALue
100.5<cr>”, where <cr> indicates a carriage-return. For example, a mArms read command would be
“READ:MArms?<cr>”, which would return a value of “xxx.x<cr><lf>” where <cr> is a carriage-return
and <lf> is a linefeed.
Lowercase letters indicate the long-form of the command (for example, CONFigure:INPut:RANGe?)
and can be omitted for simplification. Uppercase letters indicate the abbreviated, or short-form, of the
commands and must be included (for example, CONF:INP:RANG?).
All commands sent to the unit are terminated with a Carriage Return.
NOTE: Commands can be entered in either upper or lowercase or a mixture of the two, uppercase and
lowercase. Commands sent to the
SECULIFE ESPRO are not case sensitive. Upper and lower cases
are only used when documenting the commands.
Parameter Form
The PARAMETER FORM column indicates the number and order of parameters in a command and
their legal values. Parameter formats are listed in angle brackets (<>) while string parameters are
simply listed.
Square brackets ([]) are used to enclose one or more parameters that are optional.
The vertical bar (|) can be read as “or” and is used to separate alternative parameter options.
The query form of a command is generated by appending a question mark (?) to the last keyword.
However, not all commands have a query form, and some commands exist only in the query form. The
COMMENTS column is used to indicate this.
Comments
The COMMENTS column indicates any notes.