Operating instructions

Notation R&S ESCI
1166.6004.12 6.2 E-1
Upper/lower case notation Upper/lower case letters are used to mark the long or short form of the key
words of a command in the description (see Chapter 5). The instrument
itself does not distinguish between upper and lower case letters.
Special characters | A selection of key words with an identical effect exists for several
commands. These keywords are indicated in the same line; they are
separated by a vertical stroke. Only one of these keywords needs to be
included in the header of the command. The effect of the command is
independent of which of the keywords is used.
Example:SENSe:FREQuency:CW|:FIXed
The two following commands with identical meaning can be
created. They set the frequency of the fixed frequency signal to 1
kHz:
SENSe:FREQuency:CW 1E3 = SENSe:FREQuency:FIXed 1E3
A vertical stroke in parameter indications marks alternative possibilities in
the sense of "or". The effect of the command is different, depending on
which parameter is used.
Example:Selection of the parameters for the command
DISPlay:FORMat FULL | SPLit
If parameter FULL is selected, full screen is displayed, in the
case of SPLit, split screen is displayed.
[ ] Key words in square brackets can be omitted when composing the header
(cf. Chapter 5, Optional Keywords). The full command length must be
accepted by the instrument for reasons of compatibility with the SCPI
standards.
Parameters in square brackets can be incorporated optionally in the
command or omitted as well.
{ } Parameters in braces can be incorporated optionally in the command,
either not at all, once or several times.
Description of parameters Due to the standardization, the parameter section of SCPI commands
consists always of the same syntactical elements. SCPI has therefore
specified a series of definitions, which are used in the tables of commands.
In the tables, these established definitions are indicated in angled brackets
(<...>) and will be briefly explained in the following (see also Chapter 5,
Section "Parameters").
<Boolean> This keyword refers to parameters which can adopt two states, "on" and
"off". The "off" state may either be indicated by the keyword OFF or by the
numeric value 0, the "on" state is indicated by ON or any numeric value
other than zero. Parameter queries are always returned the numeric value
0 or 1.