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General Programming Aspects
Programming Recommendations
Programming Recommendations
Here are some recommendations for programming the instrument:
Start programming from the default setting. The common command
for setting the default setting is:
*RST
Switch off the automatic update of the display to increase the
programming speed. The device command for switching off the
display is:
:DISPlay OFF
The SCPI standard defines a long and a short form of the commands.
For fast programming speed it is recommended to use the short
forms. The short forms of the commands are represented by upper
case letters. For example the short form of the command to set 100 ns
delay is:
:PULS:DEL 100NS
To improve programming speed it is also allowed to skip optional
subsystem command parts. Optional subsystem command parts are
depicted in square brackets, e.g.: set amplitude voltage of output 1:
[SOURce]:VOLTage[1][:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude]
.
Sufficient to use:
:VOLT 1.2V
For the commands to set the timing and level parameters, except of
period/frequency, you can explicitly specify the output to be
programmed (for compatibility reasons). If there is no output
specified, the commands will set the default output 1.
So, for setting a high level of 3 Volts for output 1 the commands are:
:VOLT:HIGH 3V # sets high level of 3 V at out 1
:VOLT1:HIGH 3V # sets high level of 3 V at out 1