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Programming
Reviewing SCPI Syntax Rules
bytes (ASCII codes 49, 48, and 50). This is taken care of automatically when
you include the entire instruction in a string. Several representations of a
number are possible. For example, the following numbers are all equal:
28
0.28E2
280E-1
28000m
0.028K
28E-3K
If a measurement cannot be made, no response is given and an error is placed
into the error queue. For example,
*RST
FETCh:POW?
will timeout the controller and place a
Data stale or corrupt
error in the error
queue.
Table 4-6. Suffix Multipliers
Multiplier Mnemonic
1E18 EX
1E15 PE
1E12 T
1E9 G
1E6 MA
1E3 K
1E-3 M
1E-6 U
1E-9 N
1E-12 P
1E-15 F
1E-18 A