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hexadecimal digits (0-9, A-F, a-f), which is the ‘C’ programming language
convention. No plus or minus sign is permitted. For example, 0x1, 0x12,
0x1234abcd are all valid hexadecimal integers.
Floating-point numbers are used to specify continuously variable values
such as temperature set points, time intervals, warning limits, voltages,
etc. They consist of an optional plus or minus sign, followed by zero or
more digits, an optional decimal point, and zero or more digits. (At least
one digit must appear before or after the decimal point.) Scientific
notation is not permitted. For example, +1.0, 1234.5678, -0.1, 1 are all
valid floating-point numbers.
Boolean expressions are used to specify the value of variables or I/O
signals that may assume only two values. They are denoted by the
keywords ON and OFF.
Text strings are used to represent data that cannot be easily represented
by other data types, such as data channel names, which may contain
letters and numbers. They consist of a quotation mark, followed by one or
more printable characters, including spaces, letters, numbers, and
symbols, and a final quotation mark. For example, “a”, “1”, “123abc”, and
“()[]<>” are all valid text strings. It is not possible to include a quotation
mark character within a text string.
Some commands allow you to access variables, messages, and other
items, such as DAS data channels, by name. When using these
commands, you must type the entire name of the item; you cannot
abbreviate any names.
5.1.2.5. Status Reporting
Reporting of status messages as an audit trail is one of the three principal uses for the RS-
232 interface (the other two being the command line interface for controlling the
instrument and the download of data in electronic format). You can effectively disable the
reporting feature by setting the interface to quiet mode (Section 4.10.8., Table 4-18).
Status reports include DAS data (when reporting is enabled), warning messages,
calibration and diagnostic status messages. Refer to Appendix A-3 for a list of the
possible messages, and this section for information on controlling the instrument through
the RS-232 interface.
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