BNC 1105 Universal Counter - Manual (Page 124)

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Note
Sending this command while a measurement is in progress will hold off
further commands from being executed until the current measurement
completes. However, you can use Device Clear or power-on to cancel this
hold-off effect.
:FORMat[:DATA] ASCii|REAL
Sets or queries the format type of the data.
When choosing ASCii type, numeric data is transferred as ASCII bytes in <NR3>
format. The numbers are separated by commas as specified in IEEE488.2. When
there is no response data, Not A Number 9.91E37 will be returned.
When choosing REAL type, response data is transferred in a <definite length
block> as a 64-bit IEEE754 floating point number. Not a Number 9.91E37 will be
returned in the <definite length block> if there is no response data.
Return
A sequence of ASCII-encoded bytes: ASCii or REAL.
Notes
The format type of the data will be set back to ASCii after *RST command.
This command controls the response data type of the following commands:
:CALCulate:DATA?
:CALCulate3:DATA?
:FETCh?
:MEASure query
:READ?
[:SENSe]:DATA?
:TRACe[:DATA] query
:INITiate:AUTO <Boolean>
Sets or queries whether the counter stops or goes on measuring when a
measurement exceeds the specified limits.
AUTO OFF instructs the counter to stop measuring when a measurement
exceeds the limits and AUTO ON (set :INIT:CONT to OFF) instructs the counter
to keep measuring even if the measurement fails the limit test.