EXFO FTB-2 - Manual (Page 337)

Data Types
FTB-2 and FTB-2 Pro 327
Applicable Data Types for Output —IEEE 488.2
Applicable Data Types for Output —IEEE 488.2
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<RESPONSE MESSAGE TERMINATOR>
In the diagram above,
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“NL” corresponds to ASCII character code 10, in decimal (0A in
binary)
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“END^” corresponds to the last data byte of the message sent with
EOI = True and ATN = False
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<CHARACTER RESPONSE DATA>
This data type will be used by a device to return short mnemonics
when a <DECIMAL NUMERIC PROGRAM DATA> cannot be used. The
returned information is sent in the long form and in upper case.
Examples: TRIANGLEWAVE, NCONTINUOUS
NL END^