EXFO IQS-600 Integrated Qualification System - Manual (Page 145)

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Getting Optimum Performance from Your Integrated Qualification System
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Output format (GPIB, RS-232, ActiveX and TCP/IP): The IQS controller
unitprovides the following output formats for measurement results:
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ASCii
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PACKed
Generally, the PACKed format allows to pass three to four times more
information than the ASCii format for the same transfer rate. Often, the
PACKed format is also more efficient since it reduces the IQS controller
unitCPU work load (no need for an internal conversion to ASCII
format).
Note: The PACKed format will only be applied to <DEFINITE LENGTH ARBITRARY
BLOCK RESPONSE DATA> and <INDEFINITE LENGTH ARBITRARY BLOCK
RESPONSE DATA>.
Note: The choice of data format cannot be made directly via the
IQS Managersoftware.
For more information on how to set the output format and data types, see
:FORMat[:DATA](IEEE 488.2 and specific commands appendix), Read and
ReadBinary (COM properties and events appendix), and the data types
appendix.