Specifies format of the data samples that are returned in response to FETCH:SCALAR? and FETCH:ARRAY? queries.
Command syntax
:FORMat[:DATA] <format>
where <format> is one of ASCii, REAL or PACKed
Query syntax
:FORMat[:DATA]?
Query response
ASCII, REAL or PACKED
Default value: ASCII
Description
ASCii: Returned data samples are represented as floating point numbers in text, separated by comma (for FETCH:ARRAY? query).
REAL: Returned data samples are represented as binary data with “#18” header. Each sample or timestamp consists of 8 bytes.
PACKed: See REAL.
For more details, see :FETCh[:SCALar] query description.