Why Support SCPI Anyway?

SCPI Sells Instruments

Customers demand or at least prefer instruments that support SCPI, because it saves them time (and therefore money):

• Standardized commands and syntax mean that technicians and programmers with experience of one SCPI-compatible instrument can get to grips with any other SCPI instrument straight away
• Programs/scripts written to control one SCPI instrument can be more easily changed to control a different SCPI instrument

Immediate Benefits to You Too!

As well as the benefits to sales, an instrument that supports SCPI helps you in other ways:

• No need to devising your own proprietary scheme for the commands and syntax of your control language - less time, less cost
• SCPI-familiar customers require less technical support
• The professional touch of SCPI-compliancy gives your instruments the edge