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+<h4 class="subsubsection" id="Argument-Units-1">6.1.1.2 Argument Units</h4>
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+<p>Some commands take integer arguments that are assumed to represent
+values in a measurement unit, but the letter for the corresponding
+scaling unit is not written with the output command arguments. Most
+commands assume the scaling unit &lsquo;<samp class="samp">u</samp>&rsquo;, the basic unit of the device,
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