Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual page 176

Section 9: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
channel.getlabel
Remarks
Also see
Example
channel.getpole
Function
Usage
9-32
The parameter ch_list may contain more than one channel in it. If it does, a comma is
used to delineate the labels for the channels. The return string will list the labels in the
same order as the channels were specified.
The parameter string may contain ―slotX‖, where X equals 1 to 6, or ―allslots‖. It may
also contain a label. However, if the label exists, it will be in the returned response and
not the numerical channel number. For example, if Channel 1001 has a label of ―start‖,
then sending:
print(channel.getlabel("start"))
will print "start"
and not the numeric of "1001".
An error will be generated if:

An empty parameter string.

a specified channel does not exist

Slot is empty.

Channel not on card.

a channel pattern is specified

the channel does not support a label setting

an analog backplane relay is specified
Command processing will stop as soon as an error is detected and a nil response will
be generated. No partial list of labels will be returned.
channel.setlabel (on page 9-45)
Query commands (on page 9-5)
To query for the label of Channel 1 on Slot 1:
MyLabel = channel.getlabel("1001")
Queries the pole settings for the specified channels.
poles = channel.getpole(ch_list)
ch_list: A string listing the channels to query for their pole setting
poles: Returns a string consisting of the poles, comma separated, for ch_list
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007