Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual page 177

Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
channel.getpole
Remarks
Also see
Example
channel.getstate
Function
Usage
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007
The parameter string may contain ―slotX‖, where X equals 1 to 6, or ―allslots‖.
An error message will be generated for the following reasons:

An empty parameter string.

The specified channel does not exist for card installed in slot.

Parameter syntax error such as incorrect format for ch_list.

A channel pattern was specified.

An analog backplane relay was specified.

Channel does not support pole setting like a digital I/O.
Command processing stops as soon as an error is detected. No partial list is returned.
The response will be the numerical value representing the pole selection and not the
text. For example, 4-pole selection will be 4 and not channel.POLES_FOUR.
For channels, the user manipulates the analog backplane relay channels for the desired
pole setting (see channel.setbackplane
have a pole setting associated with them and have their analog backplane relay
channels specified when created (see
channel.pattern.snapshot
When the channel list parameter for this function is slotX, the response will first list the
channels starting from lowest to highest.
When the channel list parameter for this function is allslots, the response will start with
Slot 1 and increase to Slot 6. Each slot is processed completely before going to the
next. Keeping this in mind, all Slot 1 channels are listed before Slot 2 channels.
If an error is detected, or the slot is empty, the response will be nil.
channel.setpole (on page 9-46)
Query commands (on page 9-5)
To query channels 1 and 3 on Slot 5 for pole setting:
mypoles = channel.getpole("5001, 5003")
Queries for the state (opened or closed) for specified items.
mystate = channel.getstate(ch_list)
ch_list: String listing the items to query. Items can include channels, backplane relays,
and channel patterns.
mystate: String listing the states, comma delimited, for channels in ch_list
Section 9: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
(on page 9-42)). Recall channel patterns do not
channel.pattern.getimage
(on page 9-40)).
(on page 9-37) and
9-33