Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual page 200

Section 9: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
display.getcursor
Remarks
Also see
Example
9-56
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This function switches the display to the user screen, and then returns values to
indicate row and column position, and cursor style.
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The row value is returned as 1 (top row) or 2 (bottom row).
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With the cursor in the top row, the column is returned as a value from 1 to 20. With
the cursor in the bottom row, the column is returned as a value from 1 to 32.
Columns are numbered from left to right on the display.
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The returned value for style is 0 (invisible) or 1 (blink).
display.gettext (on page 9-57)
display.screen (on page 9-64)
display.setcursor (on page 9-65)
display.settext (on page 9-66)
Reads cursor position (row and column):
row, column = display.getcursor()
print(row, column)
Output: 1.000000e+00 3.000000e+00
The above output indicates that the cursor is in Row 1 at Column 3.
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007