Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual page 202

Section 9: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
display.gettext
Function
Usage
Remarks
Also see
Example
9-58
Reads the text presently displayed
There are five ways to use this function:
text = display.gettext()
text = display.gettext(embellished)
text = display.gettext(embellished, row)
text = display.gettext(embellished, row, column_start)
text = display.gettext(embellished, row, column_start,
column_end)
embellished Set to false to return text as a simple character string. Set to true to include
all character codes.
row Set to 1 or 2 to select which row to read text. If not included, text from both rows
are read.
column_start Set to starting column for reading text. Default is 1.
column_end Set to ending column for reading text. Default is 20 (Row 1) or 32 (Row 2).
Note: The range of valid column numbers depends on which row is specified. For
Row 1, valid column numbers are 1 to 20. For Row 2, valid column numbers are
1 to 32.
Sending the command without any parameters returns both lines of the display. The $N
character code will be included to show where the top line ends and the bottom line
begins.
With embellished set to true , all other character codes will be returned along with the
message. With embellished set to false, only the message and the $N character code
will be returned. See the display.settext function for details on the character codes.
The display will not be switched to the user screen. Text will be read from the active
screen.
display.getcursor (on page 9-55),
page 9-66)
Returns all text in both lines of the display:
text = display.gettext()
print(text)
Output: User Screen $N
The above output indicates that the message "User Screen" is on the top line. The
bottom line is blank.
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
display.setcursor (on page 9-65),
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007
display.settext (on