Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual page 212

Section 9: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
display.waitkey
Remarks
Also see
9-68

After sending this function, script execution pauses until a front panel key or the
wheel is pressed, or the wheel is turned to the right or left. After pressing a control
or turning the wheel, the keycode value for that key will be returned. The chart
shown below lists the keycode value for each front panel control. The controls are
listed alphabetically.

If the EXIT key is pressed while this function is waiting for a keypress, the script will
not be aborted.
A typical use for this function is to prompt the user to press the EXIT key to abort the
script or press any other key to continue. If keycode value 75 is returned (EXIT key
pressed), then the exit() function can be called to abort the script.
Key List
display.KEY_RIGHT
display.KEY_LEFT
display.WHEEL_LEFT
display.WHEEL_RIGHT
display.KEY_RANGEUP
display.KEY_FUNC
display.KEY_REL
display.KEY_MENU
display.KEY_CLOSE
display.KEY_SLOT
display.KEY_RUN
display.KEY_DISPLAY
display.KEY_AUTO
display.KEY_FILTER
display.KEY_EXIT
display.KEY_STORE
display.KEY_SCAN
The above chart lists the numeric Keycode values for the front panel controls. The
Keycode value identifiers are listed in the documentation for See display.sendkey. (for
example, display.KEY_RUN is the identifier for the RUN key).
display.sendkey (on page 9-65)
display.settext (on page 9-66)
display.getlastkey (on page 9-56)
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
Value Key List
103 display.KEY_INSERT
104 display.KEY_OPENALL
107 display.KEY_CONFIG
114 display.KEY_RANGEDOWN
65 display.KEY_ENTER
66 display.KEY_REC
67 display.KEY_DMM
68 display.KEY_DELETE
69 display.KEY_STEP
70 display.KEY_CHAN
71 display.KEY_RATE
72 display.KEY_LIMIT
73 display.KEY_TRIG
74 display.KEY_OPEN
75 display.KEY_PATT
76 display.KEY_LOAD
77 display.WHEEL_ENTER
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007
Value
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
90
91
92
93
94
95
97