Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual page 309

Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
scan.nobufferbackground
Function
Usage
Remarks
Also see
Example
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007
Specifies that no reading buffer is used during scanning. Scan is run in background
mode.
state, scancount, stepcount =
scan.nobufferbackground()
state: The result of scanning:

scan.EMPTY or 0

scan.BUILDING or 1

scan.RUNNING or 2

scan.ABORTED or 3

scan.FAILED or 4

scan.FAILED_INIT or 5,

scan.SUCCESS or 6
scancount: is current scan count completed
stepcount: is current step count completed
This command executes the scan in the background. No reading buffer will be used.
This command starts the scan. Prior to using this command use scan.create and
scan.add to setup scan elements.
Since scan is running in the background use scan.state function to see current status
of scanning.
This functions return parameters do not include the DMM reading.
scan.add (on page 9-157)
scan.background (on page 9-159) (see this command to run a background scan with
a reading buffer)
scan.create (on page 9-160)
scan.execute (on page 9-162)
scan.nobufferexecute (on page 9-165)
scan.state (on page 9-167)
To execute the scan in the background without using a reading buffer.
scan.nobufferbackground()
Section 9: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
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