Command Usage - Keithley 2601B Reference Manual

Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
1. Instrument command name. Indicates the beginning of the command description. It is followed
by a brief description of what the command does.
2. Type of command. Commands can be functions, attributes, or constants. If the command is an
attribute, it can be read-only (R), read-write (RW), or write-only (W). For detail on commands, see
Introduction to TSP operation
3. TSP-Link accessible. Yes or No; indicates whether or not the command can accessed through a
TSP-Link network.
4. Affected by. Commands or actions that have a direct effect on this command.
• LAN restore defaults
• Recall setup
• Instrument reset: This command is reset when reset(), localnode.reset(), or *RST is sent.
1. Where saved. Indicates where the command settings reside once they are used on an
instrument. Options include:
Not saved: Command is not saved anywhere and must be typed each time you use it.
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Nonvolatile memory: Storage area in the instrument where information is saved when the instrument
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is turned off.
• Saved setup: Command is saved as part of the saved setup.
1. Default value: Lists the default value or constant for the command. The parameter values are
defined in the Usage or Details sections of the command description.

Command usage

The Usage section of the remote command listing shows how to properly structure the command.
Each line in the Usage section is a separate variation of the command usage; all possible command
usage options are shown here.
Structure of command usage: Shows how the parts of the command should be organized. If a
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parameter is shown to the left of the command, it is the return when you print the command.
Information to the right are the parameters or other items you need to enter.
2. User-supplied parameters: Indicated by italics. For example, for the function
beeper.beep(duration, frequency), replace duration with the number of seconds and
frequency with the frequency of the tone. beeper.beep(2, 2400) generates a two-second,
2400 Hz tone.
Some commands have optional parameters. If there are optional parameters, they must be
entered in the order presented in the Usage section. You cannot leave out any parameters that
precede the optional parameter. Optional parameters are shown as separate lines in usage,
presented in the required order with each valid permutation of the optional parameters.
For example:
printbuffer(startIndex, endIndex, buffer1)
printbuffer(startIndex, endIndex, buffer1, buffer2)
2600BS-901-01 Rev. B / May 2013
(on page 5-1).
Figure 123: Command usage section
Section 7: TSP command reference
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