Trigger Functions - Keithley 2601 Reference Manual

Series 2600 System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
Resets the timer and then measures the time since the reset:
Example
timer.reset()
...
time = timer.measure.t()
print(time)
Output:
1.469077e+01
The above output indicates that
after
timer.reset
timer.reset
Function Resets the timer to 0 seconds.
Usage
timer.reset()
Remarks This function will restart the timer at zero.
Also see timer.measure.t
Resets the timer and then measures the time since the reset:
Example
timer.reset()
...
time = timer.measure.t()
print(time)
Output:
1.469077e+01
The above output indicates that
after
timer.reset

trigger functions

The functions in this group are used to control triggering.
trigger.clear
Function Clears the command interface trigger event detector.
Usage
trigger.clear()
Remarks
The trigger event detector remembers if an event has been detected since the last
trigger.wait
previous history of command interface trigger events.
Details See "Triggering" in
Also see trigger.wait
trigger.wait
Function Wait for a trigger event.
Usage
triggered = trigger.wait(timeout)
timeout
triggered
Remarks • This function will wait up to timeout seconds for a GPIB GET command or a *TRG
message on the GPIB interface if that is the active command interface or a *TRG
message on the command interface for all other interfaces. If one or more of these trigger
events were previously detected, this function will return immediately.
• After waiting for a trigger with this function, the event detector will be automatically reset
and rearmed. This is true regardless of the number of events detected.
2600S-901-01 Rev. C / January 2008
timer.measure.t
.
timer.measure.t
.
call. This function clears the trigger's event detector and discards the
Section 10.
Maximum amount of time in seconds to wait for
the trigger.
Returns
false
timeout period.
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was executed 14.69077 seconds
was executed 14.69077 seconds
if a trigger was detected. Returns
true
if no triggers were detected during the
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