Using Test Script Builder (Tsb) - Keithley 2450 Reference Manual

Section 7: Introduction to TSP operation

Using Test Script Builder (TSB)

Keithley Instruments Test Script Builder (TSB) is a software tool that simplifies building test scripts.
You can use TSB to perform the following operations:
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Send remote commands and Lua statements
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Receive responses (data) from commands and scripts
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Upgrade instrument firmware
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Create, manage, and run user scripts
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Debug scripts
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Import factory scripts to view or edit and convert to user scripts
The Keithley Instruments Test Script Processor (TSP
enabled instruments, the Lua programming language has been extended with Keithley-specific
instrument control commands. For more information about using the Lua scripting language with
Keithley TSP-enabled instruments, refer to the
section.
Keithley has created a collection of remote commands specifically for use with Keithley TSP-enabled
instruments; for detailed information about those commands, refer to the "Command reference"
section of the documentation for your specific instrument. You can build scripts from a combination of
these commands and Lua programming statements. Scripts that you create are referred to as "user
scripts." Also, some TSP-enabled instruments come with a number of built-in factory scripts.
The following figure shows an example of the Test Script Builder. As shown, the workspace is divided
into these areas:
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Project navigator
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Script editor
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Outline view
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Programming interaction
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Help files
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Model 2450 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
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) scripting engine is a Lua interpreter. In TSP-
Fundamentals of programming for TSP (on page 7-11)
2450-901-01 Rev. B/September 2013