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Create a script by sending commands over the remote interface
You can send commands over the remote interface instead of using TSB Embedded. To create a
script over the remote interface, you can use the loadscript, loadandrunscript, and
endscript commands.
The loadscript and loadandrunscript commands start the collection of messages that make
up the script. When the instrument receives either of these commands, it starts collecting all
subsequent messages. Without these commands, the instrument would run them immediately as
individual commands.
The endscript command tells the instrument to compile the messages. It compiles the messages
into one group of commands. This group of commands is loaded into the runtime environment.
The following figure shows an example of how to load and create a script named "test." The first
command tells the instrument to start collecting the messages for the script named "test." The last
command marks the end of the script. When this script is run, the message "This is a test" will be
displayed on the instrument and sent to the computer.
To create a named script by sending commands:
1. Send the command loadscript scriptName, where scriptName is the name of the script.
The name must be a legal Lua variable name (see
2. Send the commands that need to be included in the script.
3. Send the command endscript.
4. You can now run the script. See
To run the script immediately, use loadandrunscript scriptName instead of loadscript.
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Figure 79: Loadscript and endscript example
Name of the script that will be created
loadscript test
display.clear()
display.settext("This is a test")
print("This is a test")
endscript
Tells instrument to stop
collecting messages and
create a script named "test"
Run scripts
Tells instrument to start
collecting messages
Body of script
Lua reserved words
(on page 6-6).
NOTE
Section 6: Instrument programming
(on page 6-16)).
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