Keithley 708B Reference Manual page 9

Table of Contents
Using Test Script Builder (TSB) ......................................................................................... 6-35
Installing the TSB software...................................................................................................... 6-35
Project Navigator..................................................................................................................... 6-35
Script Editor............................................................................................................................. 6-36
Programming interaction ......................................................................................................... 6-36
Advanced scripting for TSP ............................................................................................... 6-36
Global variables and the script.user.scripts table .................................................................... 6-36
Create a script using the script.new command........................................................................ 6-38
Restore a script to the runtime environment............................................................................ 6-41
Rename a script ...................................................................................................................... 6-41
Delete user scripts from the instrument................................................................................... 6-43
Memory considerations for the runtime environment .............................................................. 6-44
TSP-Link system and running parallel test scripts............................................................. 6-45
TSP-Link system ..................................................................................................................... 6-45
TSP-Link nodes....................................................................................................................... 6-46
Connect the TSP-Link cable.................................................................................................... 6-46
Initialization ............................................................................................................................. 6-47
Introduction to TSP advanced features ................................................................................... 6-49
Using groups to manage nodes on TSP-Link network ............................................................ 6-50
Running parallel test scripts .................................................................................................... 6-52
Using the data queue for real-time communication ................................................................. 6-53
Copying test scripts across the TSP-Link network .................................................................. 6-54
Removing stale values from the reading buffer ....................................................................... 6-54
TSP-Net ............................................................................................................................. 6-55
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 6-55
TSP-Net Capabilities ............................................................................................................... 6-55
Using TSP-Net with any Ethernet-enabled device .................................................................. 6-56
Using TSP-Net vs. TSP-Link for communication with TSP-enabled devices .......................... 6-58
Instrument Control Library (ICL) - General device control ....................................................... 6-59
Instrument Control Library - TSP-Enabled device control ..................................................... 6-59
Example: Using tspnet commands.......................................................................................... 6-60
Command reference ................................................................................................... 7-1
Command programming notes ............................................................................................ 7-1
Placeholder characters ............................................................................................................. 7-1
Syntax rules .............................................................................................................................. 7-1
Logical instruments ................................................................................................................... 7-3
Time and date values................................................................................................................ 7-3
Using the Instrument Control Library documentation .......................................................... 7-4
Command name and standard parameters summary ............................................................... 7-4
Command usage....................................................................................................................... 7-6
Command details ...................................................................................................................... 7-7
Example section........................................................................................................................ 7-7
Also see: Related commands and information .......................................................................... 7-8
Instrument Control Library (ICL) command reference ......................................................... 7-8
beeper.beep()............................................................................................................................ 7-8
beeper.enable ........................................................................................................................... 7-9
bit.bitand() ................................................................................................................................. 7-9
bit.bitor() .................................................................................................................................. 7-10
bit.bitxor() ................................................................................................................................ 7-11
bit.clear() ................................................................................................................................. 7-11
bit.get() .................................................................................................................................... 7-12
bit.getfield() ............................................................................................................................. 7-13
bit.set() .................................................................................................................................... 7-14
bit.setfield().............................................................................................................................. 7-15
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Models 707B and 708B Switching Matrix Reference Manual
707B-901-01 Rev. A / August 2010