Command Name And Standard Parameters Summary - Keithley 3700A Series Reference Manual

Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual

Command name and standard parameters summary

Each instrument command description starts with the command name, followed by a table with
relevant information for each command. Definitions for the numbered items in the figure below are
listed following the figure.
1. Instrument command name. Signals the beginning of the command description and is followed
by a brief description of what the command does.
2. Type of command. Options are:
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Function. Function-based commands control actions or activities, but are not always directly related to
instrument operation. Function names are always followed by a set of parentheses, for example,
digio.writeport(15). If the function does not need a parameter, the parentheses set remains
empty, for example, exit().
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Attribute (R), (RW), or (W). Attribute-based commands set or read the characteristics of an instrument
feature or operation by defining a value. For example, a characteristic of a TSP-enabled instrument is
the model number (localnode.model); another characteristic is the number of errors in the error
queue (errorqueue.count). For many attributes, the defined value is a number or predefined
constant. Attributes can be read-only (R), read-write (RW), or write-only (W), and can be used as a
parameter of a function or assigned to another variable.
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Constant. A constant command represents a fixed value when used in a script.
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 the instrument command.
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DMM configuration recall
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DMM function change
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DMM reset
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LAN reset
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Recall setup
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Reset: Reset commands affect commands in different ways, depending on the type of reset. Types of
reset include:
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
Figure 138: Command name and summary table
- Channel reset
- Digital I/O trigger reset
- Instrument reset
- Local node reset
- Scan reset
Section 11: TSP command reference
- Status reset
- Trigger blender reset
- Trigger timer reset
- TSP-Link trigger reset
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