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Table of Contents
Data queue................................................................................................................................ 5-5
Digital I/O .................................................................................................................................. 5-5
Display ...................................................................................................................................... 5-6
Error queue ............................................................................................................................... 5-6
Event log ................................................................................................................................... 5-6
File I/O ...................................................................................................................................... 5-7
GPIB ......................................................................................................................................... 5-8
Instrument identification ............................................................................................................ 5-8
LAN and LXI .............................................................................................................................. 5-9
Miscellaneous ......................................................................................................................... 5-10
Parallel script execution .......................................................................................................... 5-10
Queries and response messages ............................................................................................ 5-10
Reading buffer ......................................................................................................................... 5-11
Reset ....................................................................................................................................... 5-11
RS-232 .................................................................................................................................... 5-11
Saved setups .......................................................................................................................... 5-11
Scripting .................................................................................................................................. 5-12
SMU ........................................................................................................................................ 5-13
SMU calibration ....................................................................................................................... 5-14
Status model ........................................................................................................................... 5-15
Time ........................................................................................................................................ 5-16
Triggering ................................................................................................................................ 5-17
TSP-Link ................................................................................................................................. 5-19
TSP-Net .................................................................................................................................. 5-19
Userstrings .............................................................................................................................. 5-20
Factory scripts .................................................................................................................... 5-20
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5-20
Running a factory script .......................................................................................................... 5-21
Retrieving and modifying a factory script listing ...................................................................... 5-21
KISweep factory script ............................................................................................................ 5-22
KIPulse factory script .............................................................................................................. 5-23
KIHighC factory script ............................................................................................................. 5-24
KIParlib factory script .............................................................................................................. 5-24
KISavebuffer factory script ...................................................................................................... 5-24
Instrument programming ........................................................................................... 6-1
Fundamentals of scripting for TSP ....................................................................................... 6-1
What is a script? ........................................................................................................................ 6-2
Runtime and nonvolatile memory storage of scripts .................................................................. 6-2
What can be included in scripts? ............................................................................................... 6-2
Commands that cannot be used in scripts ................................................................................ 6-2
Manage scripts .......................................................................................................................... 6-3
Working with scripts in nonvolatile memory............................................................................. 6-10
Programming example ............................................................................................................ 6-12
Fundamentals of programming for TSP ............................................................................. 6-14
Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 6-14
What is Lua? ........................................................................................................................... 6-14
Lua basics ............................................................................................................................... 6-14
Standard libraries .................................................................................................................... 6-30
Programming example ............................................................................................................ 6-36
Using Test Script Builder (TSB) ......................................................................................... 6-37
Installing the TSB software...................................................................................................... 6-37
Project Navigator ..................................................................................................................... 6-37
Script Editor ............................................................................................................................. 6-37
Programming interaction ......................................................................................................... 6-37
Working with TSB Embedded ............................................................................................ 6-37
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Model 2651A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
2651A-901-01 Rev. A / March 2011