Keithley 2651A Reference Manual page 9

Model 2651A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Using instrument commands ................................................................................................... 6-37
Advanced scripting for TSP ............................................................................................... 6-39
Global variables and the script.user.scripts table .................................................................... 6-39
Create a script using the script.new() command ..................................................................... 6-40
Restore a script to the runtime environment............................................................................ 6-43
Rename a script ...................................................................................................................... 6-43
Delete user scripts from the instrument ................................................................................... 6-45
Memory considerations for the runtime environment .............................................................. 6-46
TSP-Link system expansion interface ................................................................................ 6-47
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 6-47
Connections ............................................................................................................................ 6-49
Initialization ............................................................................................................................. 6-50
Resetting the TSP-Link network .............................................................................................. 6-51
Using the expanded system .................................................................................................... 6-52
TSP advanced features ........................................................................................................... 6-53
Using groups to manage nodes on TSP-Link network ............................................................ 6-56
Running parallel test scripts .................................................................................................... 6-57
Using the data queue for real-time communication ................................................................. 6-59
Copying test scripts across the TSP-Link network .................................................................. 6-59
Removing stale values from the reading buffer ....................................................................... 6-60
TSP-Net ............................................................................................................................. 6-60
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 6-60
TSP-Net capabilities ................................................................................................................ 6-61
Using TSP-Net with any Ethernet-enabled device .................................................................. 6-61
TSP-Net versus TSP-Link to communicate with TSP-enabled devices ................................... 6-62
Instrument commands: General device control ....................................................................... 6-63
Instrument commands: TSP-enabled device control ............................................................... 6-63
Example: Using tspnet commands .......................................................................................... 6-64
Command reference ................................................................................................... 7-1
Command programming notes ............................................................................................ 7-1
Placeholder text ........................................................................................................................ 7-1
Syntax rules .............................................................................................................................. 7-2
Logical instruments ................................................................................................................... 7-3
Time and date values ................................................................................................................ 7-4
Using the command reference ............................................................................................. 7-4
Command name and standard parameters summary ............................................................... 7-5
Command usage ....................................................................................................................... 7-6
Command details ...................................................................................................................... 7-7
Example section ........................................................................................................................ 7-7
Related commands and information .......................................................................................... 7-7
Commands ........................................................................................................................... 7-8
beeper.beep() ............................................................................................................................ 7-8
beeper.enable ........................................................................................................................... 7-8
bit.bitand() ................................................................................................................................. 7-9
bit.bitor() .................................................................................................................................... 7-9
bit.bitxor() ................................................................................................................................ 7-10
bit.clear() ................................................................................................................................. 7-11
bit.get() .................................................................................................................................... 7-11
bit.getfield() ............................................................................................................................. 7-12
bit.set() .................................................................................................................................... 7-13
bit.setfield() .............................................................................................................................. 7-14
bit.test() ................................................................................................................................... 7-15
bit.toggle() ............................................................................................................................... 7-15
bufferVar.appendmode ........................................................................................................... 7-16
2651A-901-01 Rev. A / March 2011
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