Keithley SourceMeter 2600 Series Reference Manual page 310

12-36 Instrument Control Library
display.setcursor
Function Sets the position of the cursor.
Usage There are two ways to use this function:
display.setcursor(row, column)
display.setcursor(row, column, style)
row
column
style
• Sending this command selects the user screen and then moves the cursor to the
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given location.
• An out of range parameter for
parameter for
• An out of range parameter for
• A blinking cursor will only be visible when it is positioned over displayed text. It
cannot be seen when positioned over a space character.
• The
are overlapped, non-blocking commands. That is, the script will NOT wait for one of
these commands to complete. These non-blocking functions do not immediately update
the display. For performance considerations, they write to a shadow and will update the
display as soon as processing time becomes available.
Details See "Sending
Also see display.clear, display.getcursor, display.gettext,
Positions cursor on row 2 column 1:
Example
display.setcursor(2, 1)
2600S-901-01 Rev. A / May 2006
Set number for the cursor (1 or 2).
row
Set
column
from 1 to 20. For row 2,
Set cursor
style
will set the cursor to column 20 (for row 1) or 32 (for row 2).
column
display.clear, display.setcursor,
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number for the cursor. For row 1,
can be set from 1 to 32.
column
to be invisible (0) or blink (1).
will set the cursor to row 2. An out of range
row
sets it to 0 (invisible).
style
and
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display.settext
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can be set
column
display.settext functions