2606B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Section 7: TSP command reference
2606B-901-01 Rev. B / May 2018
7-143
Commands do not generate prompts. The instrument generates prompts in response to command
completion.
Prompts are enabled or disabled only for the remote interface that is active when you send the
command. For example, if you enable prompts when the LAN connection is active, they will not be
enabled for a subsequent USB connection.
Do not disable prompting when using Test Script Builder. Test Script Builder requires prompts and
sets the prompting mode automatically. If you disable prompting, the instrument will stop responding
when you communicate using Test Script Builder because it is waiting for a common complete
prompt from Test Script Builder.
Example
localnode.prompts = 1
Enable prompting.
Also see
(on page 7-358)
localnode.prompts4882
This attribute enables and disables the generation of prompts for IEEE Std 488.2 common commands.
Type
TSP-Link accessible
Affected by
Where saved
Default value
Attribute (RW)
Yes
Power cycle
Not saved
1 (enabled)
Usage
prompting
= localnode.prompts4882
localnode.prompts4882 =
prompting
prompting
IEEE Std 488.2 prompting mode:
Disable prompting:
0
Enable prompting:
1
Details
When this attribute is enabled, the IEEE Std 488.2 common commands generate prompts if
prompting is enabled with the
localnode.prompts
attribute. If
localnode.prompts4882
is
enabled, limit the number of
*trg
commands sent to a running script to 50 regardless of the setting
of the
localnode.prompts
attribute.
When this attribute is disabled, IEEE Std 488.2 common commands will not generate prompts. When
using the
*trg
command with a script that executes
trigger.wait()
repeatedly, disable
prompting to avoid problems associated with the command interface input queue filling.
Example
localnode.prompts4882 = 0
Disables IEEE Std 488.2 common command prompting.
Also see
