Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
Section 10: Instrument programming
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
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To assign a node number from the front panel of the instrument:
1. Press the
MENU
key, then select
TSPLINK > NODE
.
2. Press the navigation wheel and select the node number.
3. Press the
ENTER
key to save the number.
To assign a node number using a remote command:
Set the
tsplink.node
attribute of the instrument:
tsplink.node =
N
Where
:
N
= 1 to 64
To determine the node number of an instrument, you can read the
tsplink.node
attribute by
sending the following command:
print(tsplink.node)
The above
command outputs the node number. For example, if the node number is 1, a
1
is
displayed.
Resetting the TSP-Link network
After all the node numbers are set, you must initialize the system by performing a TSP-Link
®
network
reset.
If you change the system configuration after initialization, you must reinitialize the system by
performing a TSP-Link network reset. Changes that require that you reinitialize the TSP-Link network
include turning off power or rebooting any instrument in the system, or rearranging or disconnecting
the TSP-Link cable connections between instruments.
Front-panel operation
To reset the TSP-Link
®
network from the front panel:
1. Power on all instruments connected to the TSP-Link network.
2. Press the
MENU
key, select
TSPLINK
, and then press the
ENTER
key.
3. Turn the navigation wheel to select
RESET
, and then press the
ENTER
key.
Remote programming
The commands associated with the TSP-Link
®
system reset are listed in the following table.
TSP-Link reset commands
Command
Description
tsplink.reset()
Initializes the TSP-Link network
tsplink.state
Reads the state of the TSP-Link network:
▪
“
online
” if the most recent TSP-Link
reset was successful
▪
“
offline
” if the reset operation failed