Keithley 3700A Series, Reference Manual

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Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 11: TSP command reference
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018 11-83
Channels of type DAC, totalizer, and digital I/O are ignored.
Channel patterns are stored when you run the
createconfigscript()
command or
setup.save()
command.
Channel patterns are lost when power is cycled. Use
setup.recall()
or a script created with
createconfigscript()
to restore them.
If you change a pole setting for a channel that is associated with a channel pattern, the channel
pattern is deleted. Be sure to configure the pole setting for channels (
channel.setpole
) before
creating a channel pattern.
Example
channel.pattern.snapshot("voltagePath")
Creates a pattern named
voltagePath
that
contains the presently closed channels and
analog backplane relays.
Also see
createconfigscript() (on page 11-110)
channel.pattern.catalog() (on page 11-77)
channel.pattern.delete() (on page 11-78)
channel.pattern.getimage() (on page 11-78)
channel.pattern.setimage() (on page 11-79)
channel.setpole() (on page 11-96)
setup.save() (on page 11-356)
setup.recall() (on page 11-356)
channel.read()
This function reads a value from a totalizer, DAC, or digital I/O channel.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Function Yes
Usage
value = channel.read(" channelList ")
value = channel.read(" channelList ", width )
value = channel.read(" channelList ", width , readingBuffer )
value
Return string that lists the comma-delimited read values for the selected channels
channelList
The channels to set, using standard channel naming
width
Specifies reading over multiple consecutive channels (default 1)
readingBuffer
Reading buffer to store read values