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 11-241
eventlog.overwritemethod
This attribute controls how the event log processes events if the event log is full.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Attribute (RW) Yes Instrument reset
Recall setup Create configuration script
Save setup 1
(eventlog.DISCARD_OLDEST)
Usage
method = eventlog.overwritemethod
eventlog.overwritemethod = method
method
Set to one of the following values:
▪
0
or
eventlog.DISCARD_NEWEST
: New entries are not logged
▪
1
or
eventlog.DISCARD_OLDEST
: Old entries are deleted as new events
are logged
Details
When this attribute is set to
eventlog.DISCARD_NEWEST
, new entries are not logged.
When this attribute is set to
eventlog.DISCARD_OLDEST
, the oldest entry is discarded when a new
entry is added.
Example
eventlog.overwritemethod = 0
When the log is full, the event log will ignore new entries.
Also see
eventlog.all() (on page 11-237)
eventlog.clear() (on page 11-238)
eventlog.count (on page 11-238)
eventlog.enable (on page 11-239)
eventlog.next() (on page 11-240)
exit()
This function stops a script that is presently running.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Function No
Usage
exit()
Details
Terminates script execution when called from a script that is being executed.
This command does not wait for overlapped commands to complete before terminating script
execution. If overlapped commands are required to finish, use the
waitcomplete()
function before
calling
exit()
.
Also see
waitcomplete() (on page 11-450)