Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
Section 11: TSP command reference
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
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Command name and standard parameters summary
Each instrument command description starts with the command name, followed by a table with
relevant information for each command. Definitions for the numbered items in the figure below are
listed following the figure.
Figure 138: Command name and summary table
1.
Instrument command name
. Signals the beginning of the command description and is followed
by a brief description of what the command does.
2.
Type of command
. Options are:
▪
Function
. Function-based commands control actions or activities, but are not always directly related to
instrument operation. Function names are always followed by a set of parentheses, for example,
digio.writeport(15)
.
If the function does not need a parameter, the parentheses set remains
empty, for example,
exit()
.
▪
Attribute (R),
(RW),
or
(W)
. Attribute-based commands set or read the characteristics of an instrument
feature or operation by defining a value. For example, a characteristic of a TSP-enabled instrument is
the model number (
localnode.model
); another characteristic is the number of errors in the error
queue (
errorqueue.count
). For many attributes, the defined value is a number or predefined
constant. Attributes can be read-only (R), read-write (RW), or write-only (W), and can be used as a
parameter of a function or assigned to another variable.
▪
Constant.
A constant command represents a fixed value when used in a script.
3.
TSP
-
Link accessible
.
Yes
or
No
; indicates whether or not the command can accessed through a
TSP-Link network.
4.
Affected by
. Commands or actions that have a direct effect on the instrument command.
▪
DMM configuration recall
▪
DMM function change
▪
DMM reset
▪
LAN reset
▪
Recall setup
▪
Reset:
Reset commands affect commands in different ways, depending on the type of reset. Types of
reset include:
- Channel reset
- Status reset
- Digital I/O trigger reset
- Trigger blender reset
- Instrument reset
- Trigger timer reset
- Local node reset
- TSP-Link trigger reset
- Scan reset
