Keithley 707B, Reference Manual

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Models 707B and 708B Switching Matrix Reference Manual Section 7: Command reference
707B-901-01 Rev. A / August 2010 7-67
display.clear()
This function clears all lines of the display.
Type TSP-Link accessible
Affected by Where saved Default value
Function Yes
Usage
display.clear()
Details
This function switches to the user screen and then clears the display.
The
display.clear()
,
display.setcursor()
, and
display.settext()
functions are overlapped,
nonblocking commands. That is, the script does NOT wait for one of these commands to complete. These
nonblocking functions do not immediately update the display. For performance considerations, they update the
physical display as soon as processing time becomes available.
Also see
display.setcursor() (on page 7-81)
display.settext() (on page 7-82)
display.getannunciators()
This function reads the annunciators (indicators) that are presently turned on.
Type TSP-Link accessible
Affected by Where saved Default value
Function Yes
Usage
annunciators = display.getannunciators()
annunciators The bitmasked value showing which indicators are turned on
Details
This function returns a bitmasked value showing which indicators are turned on. The 16-bit binary equivalent of
the returned value is the bitmask. The return value is a sum of set annunciators, based on the weighted value, as
shown in the table below.
Annunciator (indicator) bitmasked values
Indicator Bit Weighted value
Indicator
Bit Weighted value
FILT 1 1 EDIT 9 256
MATH 2 2 ERR 10 512
4W 3 4 REM 11 1024
AUTO 4 8 TALK 12 2048
ARM 5 16 LSTN 13 4096
TRIG 6 32 SRQ 14 8192
*(star) 7 64 REAR 15 16384
SMPL 8 128 REL 16 32768