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2400S-903-01 Rev. E / September 2011
Section 1: Introduction
Series 2400 SourceMeter® Quick Start Guide
NOTE Table 15 does not provide a complete listing of sweep commands.
Documentation for all sweep commands can be found in Section 10
of the 2400 Series Source-Meter User’s Manual
.
Table 1-15
SCPI commands; sweeping
Command
*
Description
:SOURce:xxx:MODE <name>
Select source mode; <name> = FIXed, LIST or
SWEep.
:SOURce:DELay <n>
Set source delay; <n> = 0 to 9999.9980 (sec).
:SOURce:DELay:AUTO <b>
Enable/disable auto delay; <b> = ON or OFF.
:TRIGger:COUNt <n>
Set trigger count; <n> = Number of points in
sweep.
Linear and logarithmic sweeps:
:SOURce:SWEep:SPACing
<name>
Select sweep scale; <name> = LINear or
LOGarithmic.
:SOURce:SWEep:RANGing
<name>
Select source ranging: <name> = BEST, AUTO,
or
FIXed.
:SOURce:xxx:STARt <n>
Specify sweep start level; <n> = V or I source
value.
:SOURce:xxx:STOP <n>
Specify sweep stop level; <n> = V or I source
value.
:SOURce:xxx:STEP <n>
Specify linear sweep step level; <n> = V or I
source
value.
:SOURce:SWEep:POINts <n>
Set number of sweep points; <n> = 2 to 2500.
Custom (list) sweep:
:SOURce:LIST:xxx <list>
Define source list; <list> = value1, value2, ...
valueN.
:SOURce:LIST:xxx:APPend <list>
Add source list value(s); <list> = value1, value2,
...
valueN.
:SOURce:LIST:xxx:POINts?
Query length of source list.
Source memory sweep:
:SOURce:FUNCtion MEM
Select source memory sweep mode.
:SOURce:MEMory:SAVE <n>
Save setup in memory location; <n> = 1 to 100.
:SOURce:MEMory:RECall <n>
Return to specified setup; <n> = 1 to 100.
:SOURce:MEMory:STARt <n>
Set source memory start location; <n> = 1 to 100.
:SOURce:MEMory:POINts <n>
Specify number of sweep points; <n> = 1 to 100.
*:xxx = :VOLTage or :CURRent.
