Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Section 7: TSP command reference
2600BS-901-01 Rev. B / May 2013
7-65
Example 1
display.clear()
display.setcursor(1, 1)
display.settext("ABCDEFGHIJ$DKLMNOPQRST")
display.setcursor(2, 1)
display.settext("abcdefghijklm$Bnopqrstuvwxyz$F123456")
print(display.gettext())
print(display.gettext(true))
print(display.gettext(false, 2))
print(display.gettext(true, 2, 9))
print(display.gettext(false, 2, 9, 10))
This example shows how to retrieve the display text in multiple ways. The output is:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST$Nabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456
$RABCDEFGHIJ$DKLMNOPQRST$N$Rabcdefghijklm$Bnopqrstuvwxyz$F123456
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456
$Rijklm$Bnopqrstuvwxyz$F123456
ij
Example 2
display.clear()
display.settext("User Screen")
text = display.gettext()
print(text)
This outputs all text in both lines of the display:
User Screen $N
This indicates that the message “User Screen” is on the top line. The bottom line is blank.
Also see
display.clear()
(on page 7-60)
display.getcursor()
(on page 7-62)
display.setcursor()
(on page 7-75)
display.settext()
(on page 7-76)
display.inputvalue()
This function displays a formatted input field on the instrument display that the operator can edit.
Type
TSP-Link accessible
Affected by
Where saved
Default value
Function
Yes
Usage
display.inputvalue(
format
)
display.inputvalue(
format
,
default
)
display.inputvalue(
format
,
default
,
minimum
)
display.inputvalue(
format
,
default
,
minimum
,
maximum
)
format
A string that defines how the input field is formatted; see Details for more information
default
The default value for the input value
minimum
The minimum input value
maximum
The maximum input value
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