Models 707B and 708B Switching Matrix Reference Manual
Section 7: Command reference
707B-901-01 Rev. A / August 2010
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Figure 88: Command name and standard parameters summary
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Nonvolatile memory
System reset
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Yes
Attribute (RW)
1.
Instrument control 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.
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 control command.
•
LAN restore defaults
•
Reset:
This command has varied effects depending on how it is used. Reset actions include:
•
Channel
reset
•
Digital I/O trigger reset
•
Instrument
reset
•
LAN
reset
•
LAN restore defaults
•
Local node reset
•
Scan
reset
•
Status
reset
•
System
reset
•
Trigger blender reset
•
Trigger timer reset
•
TSP-Link trigger reset
