Section 7: TSP command reference
Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
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2600BS-901-01 Rev. C / August 2016
tspnet.execute()
This function sends a command string to the remote device.
Type
TSP-Link accessible
Affected by
Where saved
Default value
Function
No
Usage
tspnet.execute(
connectionID
,
commandString
)
value1
= tspnet.execute(
connectionID, commandString, formatString
)
value1, value2
= tspnet.execute(
connectionID, commandString, formatString
)
value1, ..., valueN
= tspnet.execute(
connectionID, commandString, formatString
)
connectionID
The connection ID returned from
tspnet.connect()
commandString
The command to send to the remote device
value1
The first value decoded from the response message
value2
The second value decoded from the response message
valueN
The
N
th value decoded from the response message; there is one return value for
each format specifier in the format string
...
One or more values separated with commas
formatString
Format string for the output
Details
This command sends a command string to the remote instrument. A termination is added to the
command string when it is sent to the remote instrument (
tspnet.termination()
). You can also
specify a format string, which causes the command to wait for a response from the remote
instrument. The Series 2600B decodes the response message according to the format specified in
the format string and returns the message as return values from the function (see
tspnet.read()
for format specifiers).
When this command is sent to a TSP-enabled instrument, the Series 2600B suspends operation until
a timeout error is generated or until the instrument responds, even if no format string is specified. The
TSP prompt from the remote instrument is read and thrown away. The Series 2600B places any
remotely generated errors into its error queue. When the optional format string is not specified, this
command is equivalent to
tspnet.write()
, except that a termination is automatically added to the
end of the command.
Example 1
tspnet.execute(instrumentID, "runScript()")
Command the remote
device to run a script
named
runScript
.
Example 2
tspnet.termination(instrumentID, tspnet.TERM_CRLF)
tspnet.execute(instrumentID, "*idn?")
print("tspnet.execute returns:", tspnet.read(instrumentID))
Print the
*idn?
string from
the remote device.
Also see
(on page 7-400)
(on page 7-403)
(on page 7-410)