Series 2600B System SourceMeter® instrument User's Manual
Section 3: Instrument description
2600BS-900-01 Rev. A / August 2021
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The following programming example illustrates how to position the cursor on row 2, column 1, and
then read the cursor position:
display.setcursor(2, 1)
row, column = display.getcursor()
print(row, column)
Output:
2.00 1.00
Displaying text messages
To define and display a message, use the
display.settext(
text
)
function, where
text
is the
text string to be displayed. The message starts at the present cursor position. The following
programming example illustrates how to display
Test in Process
on the top line, and
Do Not
Disturb
on the bottom line:
display.clear()
display.setcursor(1, 1, 0)
display.settext("Test in Process")
display.setcursor(2, 6, 0)
display.settext("Do Not Disturb")
Character codes
The following special codes can be embedded in the
text
string to configure and customize
the message:
•
$N
: Starts text on the next line (newline). If the cursor is already on line 2, text is ignored after the
‘
$N
’ is received.
•
$R
: Sets text to Normal.
•
$B
: Sets text to Blink.
•
$D
: Sets text to Dim intensity.
•
$F
: Set text to background blink.
•
$$
: Escape sequence to display a single “$”.
In addition to displaying alphanumeric characters, you can display other special characters. Refer to
the
Series 2600B Reference Manual
, “Display character codes,” for a list of special characters and
their corresponding codes.
The following programming example illustrates how to display the Greek symbol omega (Ω):
display.clear()
c = string.char(18)
display.settext(c)
