Series 2600A System SourceMeter
®
Instruments Reference Manual Table of Contents
2600AS-901-01 Rev. B / September 2008 v
Section Topic Page
Using the assert() function to generate trigger events...................... 10-24
Using the release() function of the hardware lines ........................... 10-24
Using the set() function to bypass SMU event detectors.................. 10-24
Event detector overruns.................................................................... 10-25
Examples using interactive triggering............................................... 10-25
Hardware trigger modes for digital I/O and TSP-Link synchronization lines 10-27
Falling edge trigger mode................................................................. 10-27
Rising edge master trigger mode...................................................... 10-29
Rising edge acceptor trigger mode................................................... 10-30
Either edge trigger mode.................................................................. 10-31
Understanding synchronous triggering modes........................................ 10-32
Synchronous master trigger mode (SynchronousM) ........................ 10-32
Synchronous acceptor trigger mode (SynchronousA)...................... 10-34
Synchronous trigger mode................................................................ 10-35
11 Display Operations.............................................................................. 11-1
Display functions and attributes ................................................................ 11-2
Display features ........................................................................................ 11-2
Display screen.................................................................................... 11-2
Measurement functions ...................................................................... 11-3
Display resolution ............................................................................... 11-3
Display messages..................................................................................... 11-4
Clearing the display ............................................................................ 11-4
Cursor position.................................................................................... 11-4
Displaying text messages................................................................... 11-5
Input prompting ......................................................................................... 11-7
Menu................................................................................................... 11-7
Parameter value prompting ................................................................ 11-8
Indicators................................................................................................... 11-9
LOCAL lockout........................................................................................ 11-10
Load test menu ....................................................................................... 11-10
Loading and saving a user script...................................................... 11-11
Adding USER TESTS menu entries ................................................. 11-11
Deleting USER TESTS menu entries ............................................... 11-12
Running a test from the front panel .................................................. 11-12
Key-press codes ..................................................................................... 11-12
Sending key codes ........................................................................... 11-12
Capturing key-press codes............................................................... 11-13
12 TSP Fundamentals and Script Management................................. 12-1
Introduction ............................................................................................... 12-2
Test Script Processor (TSP) ............................................................... 12-2
Run-time environment ........................................................................ 12-2
Queries............................................................................................... 12-3
Scripts................................................................................................. 12-3
Naming scripts.................................................................................... 12-3
Renaming Scripts ............................................................................... 12-4
Functions............................................................................................ 12-4
Scripts that create functions ............................................................... 12-4
Programming overview ............................................................................. 12-5
What is a chunk? ................................................................................ 12-5
What is a script? ................................................................................. 12-5
Run-time environment ........................................................................ 12-6
Nonvolatile memory............................................................................ 12-6
TSP script types.................................................................................. 12-7
Programming model for scripts........................................................... 12-7
User scripts ............................................................................................... 12-8
Creating a user script.......................................................................... 12-8
Script examples .................................................................................. 12-9
Saving a user script.......................................................................... 12-11
Loading scripts from the USB flash drive.......................................... 12-13
Running a user script........................................................................ 12-14