Keithley 2600a series User Manual

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Section 19: Remote Commands Series 2600A System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
exit
This function is used to terminate a script that is presently running.
file I/O
You can use the file I/O commands to open, close, write data, or to read a file.
eventlog.overwritemethod
Attribute Indicates whether new entries will be logged and old entries deleted.
Default eventlog.DISCARD_OLDEST
TSP-Link
accessibility
This attribute can be accessed from a remote TSP-Link node.
Usage method = eventlog.overwritemethod -- Reads overwrite method.
eventlog.overwritemethod = method -- Writes overwrite method.
method The overwrite setting.
Set method to one of the following values:
0 or DISCARD_NEWEST New entries will not be logged.
1 or DISCARD_OLDEST Old entries will be deleted as new events are logged.
Remarks • Controls how the event log processes new events if the event log is full.
• When this attribute is set to eventlog.DISCARD_NEWEST, new entries will be not be logged.
• When this attribute is set to eventlog.DISCARD_OLDEST, the oldest entry is discarded when a
new entry is added.
Example Configure the event log to ignore new entries when the log is full:
eventlog.overwritemethod = 0
exit
Function Stops execution of a script.
TSP-Link
accessibility
This function cannot be accessed from a remote TSP-Link node.
Usage exit()
Remarks • Terminates script execution when called from a script that is being executed.
This command will not wait for overlapped commands to complete before terminating script
execution. If overlapped commands are required to finish, use the
waitcomplete function prior to calling exit.
Also see System behavior, Abort in Section 14.
file:close
Function Closes a file.
TSP-Link
accessibility
This function cannot be accessed from a remote TSP-Link node.
Usage file:close()
file The file descriptor to close.
Remarks • This command is equivalent to io.close(file).
• Note that files are automatically closed when the file descriptors are garbage collected.
Also see file:write

Keithley 2600a series Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	2600a series
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English