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Model 2651A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 7: Command reference

2651A-901-01 Rev. A / March 2011 7-59

Example 1

display.clear()

display.setcursor(1, 1)

display.settext("ABCDEFGHIJ$DKLMNOPQRST")

display.setcursor(2, 1)

display.settext("abcdefghijklm$Bnopqrstuvwxyz$F123456")

print(display.gettext())

print(display.gettext(true))

print(display.gettext(false, 2))

print(display.gettext(true, 2, 9))

print(display.gettext(false, 2, 9, 10))

This example shows how to retrieve the display text in multiple ways. The output is:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST$Nabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456

$RABCDEFGHIJ$DKLMNOPQRST$N$Rabcdefghijklm$Bnopqrstuvwxyz$F123456

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456

$Rijklm$Bnopqrstuvwxyz$F123456

Example 2

display.clear()

display.settext("User Screen")

text = display.gettext()

print(text)

This outputs all text in both lines of the display:

User Screen $N

This indicates that the message “User Screen” is on the top line. The bottom line is blank.

Also see

display.clear() (on page 7-54)

display.getcursor()

(on page 7-56)

display.setcursor()

(on page 7-69)

display.settext()

(on page 7-70)

display.inputvalue()

This function displays a formatted input field on the instrument display that the operator can edit.

Type TSP-Link accessible

Affected by Where saved Default value

Function Yes

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