Section 7: Command reference Model 2651A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
7-366 2651A-901-01 Rev. A / March 2011
Also see
tspnet.connect() (on page 7-361)
tspnet.readavailable()
(on page 7-366)
tspnet.timeout
(on page 7-368)
tspnet.write()
(on page 7-371)
tspnet.readavailable()
This function checks to see if data is available from the remote device.
Type TSP-Link accessible
Affected by Where saved Default value
Function Yes
Usage
bytesAvailable = tspnet.readavailable(connectionID)
bytesAvailable
The number of bytes available to be read from the connection
connectionID
The connection ID returned from tspnet.connect()
Details
This command checks to see if any output data is available from the device. No data is read from the instrument.
This allows TSP scripts to continue to run without waiting on a remote command to finish.
Example
ID = tspnet.connect("192.0.2.1")
tspnet.write(ID, "*idn?\r\n")
repeat
bytes = tspnet.readavailable(ID)
until bytes > 0
print(tspnet.read(ID))
tspnet.disconnect(ID)
Send commands that will create data.
Wait for data to be available.
Also see
tspnet.connect() (on page 7-361)
tspnet.read()
(on page 7-365)
tspnet.reset()
This function disconnects all TSP-Net sessions.
Type TSP-Link accessible
Affected by Where saved Default value
Function Yes