Keithley 2657A User Manual

Section 7: TSP command reference Model 2657A High Power System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
7-92 2657A-901-01 Rev. B/December 2012
format.byteorder
This attribute sets the binary byte order for the data that is printed using the printnumber() and
printbuffer() functions.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Attribute (RW) Yes Instrument reset
Recall setup
Not saved 1 (format.LITTLEENDIAN)
Usage
order = format.byteorder
format.byteorder = order
order
Byte order value as follows:
• Most significant byte first: 0, format.NORMAL, format.NETWORK, or
format.BIGENDIAN
• Least significant byte first: 1, format.SWAPPED or format.LITTLEENDIAN
Details
This attribute selects the byte order in which data is written when you are printing data values with the
printnumber() and printbuffer() functions. The byte order attribute is only used with the
format.SREAL, format.REAL, format.REAL32, and format.REAL64 data formats.
format.NORMAL, format.BIGENDIAN, and format.NETWORK select the same byte order. format.SWAPPED
and format.LITTLEENDIAN select the same byte order. Selecting which to use is a matter of preference.
Select the format.SWAPPED or format.LITTLEENDIAN byte order when sending data to a computer with a
Microsoft Windows operating system.
Example
x = 1.23
format.data = format.REAL32
format.byteorder = format.LITTLEENDIAN
printnumber(x)
format.byteorder = format.BIGENDIAN
printnumber(x)
Output depends on the terminal program
you use, but will look something like:
#0¤p??
#0??p¤
Also see
format.asciiprecision (on page 7-91)
format.data
(on page 7-93)
printbuffer()
(on page 7-149)
printnumber()
(on page 7-150)

Keithley 2657A Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	2657A
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English