2400S-903-01 Rev. E / September 2011 Return to Section Topics 1-29
Series 2400 SourceMeter® Quick Start Guide Section 1: Introduction
Programming examples
Programming examples for a linear, logarithmic, custo
m, and source memory sweep are provided 
in Table 16.
Table 1-16
Command sequences for sweep examples
Command* Comments
Linear staircase sweep:  See Figure 6
*RST Restore GPIB defaults (source V, measure I). 
:SOUR:VOLT  0 Set bias level to 0V. 
:SOUR:DEL 0.1 Set delay to 100ms. 
:SOUR:SWE:RANG  BEST Select best source ranging. 
:SOUR:VOLT:MODE  SWE Select the sweep source mode. 
:SOUR:SWE:SPAC  LIN Select the linear sweep scale. 
:SOUR:VOLT:STAR  1 Set start level to 1V. 
:SOUR:VOLT:STOP  10 Set stop level to 10V. 
:SOUR:VOLT:STEP  1 Set step level to 1V. 
:TRIG:COUN  10 Set trigger count to 10. 
:OUTP  ON Turn output on. 
:READ? Trigger sweep and acquire data. 
Logarithmic staircase sweep:  See Figure 7
*RST Restore GPIB defaults (source V, measure I). 
:SOUR:VOLT  0 Set bias level to 0V. 
:SOUR:DEL 0.1 Set delay to 100ms. 
:SOUR:SWE:RANG  BEST Select best source ranging. 
:SOUR:VOLT:MODE  SWE Select the sweep source mode. 
:SOUR:SWE:SPAC  LOG Select the log sweep scale. 
:SOUR:VOLT:STAR  1 Set start level to 1V. 
:SOUR:VOLT:STOP  10 Set stop level to 10V. 
:SOUR:SWE:POIN  5 Set number of sweep points to 5.
:TRIG:COUN  5 Set trigger count to 5. 
:OUTP  ON Turn output on. 
:READ? Trigger sweep and acquire data. 
Custom (list) sweep:  See Figure 8
*RST Restore GPIB defaults (source V, measure I). 
:SOUR:VOLT  0 Set bias level to 0V. 
:SOUR:DEL 0.1 Set delay to 100ms. 
:SOUR:SWE:RANG  BEST Select best source ranging. 
:SOUR:VOLT:MODE  LIST Select the list source mode. 
:SOUR:LIST:VOLT  1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0 Specify source list (1V, 0V, 1V, 0V, 1V and 0V). 
:TRIG:COUN  6 Set trigger count to 6.
:OUTP  ON
Turn output on. 
:READ? Trigger sweep and acquire data. 
*SourceMeter must be addressed to talk after sending :READ?  and :CALC:DATA? to acquire data.