Series 2600 System SourceMeters Reference Manual System Expansion (TSP-Link) 9-5
Return to Section 9 topics 2600S-901-01 Rev. A / May 2006
Front panel operation
The TSP-Link reset can be performed from the MAIN MENU of any instrument;
this process is summarized in
Table 9-2.
Table 9-2
Resetting the TSP-Link from the front panel
Series 2600 MAIN MENU
1) Press the MENU key to access MAIN MENU.
2) Select the COMMUNICATION menu.
3) Select the TSPLINK-CFG menu.
4) Select the RESET to initialize the TSP-Link.
Remote programming
The commands associated with TSP-Link reset are listed in Table 9-3.
Table 9-3
TSP-Link reset commands
Command Description
tsplink.reset()
Initializes the TSP-Link system.
tsplink.state
Returns online if the most recent TSP-Link reset was
successful. Returns
offline if the reset failed.
An attempted TSP-Link reset will fail if any of the following conditions are true:
• Two or more instruments in the system have the same node number.
• There are no other instruments connected to the unit performing the reset.
• One or more of the units in the system is not powered on.
Programming example – The following code will reset the TSP-Link and output
its state:
tsplink.reset()
print(tsplink.state)
If the reset is successful, online will be returned to indicate that communications
with all nodes have been established.