Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Reference Manual

2470
High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual Section 14:
TSP command reference
2470-901-01 Rev. A / May 2019 14-83
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)
No
Restore configuration
Instrument reset
Power cycle
Configuration script
format.LITTLEENDIAN
Usage
order = format.byteorder
format.byteorder = order
order
Byte order value as follows:
 Most significant byte first: format.BIGENDIAN
 Least significant byte first:
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 t
he
format.REAL32
and format.REAL64 data formats.
If you are sending data to a computer with a Microsoft Windows operating system, select the
format.LITTLEENDIAN byte order.
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 14-82)
format.data (on page 14-84)
printbuffer() (on page 14-100)
printnumber() (on page 14-103)

Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 Specifications

General

Brand	Tektronix
Model	Keithley SourceMeter 2470
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English