Tektronix Keithley SourceMeter 2470 - Tspnet.readavailable()

Section
14: TSP command reference 2470 High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument
Reference Manual
14-282 2470-901-01 Rev. A / May 2019
Also see
tspnet.connect() (on page 14-277)
tspnet.readavailable() (on page 14-282)
tspnet.timeout (on page 14-284)
tspnet.write() (on page 14-287)
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 No
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 14-277)
tspnet.read() (on page 14-281)