2600S-901-01 Rev. C / January 2008
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Series 2600 System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
Section 14: Display Operations
display.settext("Press TRIG to continue")
display.trigger.wait(600)
display.trigger.clear()
display.clear()
After trigger detection is satisfied (TRIG key pressed or timeout occurred), the trigger detector and
the display will clear.
Key-press codes
Sending keycodes
Keycodes are provided to remotely “press” a front key or the Rotary Knob. There are also
keycodes to “rotate” the Knob to the left or right (one click at a time). Use the
display.sendkey
function to perform these actions:
display.sendkey(keycode)
where:
keycode
is the value of the front panel control. The keycode for each control is listed
alphabetically in
Key press example:
Either of the following commands will press the
MENU
key:
display.sendkey(display.KEY_MENU)
Table 14-3
Keycodes to send for display.sendkey
display.KEY_AUTO
or
73
display.KEY_CONFIG
or
80
display.KEY_DIGITSA
or
87
display.KEY_DIGITSB
or
84
display.KEY_DISPLAY
or
72
display.KEY_ENTER
or
82
display.KEY_EXIT
or
75
display.KEY_FILTERA
or
77
display.KEY_FILTERB
or
74
display.KEY_LEFT
or
104
display.KEY_LIMITA
or
93
display.KEY_LIMITB
or
90
display.KEY_LOAD
or
95
display.KEY_MEASA
or
86
display.KEY_MEASB
or
83
display.KEY_MENU
or
68
display.KEY_MODEA
or
69
display.KEY_MODEB
or
66
display.KEY_OUTPUTA
or
88
display.KEY_OUTPUTB
or
96
display.KEY_RANGEDOWN
or
81
display.KEY_RANGEUP
or
65
display.KEY_RECALL
or
85
display.KEY_RELA
or
70
display.KEY_RELB
or
67
display.KEY_RIGHT
or
103
display.KEY_RUN
or
71
display.KEY_SPEEDA
or
94
display.KEY_SPEEDB
or
91
display.KEY_SRCA
or
79
display.KEY_SRCB
or
76
display.KEY_STORE
or
78
display.KEY_TRIG
or
92
display.WHEEL_ENTER
or
97
display.WHEEL_LEFT
or
107
display.WHEEL_RIGHT
or
114
display.sendkey(68)
Capturing key-press codes
A history of the keycode for the last pressed front panel key is maintained by the Series 2600.
When the instrument is powered-on (or when transitioning from local to remote), the keycode is set
to
0
(
display.KEY_NONE)
.
