Keithley 2461 Reference Manual

Section
8: TSP command reference Model 2461 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument
Reference Manual
8-78 2461-901-01 A/November 2015
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 the
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 8-77)
format.data (on page 8-79)
printbuffer() (on page 8-93)
printnumber() (on page 8-96)

Keithley 2461 Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	2461
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English