Keithley 2600a series User Manual

2600AS-901-01 Rev. B / September 2008 Return to Section Topics 19-93
Series 2600A System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual Section 19: Remote Commands
makegetter and makesetter
These functions are used create functions that set and retrieve the value of an attribute.
makegetter
Function Creates a function to set the value of an attribute.
TSP-Link
accessibility
This function cannot be accessed from a remote TSP-Link node.
Usage getter = makegetter(table, attributename)
table Read-only table were the attribute is located.
attributename The string name of the attribute.
getter Function that returns the value of the attribute.
Remarks • This function creates a function that when called returns the value of the attribute. This function
is useful for aliasing attributes to improve execution speed. Calling the getter function will
execute faster than accessing the attribute directly.
• Creating a getter function is only useful if it is going to be called several times.
Otherwise the overhead of creating the getter function outweighs the overhead of accessing
the attribute directly.
Example Creates a getter function called getlevel:
getlevel = makegetter(smua.source, "levelv")
...
v = getlevel()
When getlevel is called, it returns the value of smua.source.levelv.
makesetter
Function Creates a function to set the value of an attribute.
TSP-Link
accessibility
This function cannot be accessed from a remote TSP-Link node.
Usage setter = makesetter(table, attributename)
table Read-only table where the attribute is located.
attributename The string name of the attribute.
setter Function that sets the value of the attribute.
Remarks • This function creates a function that when called sets the value of the attribute. This function is
useful for aliasing attributes to improve execution speed. Calling the
setter function will execute faster than accessing the attribute directly.
• Creating a setter function is only useful if it is going to be called several times.
Otherwise the overhead of creating the setter function outweighs the overhead of accessing
the attribute directly.
Example Creates a setter function called setlevel:
setlevel = makesetter(smua.source, "levelv")
for v = 1, 10 do
setlevel(v)
end
Using setlevel in the loop sets the value of smua.source.levelv, thereby
performing a source sweep.

Keithley 2600a series Specifications

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Brand	Keithley
Model	2600a series
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English