System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 7:
2600BS-901-01 Rev. B / May 2013 7-19
Usage
bufferVar.clearcache()
The reading buffer; can be a dynamically allocated user-defined buffer or a
dedicated reading buffer
Details
This function clears all readings from the specified cache.
If you run successive operations that overwrite reading buffer data, the reading buffer may return stale cache
data. This can happen when you:
• Initiate successive sweeps without reconfiguring the sweep measurements. Watch for this when running
Lua code remotely on more than one node, because values in the reading buffer cache may change
while the Lua code is running.
• Overwrite data in the reading buffer by setting the bufferVar.fillmode attribute to
smuX.FILL_WINDOW.
To avoid this, you can include explicit calls to the bufferVar.clearcache() function to remove stale values
from the reading buffer cache.
Example
smua.nvbuffer1.clearcache()
Clears the reading buffer cache for
dedicated reading buffer 1 (source-measure
Also see
bufferVar.fillmode (on page 7-22)
Reading buffers (on page 3-6)
Removing stale values from the reading buffer cache (on page 6-59)
smuX.nvbufferY (on page 7-215)
bufferVar.collectsourcevalues
This attribute sets whether or not source values will be stored with the readings in the buffer.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Usage
state = bufferVar.collectsourcevalues
bufferVar.collectsourcevalues = state
Source value collection status; set to one of the following:
• 0: Source value collection disabled (off)
•
: Source value collection enabled (on)
The reading buffer; can be a dynamically allocated buffer (user-defined), or a
dedicated reading buffer (such as
)