Keithley 2636 Reference Manual

2600S-901-01 Rev. C / January 2008 Return to Section Topics 14-13
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
Table 14-3.
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).

Keithley 2636 Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	2636
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English