Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 11: TSP command reference
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018 11-323
scan.nobufferexecute()
This function starts a scan immediately and specifies that no reading buffer is used during scanning.
Usage
state, scanCount, stepCount = scan.nobufferbackground()
The result of scanning:
â–ª scan.EMPTY or 0
â–ª scan.BUILDING or 1
â–ª scan.RUNNING or 2
â–ª scan.ABORTED or 3
â–ª scan.FAILED or 4
â–ª scan.FAILED_INIT or 5
â–ª scan.SUCCESS or 6
The present number of scans that have completed
The present number of steps have completed
Details
Before using this command, use scan.create(), scan.add(), and scan.addimagestep() to
set up scan elements. If a reading buffer is specified, an error is generated.
The command continues execution until scanning completes or is aborted by the user.
To run a scan immediately with a reading buffer, see scan.execute() (on page 11-317).
Example
Runs the scan immediately with no reading
buffer.
Also see
scan.add() (on page 11-309)
scan.background() (on page 11-313)
scan.create() (on page 11-315)
scan.execute() (on page 11-317)
scan.list() (on page 11-318)
scan.nobufferbackground() (on page 11-322)
scan.state() (on page 11-326)
Scanning and triggering (on page 5-23)