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Section 13: Instrument Control Library (ICL) Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
13-56 3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008
channel.getpowerstate()
Function
Gets the current power state attribute for a channel.
Usage
<state(s)> = channel.getpowerstate (<ch_list>)
state: Return string of a comma-delimited list of power states.
ch_list: String specifying the channels to query, using normal channel list syntax.
Remarks
See card-specific documentation for important potential implications (warmup times,
effective coverage, use cases, and so on) when disabling power to a channel.
Not all channels can be disabled. If included in a range, they are ignored; otherwise,
an error is generated.
Also see
channel.setpowerstate() (on page 13-80)
Example
To get the current power state attribute for a channel:
print(channel.getpowerstate ("1006"))
channel.getstate()
Function
Queries the state indicators of a channel.
Usage
<state> = channel.getstate(<ch_list>, [<indicator_mask>])
state: Return string listing the comma-delimited states for channels in ch_list.
ch_list: String specifying the channels to query, using normal channel list syntax.
indicator_mask: Value to specify only certain indicators. If omitted, all indicators are
returned.