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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 13: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 13-233
scan.background()
Remarks
This command may specify the reading buffer to use during scanning and the scan is
executed in the background. The reading buffer, if specified, will store the readings
and accompanying attributes desired for the scan. This command starts the scan.
Prior to using this command use scan.create and scan.add to setup scan elements.
Because scan is running in the background, use scan.state (on page 13-243) function
to see current status of scanning.
An error will be generated if the reading buffer does not exist or the parameter is not a
reading buffer.
Also see
scan.add() (on page 13-230)
scan.create() (on page 13-234)
scan.execute() (on page 13-236)
scan.list() (on page 13-237)
scan.state() (on page 13-243)
Example
To use reading buffer rbbuff1 and run scan in background:
scan.background(rbbuff1)