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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 13: Instrument Control Library (ICL)

3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 13-243

scan.scancount

Attribute

Set or query the scan count value.

Usage

To read the count:

count = scan.scancount

count: Present scan count value being used

To write the count:

scan.scancount = count

count: Value to set the scan count. Valid range: 1 to 32000.

Remarks

This attribute sets the scan count in the trigger model. During a scan, the Series 3700

will iterate through the arm layer of the trigger model this many times. After performing

this count iterations, the Series 3700 will return to idle.

The reset value for this attribute is 1.

Example

To set the arm count to 5:

scan.scancount = 5

scan.state()

Function

Command to use when running a scan in the background to see present state.

Usage

ScanState = scan.state()

Details

Command to use when running a scan in the background to see present state. See

scan.execute() (on page 13-236) or scan.background() (on page 13-232) for details on

output. This output matches the return values of execute or background command.

Also see

scan.background() (on page 13-232)

scan.execute() (on page 13-236)

Example

To see the current scan state:

ScanState = scan.state()

print(ScanState)

print(scan.state())