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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 13: Instrument Control Library (ICL)
3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 13-263
slot[X].startchannel.totalizer
Attribute
The starting channel that supports a totalizer.
Usage
start = slot[X].startchannel.totalizer
[X]: Slot number (1 to 6)
Remarks
This attribute does not exist for a slot if a card is not installed or the card installed does
not support totalizer channels. In these cases, the return value is nil. If supported,
the return value is a number representing the starting channel.
Example
To query for starting totalizer channel on Slot 4:
StartTotalizerChan = slot[4].startchannel.totalizer
slot[X].startchannel.voltage
Attribute
The starting channel that supports voltage or 2-wire measurements.
Usage
start = slot[X].startchannel.voltage
[X]: Slot number (1 to 6)
Remarks
This attribute will not exist for a slot if a card is not installed or the card installed does
not support voltage channels. In these cases, the return value will be nil. If supported,
the return value will be a number representing the starting channel.
Example
To query for starting voltage channel on Slot 4:
StartVoltageChan = slot[4].startchannel.voltage
slot[X].tempsensor
Attribute
Indicates whether a card in slot X supports temperature sensor channels or not.
Usage
temp_sensor = slot[X].tempsensor
[X]: Slot number (1 to 6)
Remarks
This attribute will not exist for a slot if a card is not installed or the card installed does
not support temperature sensor channels. In these cases, the return value will be nil. If
temperature sensor channels are supported, the returned value will be 1.
Example
To query if Slot 1 supports temperature sensor channels:
TempSensors1 = slot[1].tempsensors
slot[X].thermal.state
Attribute
Indicates the thermal state of a card, if supported.
Usage
value = slot[X].thermal.state
[X]: Slot number (1 to 6)
value: Indicates whether or not the thermal state of card is getting warm to affect the
card's specifications. The thermal state's possible return values:
nil: no card is installed or card installed does not support thermal state detection.
0: Means the thermal conditions on card are okay.
1: Means thermal conditions of the card are at a point where specs may be affected.