Over the years, instrument manufacturers have been using "programmable instruments standard instruction" or SCPI control measuring instrument system of programmable test and measurement equipment, SCPI for control of test and measurement instruments and provides a unified, consistent language, whether manufacturers or instrument type, can using the same SCPI command and response control equipment in the corresponding instrument functions,
Keithley 3700 series system switch/latest Multimeter instrument specially without using SCPI commands, and using the internal test script processor (TSP) processing and run is called "script" program, transplanted to the TSP is to meet the needs of today's system of common higher system throughput, with arbitrary TSP communication instrument and use Namisoft NS - Multimeter digital Multimeter SPC software application and application development environment to conventional measuring instrument is the same, users only need to use communication interface send text string contains TSL or ICL instructions to measuring instruments, although keithley offers called "test script generator (TSB) application suite, but it won't be the only tool and measuring instrument communication, also won't replace Namisoft NS - Multimeter digital Multimeter SPC software application, TSB is a basic tool for the development of TSP instrument script,
Scripts are instrument control instruction and/or a collection of program statements, program statements the script is running and provides control variables, functions, conditional transfer and circulation control and TSB is a programming interface; Users can use it to create powerful, high speed, multi-channel test and downloaded to volatile memory of the equipment or nonvolatile memory, download the script, the equipment can come to fruition in the manner that is independent of the system main controller self control, this function make the system controller to take the time to contact the other devices more frequently on the frame, thus increasing the total system throughput, in addition, the 3700 series have deep memory; Program memory can save 50000 lines of code and data memory can save at least 450000 readings,