Agilent Technologies 34420A, User Manual

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To Prepare the Meter For Use
The following steps help you verify that the meter is ready for use.
1 Check the list of supplied items.
Verify that you have received the following items with your meter. If any
item is missing, contact your nearest Hewlett-Packard Sales Office.
One low thermal input cable.
One low thermal four-wire shorting plug.
One power cord.
This User’s Guide .
One Service Guide .
One folded Quick Reference card.
Certificate of Calibration with removeable calibration label.
One bottle of DeoxIT

contact cleaner.
2 Connect the power cord and turn the meter on.
The front panel display will light up while the meter performs its
power-on self-test. The HP-IB bus address is displayed. The meter is left
in 6
1
/
2
digit resolution, channel 1 input, and digital filter on.
To view the display with all annunciators turned on,
hold down
Shift
as you turn on the meter .
3 Perform a complete self-test.
The complete self-test performs a more extensive series of tests than
those performed at power-on. Hold down
Shift
as you press the
power switch to turn on the meter; continue to hold
Shift
for more than
5 seconds . The self-test will begin when you release the key.
If the self-test is successful, "PASS" is displayed on the front panel. If the
test is not successful, "FAIL" is displayed and the
ERROR
annunciator
turns on. See the Service Guide for instructions on returning the meter to
Hewlett-Packard for service.
DeoxIT

is a trademark of CAIG Laboratories, Inc., San Diego, California.
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