2308-900-01 Rev. A / July 2008
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Model 2308 Portable Device Battery/Charger Simulator User’s Manual
Section 3: Pulse Current Measurements
To change the trigger level setting for a current range (from within pulse current TLEV
menu screen):
Step 1:
Place the blinking cursor on the “A” at the far right end of line two of the display.
Step 2:
Press the
▲
or
▼
keys to display the desired current range trigger level setting option.
Step 3:
Press the
▲
,
▼
, ,
or keys to scroll to the desired trigger level setting (in amps).
Step 4:
Press
ENTER
to update the trigger level setting for the displayed current range.
Pulse current display mode
Pulse current measurements are displayed with the pulse current display mode selected.
To display the pulse current:
1. Press
the
DISPLAY
key to access the display menu.
2. If the desired active channel is not selected, use the or keys to scroll to
DISPLAY TYPE
#1
or
DISPLAY TYPE #2
.
3. Press
the
▲
or
▼
keys until
PULSE CURRENT
is displayed.
4.
Press
ENTER
to select.
5. Use
the
▲
or
▼
keys to display the desired pulse measurement;
PULSE HI
,
PULSE LO
, or
PULSE AVG
.
Pulse current measurement procedure
The following steps summarize the procedure to perform pulse measurements:
1. Follow the instructions in
Editing output voltage and current limit values
to set the output
voltage and current limit.
2. Select the desired current range (see
Selecting proper current range
) for the battery
channel (5 A, 500 mA, 50 mA, or 5 mA). Only the 5 A range is supported for the charger
channel. Changes to the auto range setting are not used during pulse current
measurements but are retained for when pulse current measurements are no longer take.
3. Press
the
MENU
key to access the menu.
4. Press the
▲
or
▼
keys to scroll to
PULSE CURRENT
.
5. Press
the
or keys to select Channel
#1
or
#2
.
6. Press
ENTER
to select.
7. Press the
▲
or
▼
keys to scroll to
TRIGGER LEVEL
.
NOTE
For charger channel (#2), skip to step 3 (there is only one trigger level setting - 5
A).
NOTE
If the instrument is in the settings mode, press the
SET
key until the blinking
stops (the measured readings can then be displayed). To determine if the
instrument is in the settings mode, check for a blinking cursor in a digit of the
voltage or current field (if present, the instrument is in the setting mode).
NOTE
For details on display modes, see
Display modes
.
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