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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter User's Manual
Section 5: Basic Digital Multimeter (DMM) Operation
3700S-900-01 Rev. C / July 2008
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Thermistor measurement configuration
To configure thermistor measurements from the front panel:
1. If needed, change to the temperature function ("TMP" is displayed) by
pressing the
FUNC
key.
2. Press the
CONFIG
key
and then the
DMM
key. The "TEMP ATTR MENU"
will open.
3. Set units of measurement degrees:
Turn the navigation wheel to scroll to the "UNITS" menu item (right most
menu item) and press the
ENTER
key.
Turn the navigation wheel to select desired units (Celsius, Kelvin, or
Fahrenheit) and press the
ENTER
key.
4. Set THERMO device attributes:
Turn the navigation wheel to scroll to the "THERMO" menu item and
press the
ENTER
key.
Turn the navigation wheel to scroll to the "THERMISTOR" temperature
connection and press the
ENTER
key.
Turn the navigation wheel to select desired resistance (2252 , 5000 ,
or 10000 ) and press the
ENTER
key.
5. Press the
EXIT
key twice to leave the "TEMP ATTR MENU."
Also see bus command
dmm.thermistor
for more information on setting
thermistor measurement attributes.
For example, this sample ICL command configures a thermistor type 2252 and
assigns it to a 4-channel scan list.
reset()
dmm.func=dmm.TEMPERATURE
dmm.transducer= dmm.TEMP_THERMISTOR -- or 2
dmm.thermistor=2.252e3 -- 5e3 or
10e3
dmm.units=dmm.UNITS_FAHRENHEIT -- or 4
dmm.configure.set("my_thermist")
dmm.setconfig("4011:4014", "my_thermist")
scan.measurecount=1
buf=dmm.makebuffer(20)
buf.clear()
buf.appendmode=1
scan.create("4011:4014")
scan.scancount=5
scan.execute(buf)
for x=1, buf.n do printbuffer (x,x,buf) end
channel.open("allslots")