Section 1: Introduction
Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
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2600BS-901-01 Rev. C / August 2016
Customer documentation
The Series 2600B Quick Start Guide is provided as a hard copy, plus PDF format. Note that the
Reference Manual is also provided in PDF format.
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Quick Start Guide:
Provides unpacking instructions, describes basic connections, and reviews
basic operation information. If you are new to Keithley Instruments equipment, refer to the Quick
Start Guide to take the steps needed to unpack, set up, and verify operation.
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Reference Manual:
Includes advanced operation topics and maintenance information.
Programmers looking for a command reference, and users looking for an in-depth description of
the way the instrument works (including troubleshooting and optimization), should refer to the
Reference Manual.
Organization of manual sections
Bookmarks for each section of this manual are provided in the PDF version of the documentation.
The manual sections are also listed in the Table of Contents located at the beginning of this manual.
For more information about bookmarks, see Adobe
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help.
Product software and drivers
Test Script Builder (TSB) Integrated Development Environment
: This software provides an
envrionment to develop a test program and the ability to load the test program onto the instrument.
Running a program loaded on the instrument eliminates the need to send individual commands from
the host computer to the instrument when running a test.
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The 2600B TSB Add-in
: A software tool you can use to create, modify, debug, and store Test
Script Processor (TSP
®
) test scripts.
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IVI Instrument Driver
: Driver for National Instruments LabVIEW
™
and related release notes.
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J2SE
™
Runtime Environment
: Web brower plug-in required to run the web applications that are
available through the instrument web interface.
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Keithly I/O layer and release notes
: Software that manages communications between Keithley
instrument drivers, software applications, and the instrument.
Keithley LXI Discovery Browser
: Utility that identifies the IP address of instruments connected to
the local area network (LAN) that support VXI-11 discovery protocol.
Go to the
) to download drivers and software for
your instrument. For more information see
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