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33. CHANGING THE SETTINGS
When a password has been set, the password screen will appear when the instrument is powered ON.
Setting a password allows you to protect important information such as measurement data.
No password is set when the instrument is shipped. When setting a password for the first time, leave the "Old
password" box blank.
Select "Inst. Config" in <Configuration> and select "Password".
PROCEDURE Changing password
1. Select "Change Password" in Config mode.
2. Input old password and press
{ENT}
.
3. Input new password twice and press
{ENT}
. The password
is changed and <Config> is restored.
• If no password was input as new password and
{ENT}
was
pressed, no password is set.
• Password can be from 3 up to 8 characters in length. Input characters will be displayed as asterisks.
• To deactivate the password function, perform the new password setting procedure but enter a "space" in the
"New password" box.
33.9 Instrument Conditions - Password
Instr.config
Power supply
Instrument
Unit
Password
Date and time
C h a n g e p a s s w o r d
O l d p a s s w o r d
1
C h a n g e p a s s w o r d
O l d p a s s w o r d
1
C h a n g e p a s s w o r d
N e w p a s s w o r d
N e w p a s s w o r d a g a i n
1