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10 - Storing and Recalling Instrument States
You can save up to 4 states (from location 0 to location 3) in non-volatile memory and recall them from
the front panel. All programmable settings are saved. This capability is only available when the unit is set
to the SCPI programming language.
NOTE:
You can program the unit to automatically power-on according to the instrument state
that is saved in state 0 as shown in the third example.
Save an instrument state in location 0 as follows:
Action
Display
1.
Set the instrument to the state that you want to save.
2.
Save this state to location 0. Press
Save, Enter Number, 0, Enter
.
*SAV 0
Recall a saved state as follows:
Action
Display
1.
Recall the state saved in location 0 by pressing
Recall, Enter Number, 0, Enter
*RCL 0
Select the power-on state of the dc source as follows:
Action
Display
1.
On the Function keypad, press
Output
, and scroll through the Output menu until you
get to the PON state command.
PON:STATE RST
2. Use
the
#
and
&
keys to select either RST or RCL0. RST sets the power-on state of
the unit as defined by the *RST command. RCL0 sets the power-on state of the unit to
the state saved in *RCL location 0. Press
Enter
when done.
Clear the non-volatile memory of the dc source as follows:
Action
Display
1.
On the Function keypad, press
Output, Enter
.
This returns the unit to the factory-
default settings.
*RST
2.
Save these settings to location 0. Press
Save, Enter Number, 0, Enter
.
*SAV 0
3.
Repeat step #2 for memory locations 1 through 3.
*SAV 1
*SAV 2
*SAV 3
