
Section 5: Basic Digital Multimeter (DMM) Operation
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter User's Manual
5-68
3700S-900-01 Rev. C / July 2008
For example, these ICL commands configure temperature function to a custom
RTD and assign it to a 10-channel scan list.
reset()
dmm.func=dmm.TEMPERATURE
-- or 3, or dmm.TEMP_FOURRTD, or 4
dmm.transducer= dmm.TEMP_THREERTD
-- dmm.fourrtd also supported
dmm.threertd=dmm.RTD_USER
-- allowed values are 0 to 0.01
dmm.rtdalpha= 0.003
-- allowed values are 0 to 1.00
dmm.rtdbeta= 0.105
-- allowed values are 0 to 5.00
dmm.rtddelta = 1.51
-- allowed values are 0 to 10,000
dmm.rtdzero= 125
-- default dmm.ON
dmm.offsetcompensation=dmm.OFF
dmm.configure.set("my_rtd_user")
dmm.setconfig("4001:4010", "my_rtd_user")
scan.measurecount=1
buf=dmm.makebuffer(20)
buf.clear()
buf.appendmode=1
scan.create("4001:4010")
scan.scancount=2
scan.execute(buf)
for x=1, buf.n do printbuffer (x,x,buf) end
channel.open("allslots")
Temperature measurement configuration
The Series 3700 is configured to measure temperature from the temperature
measurement configuration menu. Use the following general rules to navigate
through the front panel menu structure:
NOTE
If the Series 3700 is in remote, place the unit in local by pressing the
LOCAL (EXIT)
key.