
Section 3: Instrument description
Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
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3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
TOTALIZER channel options include:
•
READ
: Displays a value from a channel as a number between 0 and 65535. This menu option
does not appear if a range of channels is selected. Related command:
•
WRITE
: Writes a value to a channel. Enter the value between 0 and 65535. Related command:
(on page 11-105).
•
RESET-STATE
: Resets the channel state. Related command:
•
RESET
: Restores the factory default settings of selected channels or all channels. Related
command:
(on page 11-84).
DAC channel options include:
•
READ
: Displays a value from a channel. This menu option does not appear if a range of channels
is selected. A number is displayed that is dependent on the chan
nel’s selected mode function, as
well as the card model of the selected channel. Related command:
(on page 11-
•
WRITE
: Writes a value from a channel. This menu option does not appear if a range of channels
is selected. A number is displayed that is dependent on the channel’s selected mode function, as
well as the card model of the selected channel. Related command:
(on page 11-
•
RESET-STATE
: Resets the channel state. Related command:
•
RESET
: Restores the factory default settings of selected channels or all channels. Related
command:
(on page 11-84).
For more information, see
(on page 5-13).
PATTERN ACTION menu options
Allows you to configure and change patterns from the front panel.
To open this menu, in pattern view, press
PATT
.
Options include:
•
CREATE
: If no patterns have been created, this is the only option that is displayed. Allows you to
create a new pattern.
•
OPEN
: Opens the channels in the selected channel pattern.
•
CLOSE
: Closes the channels in the selected channel pattern. These closures are appended to
any channels that are already closed.
•
EXCLOSE
: Closes the channels in the selected pattern so that the channels associated with the
pattern are exclusively closed. Any previously closed channels are opened.
•
EXSLOTCLOSE
: Exclusively closes the channels in the specified channel pattern for the
selected slots.
•
VIEW
: Displays the channels that are in the selected pattern.
•
DELETE
: Deletes the channel pattern.
•
RESET
: Displays options that allow you to reset the channels in the selected channel pattern to
factory default settings. Resetting a channel pattern causes that pattern to be deleted because
when channels are reset, they delete patterns that contain them.
For information about working with channel patterns, see
(on page 5-19).