Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter User's Manual
Section 2: Using the front-panel interface
3. To change to a different slot number, turn the navigation wheel until the slot number you want
is displayed.
4. Press navigation wheel .
5. If your card supports banks, the next number you can select is the bank number. Set this as
needed using the navigation wheel .
6. Set the channel number (or rows and columns for installed matrix cards) as needed using the
navigation wheel
d
.
7. The display shows the current state of the selected channel in the bottom row
e
. In this example,
the channel is open and 2-pole (if you see
:
followed by a channel specifier, you selected a range;
press
EXIT
to return to the main display and reselect your channel).
Figure 8: Series 3700A selected channel state
2001 | nofunction
2001 | nofunction
AUTO
AUTO
2
3
OPN,2 | DCV:R=AUTO N=1.0000 AD
OPN,2 | DCV:R=AUTO N=1.0000 AD
8. To:
•
Close a channel without affecting any other channels: Select
CLOSE
.
•
Open the channel: Press
OPEN
.
•
Close a channel and open any other closed channels on the instrument: Select
CHAN
and select
EXCLOSE
. Press
ENTER
to close the selected channels.
•
Close a channel and open any other closed channels on the slot that contains the selected channel:
Select
CHAN
, and then select
EXSLOTCLOSE
. Press
ENTER
to close the selected channels.
NOTE
Once a channel is selected, it is the selected channel for any subsequent front-panel operations.
Viewing the close or open status of a channel
Closed channels are shown separated by commas after the
CLS:
characters on the display of the
instrument. If no channels are closed, <none> is displayed here. If the list of closed channels extends
past one screen,
...
is displayed at the end of the line. Press
DISPLAY
to display the full list of
closed channels. Use the navigation wheel to scroll through the list. After viewing the list, press
DISPLAY
twice to return to the main display.
Figure 9: 3700A multiple closed channels
CLOSED CHANNELS:
CLOSED CHANNELS:
1101,1102,1103,1105,1109
1101,1102,1103,1105,1109
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