
Section 3: Instrument description
Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
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3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
Channel keys
OPEN ALL
Opens all closed channels.
STEP
Use to walk through a scan list by closing and opening the channels contained in a single step
with each press of the key.
CLOSE
and
OPEN
You can use the front-panel CLOSE and OPEN keys to perform either switch only operations or
switch with DMM operations on the selected channels. The operations of the keys depend on the
DMM configuration attribute setting of the selected channel. Refer to
5-17) for more information on the DMM configuration attribute.
When the DMM configuration is set to
nofunction
, the CLOSE and OPEN keys function as
switch only operations in the same manner as the
channel.close
and
channel.open
commands. When the DMM configuration is associated with a particular function (for example,
DC Volts), the CLOSE and OPEN keys function as switch with DMM operations, that is, in the
same manner as
dmm.close
and
dmm.open
commands.
To access the other switch-only operations (exclusive close and exclusive slot close), use the
CHAN key to choose and initiate the operation after selecting a channel or range of channels.
CHAN
If a channel is displayed, opens the
(on page 3-13), which
allows you to open and close channels. If a pattern is displayed, pressing CHAN switches to
channel view.
PATT
If a pattern is displayed, opens the
(on page 3-14), which
allows you to manage patterns, open and close patterns, and reset them. If a channel is
displayed, pressing PATT changes to display a pattern.
SLOT
Displays information about the installed cards and the instrument. Information includes the
firmware revision, model name, and model number. Press SLOT multiple times to view all
instrument information.
SCAN
(on page 3-15), which allows you to run, manage, view,
INSERT
Appends the selected channel or channel pattern to the scan list.
DELETE
Deletes the first occurrence of the selected channel or channel pattern (including function) from
the scan list. To remove all occurrences of a channel from the list, keep pressing the DELETE
key.
Script keys
LOAD
Loads test for execution.
RUN
Runs the last selected user-defined test code.