Models 707B and 708B Switching Matrix Reference Manual
Section 2: General operation
707B-901-01 Rev. A / August 2010
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Viewing status from the remote command interface
To view a list of closed channels, use the
channel.getclose()
command. For example:
print(channel.getclose("allslots"))
To view the close and open status of channels, use the
channel.getstate()
command.
Viewing status from the instrument web page
To view status from the instrument web page, from the list on the left, select the slot that contains the
channel. The status is displayed on the web page for the slot.
Channel attributes
You can use the front panel and command options to set attributes for specific channels. Some of the
attributes you can set are adding a delay, forbidding closure of a channel, and setting channel labels,
which are described in the following sections.
Set additional delay
You can set an additional delay to incur after the relay settles when closing.
To set additional delay time from the front panel:
1. Display a channel (you might need to press
DISPLAY
).
2. Select the channel for which you want to set attributes.
3. Press
CONFIG
, then press
CHAN
.
•
DELAY:
Additional delay to incur after the relay settles. Enter the value for the delay in seconds. The
total delay for channel operation is user delay plus the relay settling time.
To set additional delay time from the web interface:
1. From the list on the left, select the slot that contains the channel you want to set an additional
delay on.
2. Right-click on the channel you want to bring up the channel configuration dialog box for that
channel.
3. Enter the desired delay time (in seconds) in the delay time field on the right side of the dialog box.
Once the desired time is entered, click
OK
.
To set additional delay time through the remote interface:
Use the command:
