Section 2: General operation
Model 2281S-20-6 DC Power Supply and Battery Simulator Reference Manual
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Front-panel user interface
The front-panel user interface gives you quick access to the functions of this instrument. It includes
the startup screen to choose a function, home screens for each of the functions, and menus for the
functions.
The following topics describe the features of the user interface in more detail.
Startup screen
After you turn on the 2281S, you will see the following startup screen.
Figure 3: Startup screen
The 2281S has three functions you can select from the startup screen:
High-precision power supply:
Supplies 20 V, 6 ADC source
Battery test:
Conducts battery charging and discharging tests to calculate the capacity and
resistance of the battery and create a battery model
Battery simulator:
Simulates a battery to determine what the effect the battery has on the device
under test (DUT) in different states.
You can choose a function by turning the navigation control or pressing the soft keys and pressing
Enter
to access the respective home screens of the function.
Home screens
Each function has its own home screen. The following topics describe the home screens.
Status and error indicators
The indicators across the top of the home screen contain information about the following instrument
settings and states. Highlight an indicator by turning the navigation control and then pressing
ENTER
to get more information about the present state of the instrument.
