Models 707B and 708B Switching Matrix Reference Manual
Section 2: General operation
707B-901-01 Rev. B / January 2015
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If you are connecting to the instrument through GPIB, you may also see the following indicators:
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TALK: Instrument is addressed to talk
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LSTN: Instrument is addressed to listen
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SRQ: Service request
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REM: Remote communication
By default, the top line of the display shows the slot, row, and column of the selected channel. If
labels have been set up for your instrument, you might see four-character labels for your channels,
such as GATE+SMU1. See
(on page 2-91) for information on setting up labels.
To change the selected channel:
1. Press the navigation wheel to select the row.
2. Turn the navigation wheel to go to a different row.
3. Press the navigation wheel again to select the column.
4. Turn the wheel to go to a new column.
5. Press the navigation wheel or
ENTER
when selection is complete. The new channel is displayed.
After CLS (on the lower line of the display), the closed channels are listed. 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 lower line. To see the full list of closed channels, press
DISPLAY
until the list of closed
channels is displayed.
For the Model 707B, also see
Selecting channels from the front panel
(on page 2-15) to select a
channel.
Display during setup
During setup, the display shows menu choices that you can use to configure the instrument.
To use the menus, you use the navigation wheel to scroll through menu options. When a menu item
is selected, it blinks. Press the navigation wheel or
ENTER
to select an option.
In the following figure, the Main Menu is displayed, with arrows showing that there are additional
menu items.
Figure 15: Front-panel Main Menu display