Keyboard Description
This section briefly explains the various areas on the keyboard as indicated in the following figure:
DISPLAY
Subaddress and The subaddress of the presently selected module appears on the left side of the display. The
Instrumentinstrument field displays an instrument number when the module contains more than one instrument. Power supply modules do not use this field.
Meter Area |
| The predominant area of the display presents operating and status information about the selected | ||
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| module. This is referred to as the meter area of the display. Power supply modules display the | ||
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| output voltage and current as well as the operating mode in the meter area of the display. Refer to | ||
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| "Using the Display" for more information. | ||
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| The meter area is also used to display the SCPI commands when the Command function is active. | ||
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| Use the meter area to construct the SCPI command and then send the command to the module. | ||
Annunciators |
| Annunciators on the bottom of the display provide additional information on the operation of the | ||
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| presently selected module. Active annunciators can indicate: | ||
Shift |
| The | or | Lock key has been pressed. |
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Unr |
| The module is unregulated. | ||
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Dis |
| The module’s output is disabled. | ||
Prot |
| One of the protection features has been activated. | ||
Err |
| There is an error message in the SCPI error queue. | ||
Cal |
| Calibration mode is enabled. | ||
Rmt |
| The module is in remote mode (keyboard disabled). | ||
Lsn |
| The module is addressed to listen over the GPIB. | ||
Tlk |
| The module is addressed to talk over the GPIB. | ||
SRQ |
| The module has generated a service request. | ||
