Front Panel Operation - 4

Scrolling Keys

 

 

ScrollingÅ Ùkeys let you move through the commands in the presently selected function menu.

These scroll keys let you move through the choices in a command list.

Press q

to bring up the next command in the list. Press p

to go back

to the previous command in the list. Function menus are circular; you can return to the starting position by continuously pressing either key. The following example shows the commands in the Input function menu:

Shift

 

pIndex

 

 

 

 

 

Shift

 

qIndex

 

 

 

↓°

These shifted scroll keys apply only to the Harmonic and List functions. Press these keys to step through integers 0 through 50 when specifying the desired harmonic number, or 0 through 99 when specifying the desired list point. Hold down these keys to rapidly access any harmonic or list point.

These Entry keys let you scroll through choices in a parameter list that apply to a specific command. Parameter lists are circular; you can return to the starting position by continuously pressing either key. If the command has a numeric range, these keys increment or decrement the existing value.

Meter Display Keys

Metering keys control the metering functions of the ac source.

Meter

Press this key to access the meter menu list.

Display

Measurement

<reading>V <reading>Hz

rms voltage and frequency (the default)

<reading>V <reading>A

rms voltage and rms current

<reading>A <reading>Hz

rms current and frequency (the default)

<reading>V <reading>W

rms voltage and power

<reading> CREST F

current crest factor

<reading>A PK REP

peak current, repetitive

<reading>A PK NR

peak current, nonrepetitive1

<reading> VA

apparent power

<reading> VAR

reactive power

<reading>W TOTAL

total power of all phases2

<reading> PFACTOR

power factor

<reading>A NEUTRAL

neutral rms current2

Input

Press this key to specify the following metering functions.

Display

Command Function

INP:COUP <char>

Choose meter coupling (AC, DC or ACDC)

WINDOW <char>

Select harmonic measurement window meter

 

(KBESSEL, RECT)

Notes:

1Displays the highest peak current since it was last cleared. The value is cleared when pØyou scroll intoq￿this selection or press Enter or Clear Entry

2This selection only valid for Agilent 6834B reading = the returned measurement

char = a character string parameter

and scroll through the command list.

and scroll through the parameter list.

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