5 – Front Panel Operation
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Set the Language as follows: (not valid for Agilent 66309B/D)
Action Display
1. On the System keypad, press Address.ADDRESS 5
2. Scroll through the Address menu by pressing q. T he LANG command lets you
access the programming language. LANG:SCPI
3. The È and É keys let you select the language. You can select either SCPI or
COMPatibility. Press Enter when done. The language setting is saved in non-volatile
memory.
10 - Storing and Recalling Instrument States
You can save up to 4 states (from location 0 to location 3) in non-volatile memory and recall them from
the front panel. All programmable settings are saved. This capability is only available when the unit is set
to the SCPI programming language.
NOTE: You can program the unit to automatically power-on according to the instrument state
that is saved in state 0 as shown in the third example.
Save an instrument state in location 0 as follows:
Action Display
1. Set the instrument to the state that you want to save.
2. Save this state to location 0. Press Save, Enter Number, 0, Enter.*SAV 0
Recall a saved state as follows:
Action Display
1. Recall the state saved in location 0 by pressing Recall, Enter Number, 0, Enter *RCL 0
Select the power-on state of the dc source as follows:
Action Display
1. On the Function keypad, press Output, and scroll through the Output menu until you
get to the PON state command. PON:STATE RST
2. Use the È and É keys to select either RST or RCL0. RST sets the power-on state of
the unit as defined by the *RST command. RCL0 sets the power-on state of the unit to
the state saved in *RCL location 0. Press Enter when done.
Clear the non-volatile memory of the dc source as follows:
Action Display
1. On the Function keypad, press Output, Enter. This returns the unit to the factory-
default settings. *RS T
2. Save these settings to location 0. Press Save, Enter Number, 0, Enter.*SAV 0
3. Repeat step #2 for memory locations 1 thro ugh 3. *SAV 1
*SAV 2
*SAV 3