Agilent Technologies E1301B, E1300B, 75000 SERIES B Using the Front Panel, Front Panel Features

Chapter 2

Using the Front Panel

Using this Chapter

This chapter shows you how to use the Agilent E1301B Mainframe’s front panel keyboard and display to operate instruments in the mainframe. It contains the following sections:

• Front Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

• Using Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

• Executing Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

• Key Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

• In Case of Difficulty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

• Instrument Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Front Panel

Features

2-Line X 40 Character Display

Figure 2-1 shows the front panel’s QWERTY keyboard and the dedicated key groupings. The tutorials in this chapter show how to use most of the dedicated keys. See “Key Descriptions” near the end of this chapter for a complete description of each dedicated key.

	Display Control and
Menu Keys	Editing Keys

Agilent

Instrument

Control Keys

QWERTY Keyboard

Figure 2-1. Front Panel Features

Using the Front Panel 2-1