Front Panel Operation - 5
Examples of Front Panel Programming
You will find these examples on the following pages:
1.Using the front panel display.
2.Programming constant current, voltage, and resistance modes.
3.Programming transient operation.
4.Programming lists.
5.Querying and Clearing Output Protection and Errors
6.Making basic front panel measurements
7.Setting GPIB address or
8.Saving and recalling operating states.
Similar examples are given in the electronic load Programming Guide using SCPI commands.
1 - Using the Front Panel Display
| Action | Display |
1. | Press Meter to return the display to Meter mode. Press QChannel to scroll | 1 7.003V 0.004A |
| through the channels. The | |
| input channel that is presently being controlled by the front panel. |
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| You can only select an input when the unit is in metering mode. Once an input has | |
| been selected, only the menu commands that apply to that input will appear | on |
the display. The CV, CC, and UNR annunciators apply to the selected channel.
2 - Programming Constant Current, Voltage and Resistance Modes
This example shows you how to set the input voltage, current and resistance modes.
Set the constant current mode input
Action
1.On the Function keypad, press Q Channel to scroll through the channels until channel 1 appears on the display.
2.On the Function keypad, press Input On/Off to turn input off.
3.On the Function keypad, press Func. On the Entry keypad, press Q Input or R Input key until the current function is displayed, then press Enter.
4.On the Function keypad, press Current. On the Function keypad, press Q key until current is displayed.
5.On the Entry keypad press 1.25 Enter.
6.On the Function keypad, press Current. On the Function keypad, press Q key until current slew is displayed.
7.On the Entry keypad press 30000 Enter.
8.On the Function keypad, press Current. On the Function keypad, press Q key until current transient is displayed.
9.On the Entry keypad press 2 Enter.
Display
1
Dis annunciator on
FUNC CURR
CURR
CURR 1.25
C:SLW
C:SLW 30000
C:TLEV
C:TLEV 2
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