Agilent Technologies Switch/Measure manual Front Panel Menu Reference, Dmm

1Introduction to the 34980A

Front Panel Menu Reference

This section gives an overview of the top two levels of menus that you access from the front panel. The menus are designed to automatically guide you through all parameters required to configure a particular function or operation.

Store/Recall Store and recall instrument states

•Store up to six instrument states in non-volatile memory

•Assign a name to each storage location.

•Recall stored states, power-down state, factory reset state, or preset state

Utility Configure system-related instrument parameters

•Connecting and configuring to use with LAN, GPIB, or USB

•Set the real time clock and calendar

•Set radix character, thousand separator

•Enable/disable the internal DMM

•Secure/unsecure the instrument for calibration

•Query and update the firmware revisions for the mainframe and modules

Configure Key Group Set parameters for measurement

DMM

•Set DMM measurement function (AC volts, DC volts, AC current, DC current, 2-wire ohms, 4-wire ohms, temperature, frequency, and period

•Set function parameters

Channel

•Set channel measurement function (AC volts, DC volts, AC current (34921A only), DC current (34921A only) 2-wire ohms, 4-wire ohms, temperature, frequency, and period

•Set function parameters

Scan

•Set up trigger-in parameters

•Set up sweep count

•Set up sample count

Sequences

Available at a later firmware release

Module

•Open all relays

•Clear all measurement functions

•Clear channel labels

•Configure external trigger and clock (34951A)

•Set trace or level mode (34951A)

•Set waveform parameters (34951A)

6 34980A User’s Guide