Agilent Technologies Switch/Measure manual Channel Delay, Channel delay

Features and Functions 2

Channel Delay

You can control the pacing of a scan sweep by inserting a delay between multiplexer channels in the scan list (useful for high- impedance or high- capacitance circuits). The delay is inserted between the relay closure and the actual measurement on the channel, in addition to any delay that will implicitly occur due to relay settling time. The programmed channel delay overrides the default channel delay that the instrument automatically adds to each channel.

Scan List

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Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6

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Channel Delay

(0 to 60 seconds)

Channel delay

•You can set the channel delay to any value between 0 seconds and

60 seconds, with 1 ms resolution. You can select a different delay for each channel. The default channel delay is automatic; the instrument determines the delay based on function, range, integration time,

and ac filter setting (see “Automatic Channel Delays” on page 54).

•You can select a unique delay for every channel on the module.

•The channel delay is valid only while scanning. If no channels have been assigned to the scan list, the specified channel delay is ignored (no error is generated).

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