Agilent Technologies Switch/Measure manual Product Firmware Updates Instrument State Storage

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Product Firmware Updates

As new product features and enhancements become available, you can easily update your mainframe firmware to ensure optimum compatibility. The latest firmware updates are available from the Agilent 34980A product page at www.agilent.com/find/34980a (go to “Software & Firmware Downloads”).

Instrument State Storage

The instrument has five storage locations in non- volatile memory to store instrument states, numbered 1 through 5. You can assign a user- defined name to each of locations 1 through 5.

•You can store the instrument state in any of the five locations, but you can only recall a state from a location that contains a previously stored state.

•The instrument stores the state of all plug- in modules including all channel configurations, scanning setups, and Mx+B scaling values. However, note that only the measurement attributes of the currently- selected function (range, resolution, etc.) will be preserved in the stored states.

•Before recalling a stored state, the instrument verifies that the same plug- in module types are installed in each slot. If a different module type is installed, the instrument will perform the equivalent of a Factory Reset (*RST command).

•When shipped from the factory, storage locations 1 through 5 are empty. You can change the factory configuration such that a Factory Reset (*RST command) is issued when power is restored.

•You can name a location from the front panel or over the remote interface but you can recall a named state only from the front panel. The name can contain up to 12 characters. The first character must be a letter (A- Z), but the remaining 11 characters can be letters, numbers (0- 9), or the underscore character (“_”). Blank spaces are not allowed. An error is generated if you specify a name with more than 12 characters.

•A Factory Reset (*RST command) does not affect the configurations stored in memory. Once a state is stored, it remains until it is overwritten or specifically deleted.

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