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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 RS-232 parameters.
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 Q
QQ
QChannel to scroll
through the channels. The left-most digit of the front panel display identifies the
input channel that is presently being controlled by the front panel.
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.
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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 Display
1. On the Function keypad, press Q Channel to scroll through the channels until
channel 1 appears on the display.
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2.
On the Function keypad, press Input On/Off to turn input off. Dis annunciator on
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.
FUNC CURR
4. On the Function keypad, press Current. On the Function keypad, press Q key until
current is displayed.
CURR
5. On the Entry keypad press 1.25 Enter.
CURR 1.25
6. On the Function keypad, press Current. On the Function keypad, press Q key until
current slew is displayed.
C:SLW
7.
On the Entry keypad press 30000 Enter.
C:SLW 30000
8. On the Function keypad, press Current. On the Function keypad, press Q key until
current transient is displayed.
C:TLEV
9. On the Entry keypad press 2 Enter.
C:TLEV 2