Table of Contents
1 General Information
Feature overview..................................................................................1-2
Manual addenda ..................................................................................1-3
Safety symbols and terms....................................................................1-3
Specifications .......................................................................................1-3
Inspections ...........................................................................................1-4
Options and accessories......................................................................1-5
2 Basic Measurements
Introduction ..........................................................................................2-2
Front panel summary ...........................................................................2-3
Rear panel summary............................................................................2-6
Power-up..............................................................................................2-8
Display ...............................................................................................2-17
Measuring voltage..............................................................................2-18
Measuring current ..............................................................................2-22
Measuring resistance .........................................................................2-24
Measuring frequency and period........................................................2-26
Measuring temperature ......................................................................2-28
Math ...................................................................................................2-30
Measuring continuity ..........................................................................2-34
Testing diodes ....................................................................................2-35
3 Measurement Options
Introduction ..........................................................................................3-2
Measurement configuration..................................................................3-3
Trigger operations ................................................................................3-8
Buffer operations................................................................................3-17
Limit operations..................................................................................3-20
Scan operations .................................................................................3-22
System operations .............................................................................3-32
4 Remote Operation
Introduction ..........................................................................................4-2
Selecting a language............................................................................4-4
RS-232 operation .................................................................................4-6
GPIB bus operation and reference.......................................................4-9
Status structure ..................................................................................4-19
Trigger model (GPIB operation) .........................................................4-29
Programming syntax ..........................................................................4-32
Common commands ..........................................................................4-39
5 SCPI Command Reference
SCPI Signal oriented measurement commands ..................................5-3
SCPI command subsystems reference tables .....................................5-7
Calculate subsystem ..........................................................................5-20
DISPlay subsystem............................................................................5-26
:FORMat subsystem ..........................................................................5-28
ROUTe subsystem .............................................................................5-32
[SENSe[1]] subsystem .......................................................................5-37
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