Programming instructions

2 Contents
Chapter 3
Front-Panel Operation ................................................................................................ 31
About This Chapter..................................................................................................... 31
Front-Panel Overview................................................................................................. 32
Display ................................................................................................................ 33
Channel Addressing ............................................................................................ 33
Channel/Slot Selection ........................................................................................ 33
Local/Remote Control................................................................................................. 34
To Monitor a Channel or a Slot .................................................................................. 34
To Close or Open a Channel....................................................................................... 36
To Read from a Digital I/O Port................................................................................. 36
To Write to a Digital I/O Port..................................................................................... 36
To Store an Instrument State ...................................................................................... 37
To Recall an Instrument State..................................................................................... 38
View Key Operation ................................................................................................... 38
To View an Error ................................................................................................. 38
To View a Scan List ............................................................................................ 39
To View the Relay Cycles ................................................................................... 40
Mode Key Operation .................................................................................................. 40
Agilent N2260A Configuration ........................................................................... 41
DIO Module Configuration ................................................................................. 42
DIO Port Configuration ....................................................................................... 43
Scanning Operation..................................................................................................... 43
Overview ............................................................................................................. 44
To Create a Scan List .......................................................................................... 45
To Configure a Scan ............................................................................................ 45
To Set a Delay Time ............................................................................................ 46
To Start a Scan .................................................................................................... 47
Menu Key Operation .................................................................................................. 48
To Pair Two Cards .............................................................................................. 50
To Configure the External Trigger ...................................................................... 50
To Configure the Power-on State ........................................................................ 52
To Configure the Remote Interface ..................................................................... 53
To Perform a Self-test ......................................................................................... 54
To Select a System Mode .................................................................................... 54
To Query the Firmware Revision ........................................................................ 55
To Query the Serial Number ............................................................................... 55
To Reset a Module...................................................................................................... 57
To Reset the Instrument.............................................................................................. 57
Chapter 4
Verification Tests ......................................................................................................... 59
About This Chapter..................................................................................................... 59
General Information.................................................................................................... 59
Mainframes Self-Test ................................................................................................. 60
Self-Test .............................................................................................................. 60
Correction ............................................................................................................ 61
Mainframe Verification Tests..................................................................................... 61