User`s guide

Agilent B1500 User’s Guide, Edition 7 6- 9
Application Test Definition
Test Specification
Symbols... For Numeric or Vector parameters.
Opens the Define dimensions dialog box for assigning a symbol
(string value) to a numer
ic value for the specified numeric
parameter.
By defining the numeric-symbol assignment, the symbol value,
instead of the
numeric value, is set to the parameter entry field
displayed on the main screen in the application test mode.
In the test definition, the parameter works as a numeric value.
However, th
e numeric-to-string translation result will not be the
string value simply translated from the numeric value but the
symbol assigned to the numeric value.
For example, if Symbol=ON is assigned to Value=1 of the
Param1 parame
ter, the string ON will be set to the Param1 entry
field when numeric value 1 is entered into the Param1 field.
Also, while the Param1 field shows ON, the Param1 value will
be 1 in the test definition. And when the numeric value of
Param1 is 1, the numeric-to-string translation result will not be
the string 1 but the string ON.
The numeric-symbol assignment is effective for the specified
p
arameter only.
Va
lue and symbol must be in a one-to-one relationship.
The value must satisfy the Min, Max, Digits, and Resolution
settings. The
symbol must be between 1 and 30 characters.
NOTE Symbols... numeric-symbol assignment
For parameters defined with a numeric-string assignment, the numeric-to-string
translation result will be the symbol assigned to the numeric value. Be careful when
using the string built-in function that is used to translate a numeric expression to a
string value.
For the following example setup of a numeric-symbol assignment,
string(Mode) execution result at Mo
de=0 is the string OFF, not the string 0.
Name=Mode, Value=0, Symbol=OFF