Specifications

26 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2
Watch Window
Instrument Status
Watch windows are available for many of the instruments in an Agilent
TS-5400 system. The instruments that can be monitored are:
• Agilent E1328A or E1418A Digital to Analog Converter Module
(DAC)
• Agilent E1333A Counter Module
• Agilent 34401/E1411 Digit Multimeter Module (DMM)
• VXI Technology E1563A Analog to Digital Converter Module (ADC)
• Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module (MCM)
• Agilent E6174A 32-Channel Event Detector Module
• Agilent 6642A, 6643A, 6652A, 6653A, 6673A Power Supplies
The displayed instrument states match the parameters of the instrument
handler routines. For example the Agilent 34401/E1411 Digital Multimeter
has the following routines which affect the state of the module:
• dmmConfFunction (dmm, Func, Range, Aperture);
• dmmConfCal (dmm, Linefreq, Autozero);
• dmmConfTrigIn (dmm, Trigselect, Trigcount, Delay);
• dmmConfSample (dmm, Sampsrc, Count, Period);
Figure 2-8 shows the menu box to select the instrument to be watched. The
figure shows how to select the Digital Multimeter (dmm).
To add an instrument to the Watch Window, select the instrument type and
press “OK”, as shown in Figure 2-8. The Watch Window is then displayed,
as shown in Figure 2-9.
Figure 2-9 also shows the expanded tree view that shows the status of the
‘dmm’ parameters. The instruments display their state in a tree view. This
allows a logical grouping of states and reduces the amount of data displayed
by placing less important states in lower levels of the tree.
Figure 2-8. Selecting an Instrument to be Watched
1. Click on the “dmm”, or a different, instrument to be watched
2. Click “OK” to enable
the Watch Window
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