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Agilent E8462A Scanning Voltmeter Application Examples 117Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Agilent E8462A Scanning Voltmeter
Application Examples
Using This Chapter
This chapter gives application information and examples for using the
Agilent E8462A 256-Channel Relay Multiplexer to make measurements
with the Agilent E1411B (or Agilent E1326B used with a C-size adapter
installed in the C-size mainframe) 5½-Digit Multimeter in the scanning
voltmeter configuration.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Reset Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 118
• The Scanning Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 119
• Making Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 120
• Scanning Voltmeter Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . Page 122
Note The multimeter must be the Agilent E1411B (or the E1326B used with a
C-size adapter installed in the C-size mainframe). The device driver for
these two multimeters controls Agilent switches in the scan mode. The
scanning voltmeter configuration does not use the “SWITCH” switchbox
device driver and therefore, you do not use the switchbox command
reference in Chapter 3. Instead you use the “VOLTMTR” device driver and
the Agilent E1411B multimeter command reference. The “VOLTMTR”
device driver was provided with the E8462A multiplexer. See “Initial
Operation” on page 33 for more information on the “SWITCH” and
“VOLTMTR” drivers. The multimeter's command quick reference from
the
Agilent E1326B/E1411B 5½-Digit Multimeter User's Manual is provided at
the end of this chapter for your convenience. Refer to your multimeter
manual for detailed descriptions of the commands.