User`s guide

Index
Agilent 34980A Mainframe User’s Guide 173
Measure keys
operation, 39
measurement
configuration, 40
range, 86
resolution, 87
software, 3
measurement input, 11
medium ac filter, 102, 104
medium filter, 104, 105
memory
clearing, 78
stored states, 148
viewing alarm data, 135
viewing readings, 125
memory available, 125
memory limits, 125
memory storage, 108
Menus, 65
menus
front panel, 35
message
front panel, 152
Messages Displayed, 64
Microsoft Visual Basic, 53
Microsoft Visual C, 53
Microsoft Visual Studio, 53
microwave switch, 165
microwave switch modules
list, 165
Module key, 36
modules
general purpose switching, 165
installing, 27
installing with cables, 27
installing with terminal blocks, 27
matrix, 165
multiplexer, 165
RF and microwave, 165
system control, 165
monitor mode, 127
multiplexer modules
list, 165
specifications, 165
multiplexer switching, 8
Mx+B scaling, 106
N
National Instrument’s LabVIEW, 53
National Instrument’s
LabWindows/CVI, 53
network types, 46
noise rejection, 87
nominal resistance (RTDs), 98
non-sequential scanning, 124
non-volatile memory, 78
NPLCs, 88
number format, 152
number keypad, 22
number of digits, 87
numbering
slots, 166
O
odometer, 153, 154
offset compensation, 103
On/Standby switch, 22
OPEN T/C, 97
operating conditions, 79, 80, 168, 170
overload, 86
OVLD, 86
P
password
calibration, 155
web browser, 56
paths (sequences)
catalog, 146
defining, 140
deleting, 146
executing, 144
executing on alarm, 145
querying definition, 143
valid commands, 140
pc connection, 45
pinouts
analog bus, 84
rear panel connectors, 24
plug-in modules, 6
electrical operating conditions, 170
environmental operating
conditions, 168
RF and microwave, 165
system control, 165
User’s Guides, 164
pollution degree, 168
pollution degree definitions, 79
power line cycles, 88
power-on self test, 151
preset state, 160
product specifications. See 34980A Data
Sheet
(www.agilent.com/find/34980a)
programming conventions, 66
programming environments, 53
programming errors. See 34980A
Programmer’s Reference Help file
R
R0 values (RTDs), 98
rack mount kits, 32
rack mounting, 32
instrument dimensions, 33
reverse orientation, 32, 33
radix, 152
rail kits, 32
range, 86
selection example, 40
reading format, 123
reading memory available, 125
reading memory limits, 125
reading storage, 108
real-time clock, 153
rear panel
Analog Bus connector, 24
ext trig connector, 24
slot numbering, 23
recall stored state, 148
reference junction, 97
relative reading format, 123
relay cycle count, 153, 154
relay odometer, 153, 154
remote operation, 53
reset state, 158
resistance measurements, 103
offset compensation, 103
resolution, 87
rf and microwave switching, 10
RF multiplexer modules
list, 165
specifications, 165
RTD
nominal resistance, 98
R0 values, 98
types, 98
RTD measurements, 98
RTD types, 96
S
safety interlock, 92
annunciator, 25
sample count, 118
scaling, 106
scan interval, 112
Scan key (Configure menu), 36
Scan key (Measure group), 39
scan list, 82, 83, 110
scan sample count, 118
scan sweep count, 117
scan trigger, 112
scan trigger count, 117
scanning, 13, 108
adding channels, 110
external, 129
non-sequential, 124
on alarm, 114
overview, 82
rules, 82, 108
scanning with external instruments, 14
sccc numbering, 166
SCPI, 53, 59
Command Interface window, 59
commands, web entry, 59
errors, 150
language conventions, 66
version, 154
SCPI errors. See 34980A Programmer’s
Reference Help file
selecting a channel, 38
self test, 151