Technical data

62 Agilent VEE - Practical Graphical Programming
3 Instrument Controls
Figure 3-4 Thermocouple setup with its ice bath and equivalent circuit
7 Place a beaker of water on a hot plate; insert the( J- type) thermocouple
(J1).
8 Set the controls on the Data Acquisition/Switch Unit to cause its panel
to display temperature readings. (See the 34970A manual for guidance.)
9 Turn on the hot plate; note the temperature changes via the panel
readout, set as advised in Application Note 290.
10 Turn off the hot plate.
Recording temperature readings on a graph
1 Select Menu Bar => I/O => Instrument Manager… ; select Agilent 34970a.
2 Select Menu Bar => Help => Open Example => InstrumentIO =>
InstrManagerIntegrated => Ag34970a.
3 Open and read the Programming sample goal and Requirements note
pads.
4 See Figure 3- 5 for a simplified version of Agilent 34970a graphing
program.
NOTE
This program requires real instruments. The following diagrams are simulated
figures.