User Manual
2400 Series SourceMeter
®
 User’s Manual Getting Started 1-15
Default settings
By using appropriate menu selections, you can save and recall various instrument 
setups, define the power-on configuration, or restore factory defaults as outlined 
below.
Saving and restoring user setups
You can save and restore up to five of your own user setups as covered below. 
This feature provides a convenient way to save specific instrument configurations 
and then recall them as needed. Note that you can also set up the SourceMeter to 
restore a specific user setup at power-on. See “Power-on configuration,” 
page 1-15.
NOTE There are two types of setups. Instrument configuration (user) setups 
(covered here) and source memory sweep setups (
Section 10).
Saving setups
1. Select the various instrument operating modes you wish to save.
2. Press the MENU key, select SAVESETUP, then press ENTER.
3. From the SAVESETUP menu, select GLOBAL, then press ENTER.
4. From the GLOBAL SETUP MENU, select SAVE, then press ENTER.
5. Select the setup position (0-4) to save, then press ENTER to complete the 
process.
Restoring setups
1. Press the MENU key, select SAVESETUP, then press ENTER.
2. From the SAVESETUP menu, select GLOBAL, then press ENTER.
3. From the GLOBAL SETUP MENU, select RESTORE, then press ENTER.
4. Select the setup position (0-4) to restore, then press ENTER to complete 
the process.
Power-on configuration
You can also define which of the stored setups (factory default or user) the instru-
ment assumes as the power-on configuration as follows:
1. Press the MENU key, select SAVESETUP, then press ENTER.
2. From the SAVESETUP menu, select GLOBAL, then press ENTER.
3. From the GLOBAL SETUP MENU, select POWERON, then press ENTER.
4. From the SET POWER-ON DEFAULT menu, choose the power-on configu-
ration: BENCH or GPIB (see below), or USER-SETUP-NUMBER.










