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SWITCHING AND CONTROL
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A Greater Measure of Confidence
TSP Distributed Control Increases Test
Speed and Lowers Test Cost
TSP technology enhances instrument control by allowing users the choice
of using standard PC control or of creating embedded test scripts that
are executed on microprocessors within the instrument. By using TSP
test scripts instead of a PC for instrument control, you avoid communica-
tion delays between the PC controller and instrument, which results in
improved test throughput. Test scripts can contain math and decision-
making rules that further reduce the interaction between a host PC
and the instrument.
This form of distributed control supports the autonomous operation of
individual instruments or groups of instruments and can possibly remove
the need for a high level PC controller, which lowers test and ownership
costs. This is the same proven TSP technology found in our innovative
Series 2600B System SourceMeter
®
SMU instruments.
TSP-Link Technology for Easy and Seamless
System Coordination and Expansion
If your channel density requirements grow or if you need to process more
signal types, use TSP-Link Technology to expand your system. The TSP-
Link master/slave connection offers easy system expansion between Series
3700A mainframes. You can also use TSP-Link Technology to connect to
other TSP-Link enabled instruments such as Series 2600B SourceMeter
SMU instruments. Everything connected with TSP-Link can be controlled
by the master unit, just as if they were all housed in the same chassis.
This high speed system expansion interface lets users avoid the complex
and time consuming task of expanding their remote interfaces to another
mainframe. There is no need to add external triggers and remote com-
munication cables to individual instruments, since all TSP-Link connected
devices can be controlled from a single master unit.
Test Script Builder Software Suite
Test Script Builder is a software tool that is provided with all Series 3700A
instruments to help users easily create, modify, debug, and store TSP test
scripts. It supplies a project/file manager window to store and organize test
scripts, a text-sensitive program editor to create and modify test TSP code,
and an immediate instrument control window to send Ethernet, GPIB, and
USB commands and to receive data from the instrument. The immediate
window also allows users to see the output of a given test script and sim-
plifies debugging.
Version 1.4
LXI Core 2011 with LXI Clock Synchronization, LXI Timestamped Data,
LXI Event Messaging, LXI Event Log.
Transportable Memory, USB 2.0 Device Port
All Model 3706A mainframes contain a USB device port for easy transfer
of readings, configurations, and test scripts to memory sticks. This port,
which is located on the front panel, provides you with easy access to and
portability of measurement results. Simply plug in a memory stick and,
with a few simple keystrokes, gain access to virtually unlimited memory
storage. Additional capabilities include: saving and recalling system con-
figurations and storage for TSP scripts.
Test Script Builder Software Suite
Store and
organize test
scripts in the
file manager
window.
Create and modify
test TSP code in the
context sensitive
editor window.
The immediate window displays test
script output and assists in debugging.
Series 3700A
System Switch/Multimeter
and Plug-In Cards
System switch with high performance multimeter System switch with high performance multimeter