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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 4: Using the Front Panel
3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 4-29
PATT key
Press the PATT key to open the PATTERN ACTION menu.
If you press the PATT key, but no patterns have been created or if the unit is
powered up with the factory default settings, the only option that is displayed
is CREATE.
If you press the PATT key after creating channel patterns, the name of an
existing pattern blinks, and you are in pattern selection mode. Use the
CURSOR keys or navigation wheel to scroll through the available patterns,
and press ENTER to select the one you want to use. The selected pattern is
used with the OPEN and CLOSE action keys, among others.
The PATTERN ACTION menu contains the following items:
OPEN: Opens the specified channel pattern for switching aspects. Related
ICL command: channel.open() (on page 13-59).
CLOSE: Closes the specified channel pattern. These closures are
appended to the already closed channels. Related ICL command:
channel.close() (on page 13-37).
EXCLOSE: Closes the specified channel pattern so that the channels
associated with the pattern are exclusively closed. Related ICL command:
channel.exclusiveclose() (on page 13-41).
EXSLOTCLOSE: Exclusively closes specified channels in the channel
pattern image for the specified slots. Related ICL command:
channel.exclusiveslotclose() (on page 13-43).
CREATE: Creates a channel pattern from a snapshot and associates it with
the specified name. From the front panel, only the first 12 characters of the
name are visible. If no patterns exist in the system when the PATT key is
pressed, CREATE is the only menu item that is displayed. Related ICL
command: channel.pattern.snapshot() (on page 13-66).
VIEW: Shows the channels associated with the pattern. Related ICL
command: channel.pattern.getimage() (on page 13-62).
DELETE: Deletes a channel pattern. Related ICL command:
channel.pattern.delete() (on page 13-62).
RESET: Resets the channels representing the image of the selected
channel pattern to the factory default settings. Also, the pattern is deleted
because resetting a channel causes any patterns that contain a channel
being reset to be deleted. Related ICL command: channel.reset() (on page
13-68).
NOTE CREATE is the only item that is displayed unless a pattern has been
selected.