User manual

In this section:
Front panel introduction .................................................... 4-1
Display .............................................................................. 4-4
Special keys and power switch ....................................... 4-11
Operation keys ................................................................ 4-17
Range keys, cursor keys, and navigation wheel ............. 4-32
Action keys ...................................................................... 4-33
Front panel introduction
This section describes the Keithley Instruments Series 3700 System
Switch/Multimeter front panels.
The menu options under the CHAN key and CONFIG CHAN menus vary,
depending on the channel type of the selected channel. When selecting a range
of channels, all channel types might need to match for some operations like read
and write of a Digital I/O channel or opening and closing of Switch channels.
Some operations, like reset(), work with a range of mix channel types.
NOTE Not all models will have a digital multimeter (DMM) installed. All
DMM-related documentation is not applicable to those models.
If your model does not have a front panel, see the following sections to make the
appropriate changes.
GPIB address with gpib.address (on page 13-187) command.
LAN configuration using LAN functions and attributes (on page 13-190).
Use the menu system to scan channels, with the following limitations:
You can add digital I/O and totalizer channels to a front panel scan list for
reading by using the INSERT key (ICL equivalent of scan.add() (on page
13-230)).
You cannot add digital I/O and totalizer channels to a front panel scan list for
writing (ICL equivalent of scan.addwrite() (on page 13-231)).
You cannot add DAC channels to a front panel scan list for writing or
reading.
Pressing the INSERT key with a DAC channel selected generates an error
message.
Section 4
Using the Front Panel