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Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1-1
Welcome .............................................................................................................................. 1-1
Introduction to this manual ................................................................................................... 1-1
Extended warranty ............................................................................................................... 1-1
Contact information .............................................................................................................. 1-2
CD-ROM contents ................................................................................................................ 1-2
Organization of manual sections .......................................................................................... 1-2
Applications .......................................................................................................................... 1-3
Using the front-panel interface ................................................................................ 2-1
Front panel overview ............................................................................................................ 2-1
Power the instrument on or off ............................................................................................. 2-3
Turn the Model 2461 output on or off ................................................................................... 2-4
Touchscreen display ............................................................................................................ 2-5
Select items on the touchscreen ............................................................................................... 2-5
Scroll bars ................................................................................................................................. 2-6
Interactive swipe screens .......................................................................................................... 2-6
Menu overview .......................................................................................................................... 2-9
Store measurements on a USB flash drive ........................................................................ 2-10
Saving screen captures to a USB flash drive .................................................................... 2-10
Using a remote interface .......................................................................................... 3-1
Remote communications interfaces ..................................................................................... 3-1
Supported remote interfaces ................................................................................................ 3-1
GPIB communications .......................................................................................................... 3-2
Install the GPIB driver software ................................................................................................. 3-2
Install the GPIB cards in your computer .................................................................................... 3-2
Connect GPIB cables to your instrument .................................................................................. 3-2
Set the GPIB address ............................................................................................................... 3-3
LAN communications ........................................................................................................... 3-4
Set up LAN communications on the instrument ........................................................................ 3-4
Set up LAN communications on the computer .......................................................................... 3-5
USB communications ........................................................................................................... 3-6
Connect a computer to the Model 2461 using USB .................................................................. 3-6
Communicate with the instrument ............................................................................................. 3-7
Using the web interface...................................................................................................... 3-10
Connect to the instrument web interface ................................................................................. 3-10
LAN troubleshooting suggestions ............................................................................................ 3-10
Identify the instrument ............................................................................................................. 3-12
Review events in the event log ................................................................................................ 3-12
Determining the command set you will use ....................................................................... 3-12
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