Agilent Technologies 34401A User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Agilent 34401A Overview
- In This Book
- Chapter 1: Quick Start
- To Prepare the Multimeter for Use
- If the Multimeter Does Not Turn On
- To Adjust the Carrying Handle
- To Measure Voltage
- To Measure Resistance
- To Measure Current
- To Measure Frequency (or Period)
- To Measure Continuity
- To Check Diodes
- To Select a Range
- To Set the Resolution
- Front-Panel Display Formats
- To Rack Mount the Multimeter
- Chapter 2: Front-Panel Menu Operation
- Front-Panel Menu Reference
- A Front-Panel Menu Tutorial
- To Turn Off the Comma Separator
- To Make Null (Relative) Measurements
- To Store Minimum and Maximum Readings
- To Make dB Measurements
- To Make dBm Measurements
- To Trigger the Multimeter
- To Use Reading Hold
- To Make dcv:dcv Ratio Measurements
- To Use Reading Memory
- Chapter 3: Features and Functions
- Chapter 4: Remote Interface Reference
- Command Summary
- Simplified Programming Overview
- The MEASure? and CONFigure Commands
- Measurement Configuration Commands
- Math Operation Commands
- Triggering
- Triggering Commands
- System-Related Commands
- The SCPI Status Model
- What is an Event Register?
- What is an Enable Register?
- SCPI Status System
- The Status Byte
- Using Service Request (SRQ) abd Serial POLL
- Using *STB? to Read the Status Byte
- To Interrupt Your Bus Controller Using SRQ
- To Determine When a Command Sequence is Completed
- How to Use the Message Available Bit (MAV)
- Using *OPC to Signal When Data is in the Output Buffer
- The Standard Event Register
- The Questionable Data Register
- Status Reporting Commands
- Calibration Commands
- RS-232 Interface Configuration
- RS-232 Interface Commands
- An Introduction to the SCPI Language
- Output Data Formats
- Using Device Clear to Halt Measurements
- TALK ONLY for Printers
- To Set the GPIB Address
- To Select the Remote Interface
- To Set the Baud Rate
- To Set the Parity
- To Select the Programming Language
- Alternate Programming Language Compatibility
- SCPI Compliance Information
- IEEE-488 Compliance Information
- Chapter 5: Error Messages
- Chapter 6: Application Programs
- Chapter 7: Measurement Tutorial
- Thermal EMF Errors
- Loading Errors (dc volts)
- Leakage Current Errors
- Rejecting Power-Line Noise Voltages
- Common Mode Rejection (CMR)
- Noise Caused by Ground Loops
- Resistance Measurements
- 4-Wire Ohms Measurements
- Removing Test Lead Resistance Errors
- Power Dissipation Effects
- Settling Time Effects
- Errors in High Resistance Measurements
- DC Current Measurement Errors
- True RMS AC Measurements
- Crest Factor Errors (non-sinusoidal inputs)
- Loading Errors (ac volts)
- Measurements Below Full Scale
- High-Voltage Self-Heating Errors
- Temperature Coefficient and Overload Errors
- Low-Level Measurement Errors
- Common Mode Errors
- AC Current Measurement Errors
- Frequency and Period Measurement Errors
- Making High-Speed DC and Resistance Measurements
- Making High-Speed AC Measurements
- Chapter 8: Specifications
- Declaration of Conformity
- Warranty Information
- Index