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Agilent Technologies Switch/Measure User Manual

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Features and Functions

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To initiate a scan and store all readings in memory, press

Scan (Measure). Each time you initiate a new scan, the instrument
clears all previously stored readings. If you have not defined a scan list,
Scan (Measure) performs an internal DMM scan independent of any
channels.

To stop a scan in progress, press and hold

Scan (Measure).

To Build a Scan List From the Remote Interface

Use the

ROUTe:SCAN

command to define the list of channels in the scan

list. To determine what channels are currently in the scan list, use the

ROUTe:SCAN?

query command.

To add channels to the present scan list, use the

ROUTe:SCAN:ADD

command. To remove channels from the present scan list, use the

ROUTe:SCAN:REMove

command.

To remove all channels from the scan list, send “

ROUT:SCAN (

@

)

”.

To initiate a scan, use the

INITiate

or

READ?

command.

Measurements are stored in memory. Each time you initiate a new scan,
the instrument will clear the previous set of readings from memory.

To stop a scan in progress, use the

ABORt

command.