Agilent Technologies Switch/Measure - Manual (Page 75)

Features and Functions 2
34980A User’s Guide 63
Product Firmware Updates
As new product features and enhancements become available, you can
easily update your mainframe firmware to ensure optimum compatibility.
The latest firmware updates are available from the Agilent 34980A product
page at
www.agilent.com/find/34980a (go to “Software & Firmware
Downloads”).
Instrument State Storage
The instrument has five storage locations in non- volatile memory to store
instrument states, numbered 1 through 5. You can assign a user- defined
name to each of locations 1 through 5.
• You can store the instrument state in any of the five locations, but you
can only recall a state from a location that contains a previously
stored state.
• The instrument stores the state of all plug- in modules including all
channel configurations, scanning setups, and Mx+B scaling values.
However, note that only the measurement attributes of the
currently- selected function (range, resolution, etc.) will be preserved in
the stored states.
• Before recalling a stored state, the instrument verifies that the same
plug- in module types are installed in each slot. If a different module
type is installed, the instrument will perform the equivalent of a
Factory Reset (
*RST command).
• When shipped from the factory, storage locations 1 through 5 are
empty. You can change the factory configuration such that a Factory
Reset (
*RST command) is issued when power is restored.
• You can name a location from the front panel or over the remote
interface but you can recall a named state only from the front panel.
The name can contain up to 12 characters. The first character must be
a letter (A- Z), but the remaining 11 characters can be letters, numbers
(0- 9), or the underscore character (“_”). Blank spaces are not allowed.
An error is generated if you specify a name with more than 12 characters.
• A Factory Reset ( *RST command) does not affect the configurations
stored in memory. Once a state is stored, it remains until it is
overwritten or specifically deleted.