Operating The Front Panel Keyboard; Menu Example: Selecting A Channel And Operating The Channel Relay - Agilent Technologies 34980a Getting Started Manual

Operating the Front Panel Keyboard

This section gives an overview on operating the 34980A from the front panel keyboard. For additional
information, see the 34980A User's Guide .
Before you can operate the front panel keyboard, connect the power cord to the 34980A
and turn on the power. If the instrument does not power on properly, contact Agilent
Technologies (see page 1 for more information).
At power on, all segments on the front panel are displayed and all lighted keys temporarily turn on.
The front panel is ready for operation when the keys are no longer lit and the green channel field on the
display shows the first slot in which a module is installed.

Menu Example: Selecting a Channel and Operating the Channel Relay

Use the following instructions for any of the multiplexer modules (34921A, 34922A, 34923A, 34924A,
or 34925A). The example illustrations below show the 34921A module installed in slot 1.
1. Using the number
keypad, press 1 to select
the slot containing the
multiplexer module.
2. Select channel 27 on the
module by pressing 2 and
then 7.
3. Press the lighted ENTER
key to complete your
channel selection.
4. With channel 1027
selected (shown in green
channel field on display),
toggle the Close and
Open keys to close and
open the selected
channel. Note that the
display shows OPEN or
CLOSED, indicating the
status of the channel.
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