Channel Identification; Matrix Card Channel Specifiers; Analog Backplane Relay Channel Specifiers - Keithley Series 3700A User Manual
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Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter User's Manual
Channel identification
Matrix card channel specifiers
The channels on the matrix cards are referred to by their slot, bank, row, and column numbers:
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Slot number: The number of the slot in which the card is installed.
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Bank number: The bank number, if used by your card. See your card documentation.
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Row number: The row number is either 1 to 8 or A to Z. See your card documentation.
Column number: Always two digits. For columns greater than 99, use A, B, C and so on to represent
10, 11, 12, ...; the resulting sequence is: 98, 99, A0, A1, ..., A8, A9, B0, B1, ...
Matrix channel examples
Specifier
1104
11104
1203
213A4
3112
62101
Analog backplane relay channel specifiers
The channels for slots with analog backplane relays are referred to by their slot, backplane, bank, and
relay numbers:
•
Slot number: The number of the slot.
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Backplane number: Always 9.
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Bank number: The bank number, if used by your card. See your card documentation for detail.
•
Analog backplane relay number: The number of the backplane relay. Typically 1 to 6. See your
card documentation for detail.
Backplane relay examples
Specifier
1914
1922
2924
3916
3700AS-900-01 Rev. A / July 2011
Slot
Bank
Row
number
number
number
1
N/A
1
1
1
1
1
N/A
2
2
1
3
3
N/A
1
6
2
1
Slot
Backplane
Bank
number
number
number
1
9
1
1
9
2
2
9
2
3
9
1
Section 2: Using the front-panel interface
Column
number
04
04
03
104
12
01
Backplane relay
number
4
2
4
6
2-7
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