Keithley 3720 User Manual page 36

Section 2: Using the Front Panel
LIMIT key
Pressing this key will cycle through the four combinations of limit state settings (Limit1 and
Limit2 off, Limit1 on and Limit2 off, Limit1 off and Limit2 on, Limit1 and Limit2 on).
LIMIT key configuration
Pressing the CONFIG key and then the LIMIT key opens the LIMIT MENU. Select LIMIT 1 or
LIMIT 2 to open the desired LIMIT 1 or 2 MENU. These menus contain the following menu
items:
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REL key
Pressing this key enables/disables relative for selected function. Causes REL annunciator to
light when enabled. Also see Relative in the reference manual.
REL key configuration
Pressing the CONFIG key and then the REL key opens the RELATIVE OFFSET MENU. This
menu contains the following menu items:
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ENABLE: This menu item enables or disables limit testing. Related ICL command:
dmm.limit[Y].enable
CLEAR: This menu item clears the test results of the limit. Related ICL command:
dmm.limit[Y].clear
AUTOCLEAR: This menu item sets indicates if the limit should be cleared automatically
or not. Related ICL command: dmm.limit[Y].autoclear
LOWVAL: This menu item sets the low limit value. Related ICL command:
dmm.limit[Y].low.value
LOWFAIL: This menu item queries for the low test results of the limit. Related ICL
command: dmm.limit[Y].low.fail
HIGHVAL: This menu item sets the high limit value. Related ICL command:
dmm.limit[Y].high.value
HIGHFAIL: This menu item queries for the high test results of limit. Related ICL
command: dmm.limit[Y].high.fail
ACQUIRE: This menu item acquires an internal measurement to store as the REL level
value. Related ICL command: dmm.rel.acquire
ENABLE: This menu item enables or disables relative measurement control for the
DMM. Related ICL command: dmm.rel.enable
LEVEL: This menu item sets a specific offset value to use for relative measurements for
the DMM. Related ICL command: dmm.rel.level
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter User's Manual
Document Number: 3700S-900-01 Rev. A / August 2007