Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual page 64

Section 3: Using the Front Panel
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PATT key
Pressing this key opens the PATTERN ACTION MENU that contains the following menu items:
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LABEL: This menu item sets the label associated with the channels specified. Related
ICL command: channel.setlabel
to 12 characters. Remotely, the label may be up to 20 characters.
BACKPLANE: This menu item opens the BACKPLANE MENU. Use this menu to add or
remove backplane channels from the channels specified. Related ICL command:
channel.setbackplane
FORBID: This menu item prevents the closing of the channels specified. Related ICL
command: channel.setforbidden
POLE: This menu item sets the number of poles for the channels specified. Related ICL
command: channel.setpole
DELAY: This menu sets additional delay time for channels specified. Related ICL
command: channel.setdelay
COUNT: This menu item displays closure cycles for the channels specified. Related ICL
command: channel.getcount
DMM_CONFIG: This menu item sets the DMM configuration associated with the
channels specified. Related ICL command:
OPEN: This menu item opens the specified channel pattern for switching aspects.
Related ICL command:
CLOSE: This menu item closes specified channel pattern. These closures are appended
to the already closed channels. Related ICL command:
EXCLOSE: This menu item closes the specified items so they are exclusively closed.
Related ICL command:
EXSLOTCLOSE: This menu item exclusively closes specified channels on the specified
slots. Related ICL command:
CREATE: This menu item creates a channel pattern from a snapshot and associates it
with the specified name. From the front panel, the pattern name can be up to 12
characters. Remotely, the pattern name may be up to 20 characters. Note that if no
patterns exist in the system when the PATT key is pressed, then CREATE will be the
only menu item displayed. Related ICL commands:
9-40)
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
(on page 9-45). From the front panel, the label can be up
(on page 9-42)
(on page 9-46)
(on page 9-44)
(on page 9-28)
dmm.setconfig
channel.open (on page 9-34)
channel.exclusiveclose
channel.exclusiveslotclose
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007
(on page 9-116)
channel.close
(on page 9-21)
(on page 9-23)
channel.pattern.snapshot
(on page 9-18)
(on page