Setting The Compliance Limit - Keithley 6430 Instruction Manual

Setting the compliance limit

Front panel compliance limit
Set the compliance limit from the front panel as follows:
1. Select the desired source and measure functions using the MEAS and SOURCE keys.
2. Press the EDIT key until the cursor flashes in the compliance (Compl:) display field.
3. Select the desired compliance range using the RANGE
4. To increment or decrement the compliance value, use the EDIT
the cursor over the digit to be changed, then press the SOURCE
ment or decrement the compliance value.
5. To change the compliance value directly, simply enter the value using the numeric keys
while the cursor is flashing in the compliance display field.
Remote compliance limit
Table 3-2 summarizes basic commands to program the compliance limit. See Section 17, Set
compliance limit for more details on these commands. To program the compliance, simply send
the command using the desired parameter. For example, the following command sets the cur-
rent compliance to 50mA:
:SENS:CURR:PROT 50E-3
Similarly, the following command sets the voltage compliance to 4V:
:SENS:VOLT:PROT 4
T a ble 3-2
Compliance commands
Command
:SENSe:CURRent:PROTection <n>
:SENSe:VOLTage:PROTection <n>
Basic Source-Measure Operation
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Description
Set current compliance (n = compliance).
Set voltage compliance (n = compliance).
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