General Operation - Keithley 2461 Reference Manual

Section 2

General operation

In this section:
Power the instrument on or off ................................................. 2-2
Front-panel overview ................................................................ 2-3
Turn the Model 2461 output on or off ....................................... 2-6
Rear panel overview ................................................................ 2-7
Touchscreen display ................................................................ 2-8
Screen descriptions ................................................................ 2-12
Menu overview ....................................................................... 2-21
Display features ..................................................................... 2-45
Handle and bumpers .............................................................. 2-50
Dimensions ............................................................................ 2-51
Remote communications interfaces ....................................... 2-55
Determining the command set you will use ............................ 2-80
System information ................................................................ 2-81
Instrument sounds .................................................................. 2-83
Test connections .................................................................... 2-83
Output-off state ...................................................................... 2-97
Source-measure overview...................................................... 2-99
Digitize functions .................................................................. 2-113
Contact check ...................................................................... 2-115
Protection ............................................................................. 2-121
Ranges ................................................................................. 2-124
Automatic reference measurements .................................... 2-129
Source readback .................................................................. 2-130
Source delay ........................................................................ 2-130
Graphing .............................................................................. 2-131
Binning data with the Histogram ........................................... 2-135
Saving setups ....................................................................... 2-137
Resets .................................................................................. 2-141
Using the event log .............................................................. 2-142