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Config: Opens a menu that contains two softkeys: one that displays a list of
installed hardware modules and software version numbers, and another that
displays the contents of the user report string. This section describes how to use
these softkeys.
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Setup: This menu contains softkeys to open submenus that let you change the
calibration interval, set up the remote port, set the clock, Another menu lets you
format the EEPROM (Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory),
which is nonvolatile memory. Formatting the EEPROM is necessary only when
you want to replace some or all of the information in memory with default values.
The next part of this section describes the instrument setup menu and its
submenus.
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Meas Control: Opens the measurement control menu. This menu contains softkeys
for controlling the Digital Filter (a software window-averaging filter) and selecting
INPUT 1 or INPUT 2 as the initial input. Section 4-16 describes how to use these
softkeys.
4-31. Checking Instrument Configuration
The "Config" softkey in the utilities menu shows the serial number of the 5790A as
programmed at the factory and presents two softkeys: one that displays a list of installed
optional hardware modules and software revision letters, and another that displays the
contents of the user report string.
The user report string an area of nonvolatile memory that contains whatever was stored
last via the remote command RPTSTR. If this memory has not been changed, it contains
the factory default string "5790A". In remote, you can read the contents of this memory
using the query RPTSTR?. (See Sections 5 and 6 for more information about all the
remote commands.)
Proceed as follows to view the instrument configuration information:
1. Press [UTIL MENUS] followed by the "Config" softkey. The Control Display
changes to:
2. Press the "Show user report string" softkey. The contents of the report string register
appear on the Control Display. The string "5790A" is stored until you use the
RPTSTR remote command to change it.
Front Panel Operation
Using the Top-Level Menu Keys
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