Keithley 708B Reference Manual page 41

Section 2: General operation
The options are:
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LABEL: Sets the label that is displayed on the front panel for the specified channel.
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LABEL-ROW: Sets the label that is displayed on the front panel for the specified row.
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LABEL-COL: Sets the label that is displayed on the front panel for the specified column.
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FORBID: Allows you to prevent the channel from being closed.
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DELAY: Sets delay time (in addition to settling time) for the specified channels. Enter the value
for the delay in 1ms steps from 0 to 60 seconds for a channel.
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COUNT: Displays closure cycles for the specified channel.
For more information about channel attribute settings, see
Scan Attribute Menu options
Use the options in this menu to configure scans from the front panel.
To open this menu, press CONFIG, then press SCAN.
Options include:
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ADD: Reminder that you need to use INS to add channels or channel patterns to a scan.
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BYPASS: Allows you to bypass the trigger for the first step of the first scan. See
(on page 3-1) for more information.
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MODE: Selects how the scan initializes the instrument when the scan is executed. Choose
OPEN-ALL to open all channels or OPEN-SELECT to open only those involved in the scan.
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SCAN_CNT: Sets the scan count, which is the number of times that the instrument repeats the
steps in a scan. After repeating the steps this number of times, the instrument returns to idle.
For information on configuring scans, see
Channel Action Menu options
Allows you to change the state of channels from the front panel.
To open this menu, display a channel, then press CHAN.
Options include:
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OPEN: Opens the selected channel.
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CLOSE: Closes the selected channel.
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EXCLOSE: Closes the selected channel and opens any closed channels on the instrument.
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EXSLOTCLOSE: Closes the specified channel and opens any closed channels on the same slot.
Channels on other slots remain closed.
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RESET: Restores the factory default settings to the selected channel. Resetting a channel
deletes any channel patterns that contain that channel.
For more information, see
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Models 707B and 708B Switching Matrix Reference Manual
Changing attributes of an existing scan
Working with channels (on page 2-87).
Channel attributes (on page 2-97).
(on page 3-6).
707B-901-01 Rev. A / August 2010
Trigger model