Display Patterns Test; Displaying The Instrument's Serial Number - Keithley 3700A Series Reference Manual

Section 7: Maintenance
6. To test the EXIT (LOCAL) key, press the EXIT (LOCAL) key once.
7. To exit the test, press the EXIT (LOCAL) key twice consecutively. You will exit the test and the
instrument returns to the FRONT PANEL TESTS menu.
8. Press the EXIT (LOCAL) key multiple times to exit out of the menu structure.

Display patterns test

This test lets you verify that each pixel and indicator in the vacuum fluorescent display is working
properly.
Perform the following steps to run the display test:
1. If the Series 3700A is in remote mode, press the EXIT (LOCAL) key once to place the instrument
in local mode.
2. Press the MENU key.
3. Navigate through the menus by turning the navigation wheel , and then pressing the ENTER key
to select the items as follows: DISPLAY > TEST > DISPLAY-TESTS.
4. Turn the navigation wheel
5. To start the display test, press the ENTER key. There are three parts to the display test. Each
time the ENTER key or the navigation wheel
selected. The three parts of the test sequence are as follows:
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Checkerboard pattern and the indicators that are on during normal operation
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Checkerboard pattern (alternate pixels on) and all the numeric indicators (which are not used)
are illuminated
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Each digit (and adjacent indicators) is sequenced; all of the pixels of the selected digit are on
6. When finished, abort the display test by pressing the EXIT (LOCAL) key. The instrument returns
to the FRONT PANEL TESTS menu. Continue pressing the EXIT (LOCAL) key to exit out of the
menu structure.

Displaying the instrument's serial number

The instrument serial number is on a label on the rear panel of the instrument. You can also access
the serial number from the front panel using the front-panel keys and menus.
To display the serial number on the front panel:
1. If the Series 3700A is in remote operation, press the EXIT (LOCAL) key once to place the
instrument in local operation.
2. Press the MENU key.
3. Use the navigation wheel
4. Press the ENTER key. The SYSTEM INFORMATION menu is displayed.
5. Scroll to the SERIAL# menu item.
6. Press the ENTER key. The Series 3700A serial number is displayed.
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until the DISPLAY-PATTERNS menu item is highlighted.
is pressed, the next part of the test sequence is
to scroll to the UNIT-INFO menu item.
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018