Keithley 3700A Series Firmware Release Notes

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Keithley Instruments

28775 Aurora Road

Cleveland, Ohio 44139-1891

1-888-KEITHLEY

www.keithley.com

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General Information .................................................................................................................................................... 2

Supported models ................................................................................................................................................... 2

Installation instructions ........................................................................................................................................... 2

Upgrade Considerations ......................................................................................................................................... 2

Version 1.55 Release ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Upgrade considerations .......................................................................................................................................... 3

Overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Critical fixes............................................................................................................................................................. 3

Enhancements ........................................................................................................................................................ 4

Non-critical fixes ..................................................................................................................................................... 4

Known issues .......................................................................................................................................................... 5

Version 1.54 Release ................................................................................................................................................. 7

Upgrade considerations .......................................................................................................................................... 7

Overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Critical fixes............................................................................................................................................................. 7

Enhancements ........................................................................................................................................................ 9

Non-critical fixes ..................................................................................................................................................... 9

Version 1.53 Release ............................................................................................................................................... 10

Upgrade considerations ........................................................................................................................................ 10

Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 10

Critical fixes........................................................................................................................................................... 10

Enhancements ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

Non-critical fixes ................................................................................................................................................... 10

Version 1.52 Release ............................................................................................................................................... 13

Upgrade considerations ........................................................................................................................................ 13

Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 13

Critical fixes........................................................................................................................................................... 13

Enhancements ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

Non-critical fixes ................................................................................................................................................... 13

Version 1.51 Release ............................................................................................................................................... 16

Supported models ................................................................................................................................................. 16

Overview ............................................................................................................................................................... 16

Critical fixes........................................................................................................................................................... 16

Enhancements ...................................................................................................................................................... 17

Noncritical fixes ..................................................................................................................................................... 17

3706A-850SV1.55a

/ June 2017

Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter

Version 1.55 Firmware Release Notes

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Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Version 1.55 Firmware Release Notes Keithley Instruments 28775 Aurora Road Cleveland, Ohio 44139-1891 1-888-KEITHLEY www.keithley.com Contents General Information ..............................2 Supported models ..............................2 Installation instructions ............................2 Upgrade Considerations ............................2 Version 1.55 Release ..............................3 Upgrade considerations ............................
Page 2: General Information
General Information Supported models This firmware is used on the following Keithley Instruments product models: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP, and all Series 3700 cards. Because this firmware is used on multiple models, this version of firmware may be available for use on one or more models while still being unqualified for use on the others.
Page 3: Version 1.55 Release
Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.55 Release - Upgrade considerations Version 1.55 Release Upgrade considerations The 1.55 release can only be used on 3700A models. This release is not compatible with 3700 (non-A) models. This release is the first to support the new 3760, 3761, 3762, and 3765 switch cards. Overview The following table lists the exact version numbers of the available Series 3700 components.
Page 4: Enhancements
Version 1.55 Release - Enhancements Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Models affected: PR-59260 Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: The instrument causes Error 5511 Low-Power when configuring a scan while some channels are already closed. Workaround: None. Resolution: This issue has been corrected. Models affected: PR-44535 Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP.
Page 5: Known Issues
Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.55 Release - Known issues Known issues PR51964 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: When switching from one web application to another for the first time, a Java security warning window similar to the one shown below is used to get the user’s permission. In the most recent versions of Java (7u65 and 8u11), the security warning window appears behind the web browser when using Internet Explorer.
Page 6 Version 1.55 Release - Known issues Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes PR53153 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: If the user edits a script in TSB Embedded and clicks a non-applet link such as Sync Config prior to saving, when they return to TSB Embedded the changes are gone and no script is displayed in the editor.
Page 7: Version 1.54 Release
Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.54 Release - Upgrade considerations Version 1.54 Release Upgrade considerations The 1.54 release can only be used on 3700A models. This release is not compatible with 3700 (non-A) models. Overview The following table lists the exact version numbers of the available Series 3700 components. Model Version Series 3700A Mainframe...
Page 8 Version 1.54 Release - Critical fixes Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Models affected: PR56938 Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: When identical relays are closed/opened in two or more consecutive scan-steps, the Channel Ready trigger event is generated only when the first identical step is executed. It is not generated when the subsequent identical steps are executed.
Page 9: Enhancements
Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.54 Release - Enhancements Models affected: PR58247 Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: Unstable AC readings after manually changing the bandwidth to 300 from a different value. Workaround: None. Resolution: This issue has been corrected. Enhancements None.
Page 10: Version 1.53 Release
None. Enhancements PR51416 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Enhancement: Keithley has updated its digital signature on all of its Series 3700A Java applications to a stronger 2048-bit certificate. Non-critical fixes PR51207 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP.
Page 11 Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.53 Release - Non-critical fixes PR51547 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: Unexpected behavior with scan.background() and schedule.alarm commands. Workaround: None. Resolution: This issue has been corrected. PR51864 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: When run using Java plug-in version 7u25 or later, Series 3700A web applications will eventually stop working after it is re-loaded.
Page 12 Version 1.53 Release - Non-critical fixes Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes PR51958 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: Series 3700A web applications do not work correctly in Internet Explorer 11. Users cannot switch from one web application to another without going through the Home page. Workaround: None.
Page 13: Version 1.52 Release
Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.52 Release - Upgrade considerations Version 1.52 Release Upgrade considerations The 1.52 release can only be used on 3700A models. This release is not compatible with 3700 (non-A) models. Overview The following table lists the exact version numbers of the available Series 3700 components. Model Version Series 3700A Mainframe...
Page 14 Version 1.52 Release - Non-critical fixes Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Workaround: None. Resolution: The TRIGGER functionality had been implemented, but was not reported in the device and interface capabilities. The appropriate bits in the capability words are now set and resolve this issue. PR47097 Models affected: PR47098...
Page 15 Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.52 Release - Non-critical fixes PR47137 Models affected: Models 3706A, 3706A-S, 3706A-NFP, 3706A-SNFP. Symptom: When communicating with the product using USB and using the Read Status Byte bus operation it always returned 0. Workaround: None.
Page 16: Version 1.51 Release
1.40j Critical fixes NOTE: Firmware version 1.51 is the initial firmware release for the 3700A series and should not be installed on non-A (for example 3706) models. For non-A series instruments, V1.41c is the latest firmware version. The information provided below is only used to inform customers who had been previously using a model 3706 with firmware release 1.41c.
Page 17: Enhancements
Series 3700A Firmware Release Notes Version 1.51 Release - Enhancements Symptom: It was observed that reading large amounts of data using VXI would occasionally cause the data to be terminated early. Resolution: During heavy amounts of reading the VXI driver would set the EOI bit too early terminating the data transfer.

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