Using The Front Panel; Using Scpi Commands - Keithley DAQ6510 User Manual

Section 6: Scanning low-level DCV

Using the front panel

To set up the application from the front panel:
1. Press the POWER switch on the front panel to turn on the instrument.
2. Select the REAR terminals.
3. Press the MENU key.
4. Under Channel, select Scan.
5. Select the + button to add a group of channels, select channels 101 to 106, and select OK.
6. Select DC Voltage.
7. On the Settings tab, set NPLC to 5.
8. Set Auto Zero to On.
9. On the Scan tab, set Scan Count to 10.
10. Select Start at the bottom of the left pane.
To watch active readings during scan:
1. Press the HOME key.
2. Select the arrow to the right of Watch Channel.
3. Select the channels of interest and select OK to accept.
To save the scanned measurements to a USB flash drive:
1. Select the MENU key.
2. Under the Measure column, choose Reading Buffers.
3. Insert a USB flash drive into the DAQ6510. Select Save to USB at the bottom of the pane.
4. Select OK.

Using SCPI commands

This sequence of SCPI commands executes a DCV scan on channels 101 to 106.
You may need to make changes so that this code will run in your programming environment. In the
table, the SCPI commands have a light gray background. The light green shaded code represents
pseudocode that will vary depending on the programming environments you use.
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DAQ6510 Data Acquisition / Multimeter System User's Manual
DAQ6510-900-01Rev. A / April 2018