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USING THE FRONT-PANEL CONTROLS .....................................................................................3-1

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................3-1

Front Panel...................................................................................................................................3-2

Understanding the Hierarchical Menu ..........................................................................................3-2

The Five Menus ........................................................................................................................3-7

Operations Menu...................................................................................................................3-8

Viewing Relay States.......................................................................................................3-10

Enabling a Digital Port .....................................................................................................3-13

Path Control Menu ..............................................................................................................3-14

Defining a Path ................................................................................................................3-14

Closing a Path .................................................................................................................3-15

Opening a Path................................................................................................................3-16

Settings Menu .....................................................................................................................3-18

Store/Recall Menu...............................................................................................................3-25

System Menu ......................................................................................................................3-29

Complete Menu Listing ...........................................................................................................3-29

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GPIB AND RS-232 INTERFACES..................................................................................................4-1

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................4-1

Commands ...................................................................................................................................4-1

Using the IEEE-488 (GPIB) Interface .......................................................................................4-1

Basic GPIB Information.........................................................................................................4-1

GPIB Cabling Guidelines ......................................................................................................4-2

Connecting the GPIB Cables ................................................................................................4-2

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