Sense Mode Selection; Front-Panel Sense Mode Selection; Remote Interface Sense Mode Selection - Tektronix KEITHLEY SourceMeter 2600B Series User Manual

Section 4: Operation

Sense mode selection

You can set the sense mode to use
sensing connections

Front-panel sense mode selection

To check or change the voltage sense mode from the front panel:
1. Press the CONFIG key.
2. Press the SRC or MEAS key. You can access and set the 2600B sense mode from either the
V-SOURCE or the V-MEAS menu items.
3. If you pressed the SRC key: Select V-SOURCE > SENSE-MODE, and then press the ENTER
key or the navigation wheel.
If you pressed the MEAS key: Select V-MEAS > SENSE-MODE, and then press the ENTER key
or the navigation wheel.
4. Select 2-WIRE or 4-WIRE as needed, and then press the ENTER key or the navigation wheel.

Remote interface sense mode selection

To configure the 2600B SMU for 4-wire remote sensing, send the command:
smua.sense = smua.SENSE_REMOTE
The following table summarizes the commands to select the sense mode. See the "TSP command
reference" section of the Series 2600B Reference Manual for details on using these commands.
Commands to select sense mode
Command*
smuX.source.output = smuX.OUTPUT_OFF
smuX.sense = smuX.SENSE_LOCAL
smuX.sense = smuX.SENSE_REMOTE
* smuX can be smua for channel A or smub for channel B
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Series 2600B System SourceMeter® instrument User's Manual
2-wire local sensing connections
(on page 4-12). The default sense setting is 2-wire local.
(on page 4-12) or
Description
Turn off the source-measure unit (SMU) output.
Select local (2-wire) sense.
Select remote (4-wire) sense.
2600BS-900-01 Rev. A / August 2021
4-wire remote