User-Defined Keys - Agilent Technologies 3458A User Manual

User-Defined Keys

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You can assign a string of one or more commands to each of the USER keys
labeled f0 - f9. After assigning a string to one of these keys (maximum string
length is 40 characters), pressing that key displays the string on the display.
You can then execute the string by pressing the Enter key. The Def Key
allows you to assign a command string to any of the user-defined keys. For
example, to assign the commands NRDGS 10,AUTO; TRIG SGL (the
semicolon links multiple commands) to the user-defined key f0, press:
Def Key
0
°
The display shows:
You can now enter the command string by pressing:
N Rgds/ 1 0
Trig
R
Trig
To store the string (this does not execute the string, it merely assigns it to the
user-defined key), press:
Enter
To access and execute the string assigned to key f0, press:
0 Enter
The multimeter will take 10 readings and then stop.
As a special keyboard feature, you can access the string assigned to a key
without pressing the shift key (except when you are in the process of entering
a command). For example, you can access and execute the string assigned to
key f0 by pressing:
0 Enter
You can also assign commands from the command menu to user-defined
keys. You cannot assign a command using an immediate execute key (DCV,
ACV, etc.) Instead, you must access that command from the menu. Key
definitions stored from the front panel can be edited from the front panel.
(You cannot edit a key definition that was downloaded from the controller.)
Editing is done by pressing the user-defined key and, while the string is
displayed, editing the string as described under "Display Editing" earlier in