Monitoring A Channel Or A Slot - Agilent Technologies 3488 User Manual

Monitoring a Channel or a Slot

You may need to continuously monitor the current status of a particular
switching channel, a digital I/O port, or an entire plug-in module. This is
especially useful when developing and debugging remote interface
commands or watching for an important signal.
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To monitor a channel or a port, specify the channel or port number.
To monitor a plug-in module, specify the slot number. The displayed
information is module type dependent as shown on the next page.
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Front-Panel Operation: To select a channel, a digital I/O port, or a
slot, press Mon. The MON annunciator lights up. Press Mon again
to exit this state.
M U X O PEN
D IN 255
1:0, , , , , ,6, , ,9,
00: H 255 L254.
If only part of the channel status on the module can be displayed at
one time, press Enter to display the next part.
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Remote Interface Operation:
OUTPUT 709; "VIEW 103"
OUTPUT 709; "VIEW 431"
OUTPUT 709; "CMON 2"
Chapter 4 Features and Functions
Monitoring a Channel or a Slot
Monitor a switching channel 101.
101
Monitor a DIO Port 400.
400
2
Monitor a MUX or GP module.
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Monitor a DIO module.
! Query the state of a relay
channel 103.
! Query the state of a bit
channel 431.
! Monitor the module in
slot 2.
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