Fluke PM2811 User Manual page 7

Programmable Power Supplies
5 USING YOUR PROGRAMMABLE POWER SUPPLY
5.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2 LOCAL OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.3 REMOTE OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
5.4 OPERATING FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5.5 HOW TO USE THE OPERATING FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
5.5.1
5.5.2
5.5.3
5.5.4
5.5.5
5.6 ADVANCED USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
5.6.1
5.6.2
5.6.3
5.6.4
Output channel characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Local and remote sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Constant voltage or constant current source . . . . . . 5-13
Store/recall function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Step functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Parallel connection of output channels . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Serial connection of output channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Parallel connection of loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Tips for Remote Sensing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
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