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Operation
3457A
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DISPLAY
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The d i s p l a y i s a 12 c h a r a c t e r a l p h a n u m e r i c l i q u i d c r y s t a l d i s p l a y (LCD).
The d i s p l a y
i s u s e d t o show measurement r e a d i n g s and t o d i s p l a y messages. When measurements a r e d i s p l a y e d ,
t h e f i r s t
c h a r a c t e r
i n d i c a t e s
t h e p o l a r i t y ,
c h a r a c t e r s
2 t h r o u g h
8 d i s p l a y
t h e measurement
v a l u e and t h e l a s t f o u r c h a r a c t e r s p r o v i d e f u n c t i o n and r a n g e i n f o r m a t i o n .
The d i s p l a y b u f f e r
s t o r e s u p t o 24 c h a r a c t e r s .
Use t h e
+
and
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d i s p l a y k e y s t o v i e w d i s p l a y s
i n e x c e s s o f
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c h a r a c t e r s .
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CONFIGURATIONKEYS- The Math Keys a r e u s e d t o s e t t h e o p e r a t i n g p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e i n s t r u m e n t .
These k e y s p e r m i t t h e u s e r t o a c c e s s t h e command c a t a l o g t o c o n f i g u r e 62 o p e r a t i n g p a r a m e t e r s .
The most commonly u s e d p a r a m e t e r s a r e s e t b y p r e s s i n g one o f t h e s i x t e e n c o n f i g u r a t i o n k e y s a n d
e n t e r i n g t h e a p p r o p r i a t e p a r a m e t e r v a l u e .
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MATHKEYS- The Math Keys a c c e s s 13 b u i l t - i n m a t h e m a t i c a l f u n c t i o n s .
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INPUT TERMINALS
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The f i v e I n p u t T e r m i n a l s p r o v i d e HI and LO i n p u t c o n e c t i o n s v o l t a g e r e s i s t a n c e
a n d c u r r e n t measurements.
DC v o l t a g e , A C v o l t a g e , AC+DC v o l t a g e a n d 2 - W i r e r e s i s t a n c e m e a s u r e -
m e n t s a r e made t h r o u g h t h e INPUT
H I
and LO t e r m i n a l s . DC c u r r e n t A C c u r r e n t a n d AC+DC c u r r e n t
measurements a r e made t h r o u g h t h e INPUT LO and
I
t e r m i n a l s . 4 - W i r e r e s i s t a n c e measurements a r e
made t h r o u g h t h e
n
SENSE HI and LO t e r m i n a l s a n d t h e INPUT
H I
and LO t e r m i n a l s .
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FUSE- The f u s e p r o t e c t s t h e c u r r e n t i n p u t c i r c u i t r y b y l i m i t i n g t h e i n p u t c u r r e n t t o 1.5 amps
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OTHERKEYS- These s p e c i a l k e y s p e r f o r m t h e f o l l o w i n g f u n c t i o n s :
E/SRQ k e y
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I n t h e n o r m a l s t a t e t h i s k e y a l l o w s t h e u s e r t o e n t e r e x p o n e n t s ( E ) .
I n t h e
s h i f t e d s t a t e , t h i s k e y s e t s t h e Request S e r v i c e b i t .
/ERROR
k e y
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I n t h e n o r m a l s t a t e ,
t h i s
k e y i s u s e d t o e n t e r n e g a t i v e numbers.
I n t h e
s h i f t e d s t a t e ,
t h i s k e y i s u s e d t o r e a d t h e E r r o r R e g i s t e r .
BACK SPACE/CLEAR
k e y
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I n t h e n o r m a l s t a t e ,
t h i s k e y i s u s e d t o b a c k s p a c e t o
e n t r i e s . I n t h e s h i f t e d s t a t e ,
t h i s k e y c l e a r s t h e d i s p l a y .
ENT/LAST
ENTRY k e y
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I n t h e n o r m a l s t a t e ,
t h i s
k e y
i s u s e d t o
e n t e r
i n f o r m a t
memory.
I n t h e s h i f t e d s t a t e ,
t h i s k e y r e c a l l s t h e l a s t e n t r y made.
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c o r r e c t
i o n
i n t o
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KEYS
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These k e y s a r e u s e d t o change measurement
r a n g e s ,
s c r o l l
t h r o u g h t h e command
c a t a l o g ,
s h i f t d i s p l a y messages L e f t o r r i g h t ,
r u n t h e i n s t r u m e n t s e l f t e s t r o u t i n e ,
r e s e t t h e
i n s t r u m e n t , r e a d t h e H P - I B a d d r e s s a n d r e t u r n t h e i n s t r u m e n t t o L o c a l ( m a n u a l ) c o n t r o l .
Figure
3-3.
Front Panel Features (cont'd)

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