6-8 Agilent 4155B/4156B User’s Guide Vol.2, Edition 5
Screen Organization
CHANNELS Screen Group
CHANNELS
UNIT.
This column lists all the units that are installed in the 4155B/4156B.
VNAME.
VNAME field assigns a variable name for voltage that will be forced or measured.
You can use this name as a reference on the other screens. If channel does neither V
force nor V measurement, you can omit VNAME.
In this field, you can do the following:
• Enter a name by using the keyboard or front panel keys
• Select DELETE ROW softkey to delete the VNAME, INAME, MODE, FCTN,
and STBY entries for the unit. Unit is disabled.
Restrictions:
• VNAME must be 6 or less alphanumeric characters. First character must be
alphabet character.
• Name must be different from other names.
NOTE Switching units
To switch the VNAME, INAME, MODE, FCTN, and STBY assignment for units,
do as follows:
1. Position pointer in top field of VNAME column. CHANNEL ASSIGN
secondary softkey appears.
2. Select CHANNEL ASSIGN softkey. Pointer moves to the top field of UNIT
column.
3. Use arrow keys in the MARKER/CURSOR key group to move pointer to
desired row.
4. Select the secondary softkey of the desired unit. The selected unit appears at the
pointer.
Perform steps 3 and 4 until you assign units as desired. Make sure that the same unit
is not assigned to multiple rows. Then, select the EXIT CHANNEL ASSIGN
softkey.