Keithley 3706A Reference Manual

Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Table of contents
Calculating AC characteristics accuracy ................................................................................. 8-20
Calculating dB characteristics accuracy .................................................................................. 8-21
Additional derating factors ....................................................................................................... 8-21
Understanding Precision Time Protocol (PTP) .................................................................. 8-22
Introduction to TSP operation ................................................................................... 9-1
Introduction to TSP operation .............................................................................................. 9-1
Controlling the instrument by sending individual command messages ..................................... 9-1
Queries ..................................................................................................................................... 9-2
Data retrieval commands .......................................................................................................... 9-3
Information on scripting and programming ................................................................................ 9-4
Files .......................................................................................................................................... 9-4
Display operations ................................................................................................................... 9-10
About TSP commands ....................................................................................................... 9-21
Alarms ..................................................................................................................................... 9-21
Bit manipulation and logic operations ...................................................................................... 9-21
Channel ................................................................................................................................... 9-23
Data queue.............................................................................................................................. 9-24
Digital I/O ................................................................................................................................ 9-24
Display .................................................................................................................................... 9-25
DMM ....................................................................................................................................... 9-25
Error queue ............................................................................................................................. 9-26
Event log ................................................................................................................................. 9-27
File I/O .................................................................................................................................... 9-27
GPIB ....................................................................................................................................... 9-28
Instrument identification .......................................................................................................... 9-28
LAN and LXI ............................................................................................................................ 9-29
Local node............................................................................................................................... 9-30
PTP ......................................................................................................................................... 9-30
Reading buffer ......................................................................................................................... 9-31
Reset ....................................................................................................................................... 9-31
Queries and response messages ............................................................................................ 9-31
Saved setups .......................................................................................................................... 9-32
Scan ........................................................................................................................................ 9-32
Scripting .................................................................................................................................. 9-33
Status model ........................................................................................................................... 9-33
Slot .......................................................................................................................................... 9-34
Time ........................................................................................................................................ 9-34
Top level instrument controls .................................................................................................. 9-35
Triggering ................................................................................................................................ 9-36
TSP-Link ................................................................................................................................. 9-37
TSP-Net .................................................................................................................................. 9-37
Userstrings .............................................................................................................................. 9-38
Instrument programming ......................................................................................... 10-1
Fundamentals of scripting for TSP ..................................................................................... 10-1
What is a script? ...................................................................................................................... 10-2
Run-time and nonvolatile memory storage of scripts .............................................................. 10-2
What can be included in scripts? ............................................................................................. 10-2
Commands that cannot be used in scripts .............................................................................. 10-3
Manage scripts ........................................................................................................................ 10-3
Working with scripts in nonvolatile memory............................................................................. 10-9
Run a user script from the instrument front panel ................................................................. 10-11
Load a script from the instrument front panel ........................................................................ 10-12
Save a script from the instrument front panel ........................................................................ 10-13
Interactive script .................................................................................................................... 10-14

Keithley 3706A Specifications

General

Model	3706A
Category	System Switch/Multimeter
Voltage Range	100 nV to 300 V
Basic DC Voltage Accuracy	0.0035%
Basic Resistance Accuracy	0.01%
Maximum Channels	576
Maximum Voltage	300 V
Connectivity	LAN, USB, GPIB
Interface	LAN, USB, GPIB
Switching Matrix	Yes
Channels	576 (6-slot mainframe)
Maximum Current	3 A