Keithley 7001

4 Front Panel Operation
4.1 Introduction....................................................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Power-up procedure ........................................................................................................................................ 4-1
4.2.1 Line power connections........................................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2.2 Power switch ............................................................................................................................................. 4-2
4.2.3 Power-up sequence .................................................................................................................................. 4-2
4.3 Display ............................................................................................................................................................... 4-3
4.3.1 Channel status display............................................................................................................................. 4-4
4.3.2 Information and error messages............................................................................................................. 4-5
4.3.3 Annunciators............................................................................................................................................. 4-5
4.4 Analog backplane ............................................................................................................................................. 4-6
4.5 Mainframe programming................................................................................................................................ 4-8
4.5.1 Channel assignments ............................................................................................................................... 4-8
4.5.2 Channel list and scan list....................................................................................................................... 4-10
4.5.3 Closing and opening channels.............................................................................................................. 4-12
4.5.4 Scanning channels .................................................................................................................................. 4-13
4.5.5 Storing channel patterns (STORE and RECALL)............................................................................... 4-20
4.6 MENU .............................................................................................................................................................. 4-22
4.6.1 SAVESETUP ............................................................................................................................................ 4-24
4.6.2 GPIB.......................................................................................................................................................... 4-25
4.6.3 DIGITAL-I/O.......................................................................................................................................... 4-26
4.6.4 TEST.......................................................................................................................................................... 4-27
4.6.5 LANGUAGE ........................................................................................................................................... 4-27
4.6.6 GENERAL................................................................................................................................................ 4-27
4.7 CARD CONFIG .............................................................................................................................................. 4-28
4.7.1 TYPE ......................................................................................................................................................... 4-29
4.7.2 #-OF-POLES ............................................................................................................................................ 4-31
4.7.3 CARD-PAIR............................................................................................................................................. 4-32
4.7.4 DELAY ..................................................................................................................................................... 4-32
4.7.5 READ-I/O-CARD .................................................................................................................................. 4-33
4.8 SCAN CONFIG............................................................................................................................................... 4-33
4.8.1 CHAN-CONTROL ................................................................................................................................. 4-35
4.8.2 SCAN CONTROL................................................................................................................................... 4-38
4.8.3 ARM CONTROL..................................................................................................................................... 4-40
4.8.4 Channel restrictions................................................................................................................................ 4-42
4.9 Digital I/O port............................................................................................................................................... 4-43
4.9.1 Controlling digital circuitry .................................................................................................................. 4-44
4.9.2 Digital input channel.............................................................................................................................. 4-46
4.9.3 I/O port connections.............................................................................................................................. 4-46
4.10 External triggering.......................................................................................................................................... 4-48
4.10.1 External trigger ....................................................................................................................................... 4-48
4.10.2 Channel ready ......................................................................................................................................... 4-49
4.10.3 External triggering example.................................................................................................................. 4-49
4.11 Trigger Link..................................................................................................................................................... 4-51
4.11.1 Asynchronous operation ....................................................................................................................... 4-51
4.11.2 Semi-synchronous operation................................................................................................................ 4-59
4.12 DUT test system using two switching mainframes ....................................................................................4-63
4.12.1 DMM settings...........................................................................................................................................4-64
4.12.2 Switching mainframe A settings (7001)................................................................................................4-65
4.12.3 Switching mainframe B settings (7001) ................................................................................................4-66
4.12.4 Run DUT test SYSTem ............................................................................................................................4-66
4.12.5 Operation details .....................................................................................................................................4-67
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