Keithley DMM6500

Introduction ............................................................................................................... 1-1
Welcome .............................................................................................................................. 1-1
Introduction to this manual ................................................................................................... 1-1
Contact information .............................................................................................................. 1-2
Extended warranty ............................................................................................................... 1-2
Documentation set ............................................................................................................... 1-2
Organization of manual sections .......................................................................................... 1-2
Application examples ........................................................................................................... 1-3
Front-panel overview ................................................................................................ 2-1
Front-panel overview ............................................................................................................ 2-1
TRIGGER key ........................................................................................................................... 2-2
Instrument power ................................................................................................................. 2-3
Connect the power cord ............................................................................................................ 2-4
Turn the DMM6500 on or off ..................................................................................................... 2-4
Touchscreen display ............................................................................................................ 2-5
Select items on the touchscreen ............................................................................................... 2-5
Scroll bars ................................................................................................................................. 2-5
Enter information ....................................................................................................................... 2-6
Adjust the backlight brightness and dimmer .............................................................................. 2-6
Review event messages ........................................................................................................... 2-7
Interactive swipe screens ..................................................................................................... 2-7
Swipe screen heading bar ......................................................................................................... 2-7
FUNCTIONS swipe screen ....................................................................................................... 2-9
SETTINGS swipe screen .......................................................................................................... 2-9
STATISTICS swipe screen...................................................................................................... 2-10
SECONDARY swipe screen.................................................................................................... 2-11
USER swipe screen ................................................................................................................ 2-12
GRAPH swipe screen ............................................................................................................. 2-12
SCAN swipe screen ................................................................................................................ 2-13
Menu overview ................................................................................................................... 2-14
Channel menu ......................................................................................................................... 2-15
Measure Menu ........................................................................................................................ 2-15
Views menu............................................................................................................................. 2-16
Trigger menu ........................................................................................................................... 2-16
Scripts menu ........................................................................................................................... 2-17
System menu .......................................................................................................................... 2-17
Using a remote interface .......................................................................................... 3-1
Remote communications interfaces ..................................................................................... 3-1
Supported remote interfaces ................................................................................................ 3-2
LAN communications ........................................................................................................... 3-2
Set up LAN communications on the instrument ........................................................................ 3-3
Set up LAN communications on the computer .......................................................................... 3-4
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