Operating basics
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Perform diagnostics and calibration
When powering on the instrument, it performs a limited set of hardware tests. You can also run the
following manual diagnostic and calibration functions from the Utility menu (see Utility menu options
for more detail). This procedure uses internal routines to verify that the instrument is operating
correctly.
Diagnostics (self-test): Perform diagnostics to verify that your instrument is operating
correctly.
Calibration (self-calibration): The calibration function checks dc accuracy using the internal
calibration routines.
Figure 7: Diagnostics and calibration