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Preface
This manual contains installation information, operating and programming
information, and configuration information for the 3458A multimeter. The manual
consists of the following chapters:
Chapter 1 Installation and Maintenance
This chapter contains information on initial inspection, installation, and
maintenance. It also contains lists of the multimeter' s available options and
accessories.
Chapter 2 Getting Started
This chapter covers the fundamentals of multimeter operation. It shows you how
to use the multimeter's front panel, how to send commands to the multimeter
from remote, and how to retrieve data from remote.
Chapter 3 Configuring for Measurements
This chapter shows how to configure the multimeter for all types of measurements
except digitizing (digitizing is covered in Chapter 5). This chapter also shows you
how to use subprogram and state memory, the input buffer, and the status
register.
Chapter 4 Making Measurements
This chapter discusses the methods for triggering measurements, discusses the
reading formats, shows how to use reading memory, and how to transfer readings
across the GPIB bus. This chapter also discusses how to increase the reading rate,
how to use the multimeter's EXTOUT signal, and how to use the math operations.
Chapter 5 Digitizing
Digitizing is the process of converting a continuous analog signal into a series of
discrete samples (readings). This chapter discusses the various ways to digitize
signals, the importance of the sampling rate, and how to use level triggering.
Chapter 6 Command Reference
This chapter discusses the multimeter's language (HPML) and contains detailed
descriptions of each command in the language. Commands are listed in
alphabetical order.
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