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Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1-1

Welcome .............................................................................................................................. 1-1

Introduction to this manual ................................................................................................... 1-2

Extended warranty ............................................................................................................... 1-2

Contact information .............................................................................................................. 1-2

Organization of manual sections .......................................................................................... 1-2

Applications .......................................................................................................................... 1-3

Front-panel overview ................................................................................................. 2-1

Power the instrument on or off ............................................................................................. 2-1

Front-panel overview ............................................................................................................ 2-3

Turn the 2470 output on or off ............................................................................................. 2-5

Touchscreen display ............................................................................................................ 2-6

Select items on the touchscreen ............................................................................................... 2-6

Interactive swipe screens .......................................................................................................... 2-7

Menu overview ........................................................................................................................ 2-10

Store measurements on a USB flash drive ........................................................................ 2-10

Save screen captures to a USB flash drive ....................................................................... 2-11

Using a remote interface ........................................................................................... 3-1

Remote communications interfaces ..................................................................................... 3-1

Supported remote interfaces ................................................................................................ 3-1

GPIB communications .......................................................................................................... 3-2

Install the GPIB driver software ................................................................................................. 3-2

Install the GPIB cards in your computer .................................................................................... 3-2

Connect GPIB cables to your instrument .................................................................................. 3-2

Set the GPIB address ............................................................................................................... 3-4

LAN communications ........................................................................................................... 3-4

Set up LAN communications on the instrument ........................................................................ 3-5

Set up LAN communications on the computer .......................................................................... 3-6

USB communications ........................................................................................................... 3-7

Connect a computer to the 2470 using USB ............................................................................. 3-8

Communicate with the instrument ............................................................................................. 3-8

Using the web interface ...................................................................................................... 3-12

LAN troubleshooting suggestions ............................................................................................ 3-13

Web interface Home page....................................................................................................... 3-14

Identify the instrument ............................................................................................................. 3-14

Review events in the event log ................................................................................................ 3-15

Determining the command set you will use ....................................................................... 3-15

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Keithley 2470 User Manual

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