3: Functions and features Model DMM7510 7½ Digit Graphical Sampling Multimeter
3-38 DMM7510-901-01 Rev. B / May 2015
If you want to use the same configuration list on multiple Model DMM7510 instruments, you have to
recreate it on each instrument. You can do this using one of the following methods:
• Define the commands to create the configuration list, then send the commands to multiple
instruments.
• Create a user-defined saved setup and run it on the other instruments.
Configuration lists and the trigger model
If you think of the trigger model as the execution engine that makes the instrument do things,
configuration lists provide a database of stored settings that the trigger model can recall to change
the settings of the instrument at any time during trigger model execution. Refer to Trigger model
(on
page 3-76) for more information.
What is a configuration index?
A configuration index contains a copy of all instrument measure active settings at a specific point in
time. You store configuration indexes in a specific configuration list. Only the amount of available
memory limits the number of configuration indexes that you can store in a configuration list. Lists may
exceed 100,000 indexes.
To overwrite an existing index, you can provide the new index when you store the configuration index.
Otherwise, the instrument appends the new configuration index to the end of the list. The index starts
at 1.
The first time you create a configuration index and store into it, the instrument stores the active
settings to configuration index 1. Each time you store another set of active settings to the same list,
the instrument creates a new configuration index and appends it to the list using the next
chronological index.
You can use the index number to identify a specific configuration index and perform operations on it
when necessary.
Although you can specify a specific configuration index when you store active settings to a
configuration list, this is only necessary if you wish to overwrite an existing point. Normally, you can
build up the configuration indexes in a configuration list by appending (no index specified) subsequent
configuration indexes to the list.
If you only store one configuration index to a list, the list consists of configuration index 1.
What settings are stored in a configuration list?
Specific instrument settings that affect measurement are stored in a configuration list. The same
settings are recalled to overwrite the active state when you recall a configuration list.
The first time you store a configuration list, the instrument stores the active settings to configuration
index 1. Each time you append a configuration index to the configuration list, the instrument saves the
active settings to a configuration index.
When you recall a configuration index on the list, the instrument restores the settings to the values
that were stored. The recall operation overwrites the active settings with the stored settings.
You can only recall the settings from one configuration index at a time.
To see the actual values for the settings that are saved to a configuration index, refer to
Viewing
configuration list contents (on page 3-42).
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