Section 10: Troubleshooting FAQs
DMM6500 6½ Digit Multimeter User's Manual
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DMM6500-900-01Rev. A / April 2018
To verify which command set is selected from a remote interface:
Send the command:
*LANG?
To change to the SCPI command set from a remote interface:
Send the command:
*LANG SCPI
Reboot the instrument.
To change to the TSP command set from a remote interface:
Send the command:
*LANG TSP
Reboot the instrument.
How do I save the present state of the instrument?
You can save the settings in the instrument as a script using the front-panel menus or from a remote
interface. After they are saved, you can recall the script or copy it to a USB flash drive.
From the front panel:
1. Configure the DMM6500 to the settings that you want to save.
2. Press the
MENU
key.
3. Under Scripts, select
Save
Setup
. The SAVE SETUP window is displayed.
4. Select
Create
. A keyboard is displayed.
5. Use the keyboard to enter the name of the script.
6. Select the
OK
button on the displayed keyboard. The script is added to internal memory.
Using SCPI commands:
Configure the instrument to the settings that you want to save. To save the setup, send the
command:
*SAV <n>
Where
<n>
is an integer from 0 to 4.
In the front-panel script menus, the setups saved with the
*SAV
command have the name
Setup0
x
,
where
x
is the value you set for
<n>
.
Using TSP commands:
Configure the instrument to the settings that you want to save. To save the setup, send the
command:
createconfigscript("
setupName
")
Where
setupName
is the name of the setup script that is created.
