Keithley 2701 - Remote Triggering the Master Limit

[eLAB_RAT]

Hi,

I am making a program that requires me to remotely flip the DMM 2701's master limit. I found the command needed to do this from the manual (CALCulate3:MLIMit:LATChed <b>) where <b> is ON or OFF. I have tried this command in the VISA test panel from within NI MAX as well as in the "EXECUTE REMOTE COMMANDS" section of the instruments website but even if I get a response from the instrument, the master limit latch does not switch.

Any advice on how to proceed with this issue would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

 

[Minions]

Are you measuring the voltage between pins 5 and 9? 

As this output is a latch, what is the default state (ON/OFF)?  Maybe you need to turn it OFF rather than ON.

I would issue a reset (*RST\n) to the instrument and monitor its voltage to understand how it may currently be set.

It looks like that command (CALC3:MLIM:LATC ON) will only latch the output when set and not physically change the output state.  It might be something like: (CALC3:MLIM:STAT ON) if I follow the previous commands for the other limit states correctly.