Set HP3478A Front/Rear in LabVIEW

[blaffie]

I want to take measurements using both the front and rear inputs on the HP3478A Multimeter. This is done easily with the hardware front/rear switch. The state of this switch may be queried by using the 'S' command, where a 0 indicates rear and 1 indicates the front.

Is it possible to set the state of this front/rear switch using LabVIEW?

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@blaffie wrote:
I want to take measurements using both the front and rear inputs on the HP3478A Multimeter. This is done easily with the hardware front/rear switch. The state of this switch may be queried by using the 'S' command, where a 0 indicates rear and 1 indicates the front.

Is it possible to set the state of this front/rear switch using LabVIEW?

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What does the programmer's manual say?

[GerdW]

Hi blaffie,

manual page 3-13 says it all…

[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

The manual clearly states that status is a read only.  It is a hard switch after all (in or out).  I would recommend using some relays to change your signals if you really need to hook up different things for measuring.