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Model 2606B System SourceMeter
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Declassification and Security Instructions
Introduction
If you have data security concerns, this document tells you how to clear or sanitize the memory devices in the
Model 2606B System SourceMeter®. It also explains how to declassify an instrument that is not functioning.
The procedures in this document are written to meet the requirements specified in:
• NISPOM, DoD 5220.22-M, chapter 8
• ISFO Process Manual for Certification and Accreditation of Classified Systems under NISPOM
Contact information
If you have any questions after you review the information in this documentation, please contact your local
Keithley Instruments office, sales partner, or distributor, or call Keithley Instruments corporate headquarters
(toll-free inside the U.S. and Canada only) at 1-800-935-5595, or from outside the U.S. at
+1-440-248-0400. For worldwide contact numbers, visit the Keithley Instruments website (tek.com/keithley).
Terminology
The following terms may be used in this document:
• Clear: Removes data on media or in memory before reusing it in a secured area. Clears all reusable
memory to deny access to previously unsecured information.
• Demo setups: Demonstration modules that come loaded on the instrument; you cannot modify them.
• Direct method of modification: You can modify data directly.
• Erase: Equivalent to clear (see above).
• Indirect method of modification: The instrument system resources modify the data; you cannot modify it.
• Instrument declassification: Procedures that must be completed before an instrument can be removed
from a secure environment. Declassification procedures include memory sanitization and memory removal.
• Media storage and data export device: Devices that can be used to store or export data from the
instrument, such as a USB port.
• Nonvolatile memory: Data is retained when the instrument power is turned off.
• Protected user data area: Contains data that is protected by a password.
• Remove: Clears instrument data by physically removing the memory device from the instrument.
• Sanitize: Eradicates instrument data from media and memory so it cannot be recovered by other means or
technology. This is typically used when the device will be moved (temporarily or permanently) from a
secured area to a non-secured area.
• Scrub: Directly retrieve and clear the contents of the memory device.
• User accessible: You can directly retrieve the contents of the memory device.
• User data: Measurement data that represents signals that you connect to the instrument.
• User-modifiable: You can write to the memory device during normal instrument operation using the
front-panel interface or remote control.
• User settings: Instrument settings that you can change.
• Volatile memory: Temporary memory. Data is lost when the instrument is turned off.
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Description of memory
The 2606B contains memory devices to hold firmware code that is executed by internal microprocessors to
operate the product and memory to save setup information and data. Each module of the Model 2606B stores
data in volatile and nonvolatile memory in the following devices:
Microprocessors: Contain some RAM for internal use. All information is lost when the instrument is powered
down.
Flash: A 32-megabyte flash device responsible for storing critical nonvolatile information, including:
• The firmware image
• The digital- and analog-side FPGA images
• Factory scripts
• Dedicated reading buffers
• An internal file system, which stores system settings, user setups, user strings, and user scripts
SDRAM: A total of 32 megabytes that holds data and instructions for firmware execution.
EEPROM: A 128-kilobit device that stores calibration constants for the SMU and manufacturing strings (for
example, the analog board serial number).
Memory devices
The following tables list devices with volatile and nonvolatile memory in the standard instrument and listed
options.
Volatile memory devices
The following table lists volatile memory devices and relevant memory-related information.
Type and
minimum size
Function
User
modifiable
Data input
method
Location
To clear
To sanitize
SRAM 32 kB
Temporary memory used by the
microprocessor controller for
internal processor operations
Yes
Indirect
U1 on the
2636-142 digital
boards (x2)
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn
instrument
power off
SRAM 32 kB
Instruction cache for the
microprocessor controller
No
None
U1 on the
2636-142 digital
boards (x2)
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn
instrument
power off
SRAM 32 kB
Data cache for the
microprocessor controller
Yes
Indirect
U1 on the
2636-142 digital
boards (x2)
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn
instrument
power off
DDR SDRAM
32 MB
Temporary memory used by the
microprocessor controller for
internal processor operations
Yes
Indirect
U6 on the
2336-142 digital
boards (x2)
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn
instrument
power off
SRAM
256 B
Temporary memory used by the
display controller for internal
processor operations
Yes
Indirect
U2 on the
389536900
display boards
(x2)
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn
instrument
power off
FPGA
SRAM 432 kB
CLB 1920
(120 kB)
Digital control and
communication with other TSPLink enabled instruments
Yes
Indirect
U29 on the
2636-142 digital
boards (x2)
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn
instrument
power off
FPGA
SRAM 288 kB
CLB 896 (56 kB)
Digital control
No
None
U9 on the
2602a-102
analog boards
(x4)
Turn
instrument
power off
Turn
instrument
power off
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Nonvolatile memory devices
The following table lists 2606B nonvolatile memory devices and relevant memory-related information. If the table indicates that
a device can be cleared by the user, see the detailed instructions in Clearing Data.
Type and
minimum size
Function
User
modifiable
Data input
method
Location
To clear
To sanitize
FLASH
32 MB
Instrument
firmware, user
script storage,
user string
storage, user
settings storage,
reading buffer
storage
Yes
Direct and
indirect
U14 on the
2636-142 digital
boards (x2)
Follow the Clearing
Data procedures
Remove chip
FLASH
4 kB
Display control
firmware
No
None
U2 on the
389536900 display
boards (x2)
N/A
N/A
EEPROM
256 B
Not used
No
None
U2 on the
389536900 display
boards (x2)
N/A
N/A
Power supply
Power supply
firmware
No
None
Power supply
assembly
N/A
N/A
Data export devices
The following table lists 2606B data export devices. Procedures to disable these devices, if any, are included.
Type and
minimum size
Function
Method of
modification
Data input
method
Location
To disable
USB host port
User storage of results
and instrument setup
Yes
User writeable
USB host port on the
front of the instrument
The USB host
port cannot be
disabled
USB device port
Supports remote
control and data
transfer to a computer
Directly
Remote control
via USBTMC
Front panel of the
instrument
The USB device
port cannot be
disabled
LAN ethernet port
Supports remote
control and data
transfer to a computer
Directly
Remote control
Front panel of the
instrument
The LAN ethernet
controller cannot
be disabled
Clearing data
These steps must be completed for each module in the instrument.
The clearing procedures do not remove all traces of data from the instrument. The clearing procedures do
make it impossible to retrieve the information using published commands. However, a person with intimate
knowledge of the internal operation of the 2606B and knowledge of unpublished commands could retrieve
fragments of previously stored information using the standard command interface.
All volatile memories
After clearing nonvolatile memories, power down the instrument for ten minutes.
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Flash
To clear USER setups from the instrument using the virtual front panel:
1. Press MENU.
2. Select SAVE-SETUP. Press ENTER.
3. Select RECALL, press ENTER.
4. Select FACTORY, press ENTER.
5. Press EXIT.
6. Press MENU.
7. Select SAVE-SETUP. Press ENTER.
8. Select SAVE. Press ENTER.
9. Select USER-1. Press ENTER.
Repeat steps 6 to 9 for the each of the five USER setups.
To clear USER setups using a remote interface, send the following command:
script.delete("scriptName")
Where scriptName is the name of the script to be deleted. You need to do this for each saved setup.
To clear the buffers:
1. Make sure all inputs are open.
2. Select CHANA-BUFF.
3. Select BUFFER1.
4. Select CLEAR.
5. Select YES.
6. Select BUFFER2.
7. Select CLEAR.
8. Select YES.
9. Select CHANB-BUFF.
10. Select BUFFER1.
11. Select CLEAR.
12. Select YES.
13. Select BUFFER2.
14. Select CLEAR.
15. Select YES.
To clear buffers using a remote interface:
smua.nvbuffer1.clear()
smua.nvbuffer2.clear()
smub.nvbuffer1.clear()
smub.nvbuffer2.clear()
To clear userstrings:
1. Remove userstrings by sending:
for name in userstring.catalog() do userstring.delete(name) end
2. Delete each userstring by sending userstring.delete(name).
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EEPROM
The EEPROM stores calibration and manufacturing data. This data is only indirectly changed by calibrating the
instrument. The EEPROM does not need to be cleared unless the instrument was calibrated in an unusual way.
To delete all calibration constants:
1. Send the following commands:
smua.cal.unlock("KI0026XX")
smua.cal.nominals()
smua.cal.save(0)
smua.cal.save(1)
smua.cal.save(2)
smua.cal.save(3)
smua.cal.lock()
smub.cal.unlock("KI0026XX")
smub.cal.nominals()
smub.cal.save(0)
smub.cal.save(1)
smub.cal.save(2)
smub.cal.save(3)
smub.cal.lock()
2. Re-calibrate the instrument.
Reset the LAN
Resetting the local area network (LAN) resets the LAN settings and the instrument password to the system
default values.
To reset the LAN, send the command:
lan.reset()
Sanitizing data
The only way to sanitize data on a 2606B is to physically remove the nonvolatile chips listed in the tables
above.
To sanitize a nonfunctional instrument
To sanitize a nonfunctional instrument, remove the digital boards and return the instrument to Keithley
Instruments for installation of replacement boards.
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