User`s manual

Alternate
Command Module
Configurations
The procedures in this chapter have described how to configure the
Agilent E1406A Command Module as the system’s resource manager and
slot 0 device. There may be times when you do not need a Command
Module configured for these functions. The following sections describe
such situations.
Resource Manager
Only
If the Command Module is to function only as the resource manager and not
as the slot 0 device (note that dynamic configuration and slot identification
will not be done):
1. Set the Command Module’s logical address to 0.
2. Set the Slot 0 and System Controller switches to "Disable".
3. Install the Command Module in a slot other than slot 0.
4. Configure another device to provide the system’s slot 0 functions.
Slot 0 Only If the Command Module is to function only as the slot 0 device and not as
the resource manager:
1. Set the Command Module’s logical address to a value other than 0.
2. Set the Slot 0 and System Controller switches to "Enable".
3. Set the CLK10 source to "Internal".
4. Install the Command Module in slot 0.
5. Configure another device to perform the resource manager function.
Multiple Command
Modules
In systems where there are several Command Modules:
1. Configure one Command Module as the resource manager and
slot 0 device as described earlier in this procedure.
2. Set the logical addresses and servant areas of the additional
Command Modules based on the logical addresses of their servant
modules.
3. Each Command Module must have a unique primary GPIB address
if it is connected to the same controller GPIB interface card.
4. Disable the Slot 0 and (VME) System Controller functions on each
Command Module not functioning as the resource manager or slot 0
device; there can be only one resource manager and slot 0 device in
a system.
C-Size Configuration Guide Setting Up the E1406 Command Module 2-15