User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Agilent E3632A DC Power Supply
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Operation and Features
- Overview
- Constant Voltage Operation
- Constant Current Operation
- Storing and Recalling Operating States
- Programming the Overvoltage Protection
- Programming the Overcurrent Protection
- Remote Voltage Sensing
- Disabling the Output
- System-Related Operations
- Remote Interface Configuration
- GPIB Interface Configuration
- RS-232 Interface Configuration
- Calibration
- 3 Remote Interface Reference
- SCPI Command Summary
- Introduction to the SCPI Language
- Simplified Programming Overview
- Using the APPLy Command
- Output Settings and Operation Commands
- Triggering Commands
- System-Related Commands
- Calibration Commands
- RS-232 Interface Commands
- SCPI Status Registers
- What is an event register?
- What is an enable register?
- SCPI status system
- The Questionable Status register
- The Standard Event register
- The Status Byte register
- Using Service Request (SRQ) and Serial POLL
- Using *STB? to read the Status Byte
- Using the Message Available Bit (MAV)
- To interrupt your bus controller using SRQ
- To determine when a command sequence is completed
- Using *OPC to signal when data is in the output buffer
- Status Reporting Commands
- Halting an Output in Progress
- SCPI Conformance Information
- IEEE-488 Conformance Information
- 4 Error Messages
- 5 Application Programs
- 6 Tutorial
- 7 Characteristics and Specifications
3 Remote Interface Reference
Triggering Commands
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• To trigger the power supply from the remote interface
(GPIB or RS- 232) after selecting the bus source, send the
*TRG (trigger) command. When the *TRG command is
sent, the trigger action starts after the specified time
delay if any delay is given.
• You can also trigger the power supply from the GPIB
interface by sending the IEEE- 488 Group Execute Trigger
(GET) message. The following statement shows how to
send a GET from a Hewlett- Packard controller.
TRIGGER 705 (group execute trigger)
• To ensure synchronization when the bus source is
selected, send the *WAI (wait) command. When the *WAI
command is executed, the power supply waits for all
pending operations to complete before executing any
additional commands. For example, the following
command string guarantees that the first trigger is
accepted and is executed before the second trigger is
recognized.
TRIG:SOUR BUS;*TRG;*WAI;*TRG;*WAI
• You can use the *OPC? (operation complete query)
command or the *OPC (operation complete) command to
signal when the operation is complete. The *OPC?
command returns 1 to the output buffer when the
operation is complete. The *OPC command sets the OPC
bit (bit 0) in the Standard Event register when the
operation is complete.
Immediate triggering
• To select the immediate trigger source, send the following
command.
TRIG:SOUR IMM
• When IMMediate is selected as a trigger source, an
INITiate command immediately transfers the
VOLT:TRIG or CURR:TRIG value to the VOLT or CURR
value. Any delay is ignored.