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
E3632A User’s Guide XIII
Parity selection (RS-232) 53
To set the GPIB address 53
To set the baud rate and parity (RS-232) 54
GPIB Interface Configuration 56
RS-232 Interface Configuration 57
RS-232 configuration overview 57
RS-232 data frame format 58
Connection to a computer or terminal 58
DTR/DSR handshake protocol 60
RS-232 troubleshooting 62
Calibration 63
Calibration security 63
To unsecure for calibration 64
To secure against calibration 65
To change the security code 66
Calibration count 67
Calibration message 68
3 Remote Interface Reference
SCPI Command Summary 70
Introduction to the SCPI Language 74
Command format used in this manual 75
Command separators 76
Using the MIN and MAX parameters 77
Querying parameter settings 77
SCPI command terminators 78
IEEE-488.2 common commands 78
SCPI parameter types 78
Simplified Programming Overview 80
Using the APPLy command 80
Using the low-level commands 80