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 XV
SCPI Conformance Information 122
SCPI confirmed commands 122
Device-specific commands 124
IEEE-488 Conformance Information 125
Dedicated hardware lines 125
Addressed commands 125
IEEE-488.2 common commands 126
4 Error Messages
Overview 128
Front panel operation 128
Remote interface operation 129
Execution Error Messages 130
Self-Test Error Messages 135
Calibration Error Messages 137
5 Application Programs
Overview 140
Example Program for C++ (GPIB IEEE 488) 141
Example Program for Excel 5.0 (Windows 3.1 and GPIB) 144
6 Tutorial
Overview of the Power Supply Operation 150
Output Characteristics 152
Unregulated state 154
Unwanted signals 154
Connecting the Load 157
Output isolation 157
Multiple loads 157