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
Operation and Features 2
Remote Interface Configuration
E3632A User’s Guide 51
Remote Interface Configuration
Before you can operate the power supply over the remote
interface, you must configure the power supply for the
remote interface. This section gives information on
configuring the remote interface. For additional information
on programming the power supply over the remote interface,
Refer to Chapter 3, “Remote Interface Reference”.
Remote interface selection
The power supply is shipped with both a GPIB (IEEE- 488)
interface and an RS- 232 interface on the rear panel. Only
one interface can be enabled at a time. The GPIB interface
is selected when the power supply is shipped from the
factory.
The remote interface can be selected from the front- panel
only.
• The interface selection is stored in non- volatile memory,
and does not change when power has been off or after a
remote interface reset.
• If you select the GPIB interface, you must select a unique
address for the power supply. The current address is
displayed momentarily on the front panel when you turn
on the power supply.
[1]
• Your GPIB bus controller has its own address. Be sure to
avoid using the bus controller’s address for any
instrument on the interface bus. Agilent controllers
generally use address 21.
• If you enable the RS- 232 interface, you must select the
baud rate and parity to be used. RS-232 is displayed
momentarily on the front panel when you turn on the
power supply if you have selected this interface.
[2]
[1] Refer to “GPIB Interface Configuration” on page 56 for more information on
connecting the power supply to a computer over the GPIB interface.