User`s manual

Contents
Agilent E8462A User’s Manual Contents 1
WARRANTY STATEMENT.......................................................................................5
Safety Symbols ............................................................................................................. 6
WARNINGS................................................................................................................. 6
Declaration of Conformity............................................................................................ 7
User Notes.....................................................................................................................8
Chapter 1
Configuring the Agilent E8462A Multiplexer ........................................................... 11
Using This Chapter..................................................................................................... 11
Module Description .................................................................................................... 11
Relay Organization ..............................................................................................11
Analog Bus .......................................................................................................... 12
Optional Terminal Cards ..................................................................................... 12
Warnings and Cautions...............................................................................................14
Configuring the Multiplexer Module.......................................................................... 15
Setting the Logical Address ................................................................................ 15
Setting the Interrupt Priority Line ....................................................................... 16
Protection Resistors ............................................................................................. 16
Installing the Multiplexer in a Mainframe.................................................................. 17
Connecting Field Wiring ............................................................................................18
Field Wiring
Not Using Optional Terminal Cards .................................................................. 18
Field Wiring Terminal Connector ....................................................................... 18
Front Panel Connector Pin-Out ........................................................................... 19
Connecting the Analog Bus ................................................................................. 23
Terminal Cards .................................................................................................... 24
Programming the Multiplexer.....................................................................................29
Specifying SCPI Commands ............................................................................... 29
Channel Address ................................................................................................. 29
Card Numbers ..................................................................................................... 30
Channel Numbers, Ranges, and Lists .................................................................. 31
Initial Operation.......................................................................................................... 32
Example: Reset, Self Test, Module ID, and Close Channel .............................. 33
Chapter 2
Using the Multiplexer .................................................................................................. 35
What’s in This Chapter...............................................................................................35
Reset Conditions ................................................................................................. 35
Switching or Scanning................................................................................................36
Switching Channels to the Analog Bus ............................................................... 36
Mode: WIRE1 .....................................................................................................38
Mode: WIRE2 .....................................................................................................39
Mode: WIRE3 and WIRE4 .................................................................................40
Other Modes ............................................................................................................... 40
Mode: WIRE1x2 and WIRE2x2 ......................................................................... 42
Agilent E8462A 256-Channel Relay Multiplexer
Edition 1