Manual

Model 2090 Multi-Device Controller
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ODEL 2090 QUICK REFERENCE .................................................................................................................... 7
KEYBOARD NAVIGATION ................................................................................................................................9
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................. 11
APPLICATIONS........................................................................................................................................... 12
FEATURES ................................................................................................................................................. 13
STANDARD CONFIGURATION..................................................................................................................... 16
OPTIONAL FEATURES......................................................................................................................... 17
PREPARATION FOR USE ................................................................................................................................. 19
UNPACKING THE CONTROLLER ................................................................................................................. 19
FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................................... 20
STANDARD BACK PANEL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 29
OPTIONAL BACK PANEL DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................... 31
POWER REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 32
RACK MOUNTING...................................................................................................................................... 33
DEVICE CONNECTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 33
OPTIONAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS............................................................................................................. 35
GPIB INTERCONNECTIONS........................................................................................................................ 36
INITIALIZATION ............................................................................................................................................. 37
STARTUP ................................................................................................................................................... 37
EDITING PARAMETERS .............................................................................................................................. 40
CONFIGURING FOR USE............................................................................................................................. 43
MODEL 2090 PARAMETER LIST .................................................................................................................... 45
OPERATION ................................................................................................................................................... 55
MANUAL OPERATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 55
USING LOCAL FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 56
USING POSITION FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................. 56
USING LIMIT FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 58
USING THE SCAN FUNCTION.................................................................................................................... 59
USING THE STEP FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................................... 60
CHANGING POLARIZATION........................................................................................................................ 60
POLARIZATION VIOLATION AND LIMITS.................................................................................................... 63
CHANGING SPEEDS.................................................................................................................................... 63
USING AUXILIARY CONTROL FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................. 66
USING A BORE SIGHT TOWER.................................................................................................................... 67
USING AN AIR FLOTATION TURNTABLE .................................................................................................... 69
USING A REVERBERATION PADDLE ........................................................................................................... 69
USING A MULTI-AXIS POSITIONER............................................................................................................ 70
REMOTE OPERATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 71
USING THE GPIB COMMAND SET WITH THE MODEL 2090............................................................................ 73
BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY..................................................................................................................... 73
GETTING STARTED WITH THE GPIB .......................................................................................................... 74
TYPICAL FLOW OF CODE:.......................................................................................................................... 75
CODE SAMPLE 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 76
CODE SAMPLE 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 77
GPIB STATUS REPORTING ........................................................................................................................ 82
APPENDIX A: MODEL 2090 GPIB COMMAND REFERENCE .......................................................................... 97
LIST OF MODEL 2090 GPIB COMMANDS................................................................................................ 98
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MODEL 2090 GPIB COMMANDS .................................................................... 101
APPENDIX B: MAINTENANCE ..................................................................................................................... 137
NVRAM BATTERY BACKUP................................................................................................................... 137
INSTALLING FLASH ROMS...................................................................................................................... 140
FLASH UPGRADING THE MODEL 2090..................................................................................................... 147
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