Owner's manual
Table Of Contents
- SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION
- SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION
- SECTION 3 - CALIBRATION
- SECTION 4 - OPERATION
- FIGURE 1-1. Remotely Controlled Power Supply Configurations Using Kepco Products
- SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Scope of Manual
- 1.2 General Description
- TABLE 1-1. Kepco BIT 488, BIT 4882, and BIT 4886 Digital Programming Cards
- TABLE 1-2. Applicability of BIT 4882, 4882-F and BIT 4886 Cards to Specific BOP Models
- 1.3 Specifications, BIT 4882, BIT 4882-F and BIT 4886
- TABLE 1-3. Specifications, BIT 4882, BIT 4882-F AND BIT 4886
- SECTION 2 - INSTALLATION
- 2.1 Unpacking and Inspection
- 2.2 Set Start-up DefaultS
- 2.2.1 Set (GPIB) Device Address
- 2.2.2 Start-up Language Default
- 2.2.3 IEEE Cable Shield Ground Selection
- 2.2.4 Set Power Supply Identification Switch
- FIGURE 2-1. BIT 4882 and BIT 4882-F Switch and Adjustment Locations
- TABLE 2-1. Power Supply Identification Switch S2 Setting
- 2.3 Installation of Interface Card into the BOP
- TABLE 2-2. Device Address Selection
- FIGURE 2-2. Installation of Model BIT 4882-f into BOP
- FIGURE 2-3. Installation of Model BIT 4882 into BOP
- 2.4 Input/OUtput Signals
- TABLE 2-3. Input/Output Pin Assignments
- FIGURE 2-4. IEEE 488 (GPIB) Connector
- SECTION 3 - CALIBRATION
- 3.1 Equipment Required
- 3.2 Adjustment of the Bop ±10 Volt Calibration Controls (R31, R32)
- 3.3 Adjustment of the Ammeter Zero (R50)
- FIGURE 3-1. BOP Power Supply, Internal Calibration Control Locations
- 3.4 Adjustment Of The Output Voltage Zero (R81)
- 3.5 Adjustment of the Full Scale Output Voltage (R21)
- TABLE 3-1. BOP Power Supply, Internal Calibration Controls
- 3.6 Voltage Reading Zero Calibration (R35)
- 3.7 Voltage Reading Calibration (R19)
- 3.8 Adjustment of the Output Current Zero (R83)
- 3.9 Adjustment of the Full Scale Output Current (R22)
- 3.10 Current Reading Zero Calibration (R36)
- TABLE 3-2. Calibration Measurements and Tolerances - Current
- TABLE 3-3. Suggested Sense Resistors
- FIGURE 3-2. Current Shunt Connections
- 3.11 Current Reading Calibration (R20)
- SECTION 4 - OPERATION
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 IEEE 488 (GPIB) Bus Protocol
- TABLE 4-1. IEEE 488 (GPIB) Bus Interface Functions
- TABLE 4-2. IEEE 488 (GPIB) Bus Command Mode Messages
- TABLE 4-3. IEEE 488 (GPIB) Bus Data Mode Messages
- 4.3 SCPI Programming
- 4.3.1 SCPI Messages
- 4.3.2 Common Commands/Queries
- 4.3.3 SCPI Subsystem Command/Query Structure
- FIGURE 4-1. Tree Diagram of SCPI Commands Used with BIT 4882, BIT 4882-F and BIT 4886 Interface Card
- 4.3.4 Program Message Structure
- TABLE 4-4. SCPI Command Index
- 4.3.4.1 Keyword
- TABLE 4-5. Rules Governing Shortform Keywords
- FIGURE 4-2. Message Structure
- 4.3.4.2 Keyword Separator
- 4.3.4.3 Query Indicator
- 4.3.4.4 Data
- 4.3.4.5 Data Separator
- 4.3.4.6 Message Unit Separator
- 4.3.4.7 Root Specifier
- 4.3.4.8 Message Terminator
- 4.3.5 Understanding The Command Structure
- 4.3.6 Program Message Syntax Summary
- 4.3.7 SCPI Program Example
- FIGURE 4-3. Typical Example of Interface Card Program Using SCPI Commands
- 4.4 CIIL Programming
- APPENDIX A - SCPI COMMON COMMAND/QUERY DEFINITIONS
- TABLE A-1. IEEE 488.2 Command/query Index
- A.2 *CLS — Clear Status Command
- A.3 *ESE — Standard Event Status Enable Command
- TABLE A-2. Standard Event Status Enable Register and Standard Event Status Register Bits
- A.4 *ESE? — Standard Event Status Enable Query
- A.5 *ESR? — Event Status Register Query
- A.6 *IDN? — Identification Query
- A.7 *OPC — Operation Complete Command
- A.8 *OPC? — Operation Complete Query
- A.9 *RST — Reset Command
- FIGURE A-1. GPIB Commands
- A.10 *SRE — Service Request Enable Command
- TABLE A-3. Service Request Enable and Status Byte Register Bits
- A.11 *SRE? — Service Request Enable Query
- A.12 *STB? — Status Byte Register Query
- A.13 *TRG — Trigger Command
- A.14 *TST? — Self Test Query
- A.15 *WAI — Wait-To-Continue Command
- APPENDIX B - SCPI COMMAND/QUERY DEFINITIONS
- B.1 Introduction
- TABLE B-1. SCPI Subsystem Command/query Index
- B.2 INITiate[:IMMediate] Command
- B.3 INITiate:CONTinuous Command
- B.4 INITiate:CONTinuous Query
- FIGURE B-1. Programming the Output
- B.5 MEASure[:SCALar]:CURRent[:DC]? Query
- B.6 MEASure:VOLTage[:SCALar][:DC]? Query
- B.7 [SOURce:]CURRent[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPlitude] Command
- B.8 [SOURce:]CURRent[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPlitude] Query
- B.9 [SOURce:]CURRent:[:LEVel]TRIGgered[:AMPlitude] Command
- B.10 [SOURce:]CURRent:[:LEVel]TRIGgered[:AMPlitude]? Query
- B.11 .[SOURce:]VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPlitude] Command
- B.12 [SOURce:]VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPlitude]? Query
- B.13 [SOURce:]VOLTage:[:LEVel]TRIGgered[:AMPlitude] Command
- B.14 [SOURce:]VOLTage:[:LEVel]TRIGgered[:AMPlitude]? Query
- B.15 [SOURce:]FUNCtion:MODE
- B.16 STATus:OPERation:CONDition Query
- TABLE B-2. Operation Condition Register, Operation Enable Register, and Operation Event Register ...
- B.17 STATus:OPEReration:ENABle Command
- B.18 STATus:OPEReration:ENABle? Query
- B.19 STATus:OPERation[:EVENt] Query
- B.20 STATus:PRESet Command
- B.21 STATus:QUEStionable[:EVENt]? Query
- TABLE B-3. Questionable Event Register, Questionable Condition Register and Questionable Conditio...
- B.22 STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition? Query
- FIGURE B-2. Using Status Commands and Queries
- B.23 STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle Command
- B.24 STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle? Query
- B.25 SYSTem:ERRor? Query
- TABLE B-4. Error Messages
- B.26 SYSTem:LANGuage Command
- B.27 SYSTem:VERSion Query
- FIGURE B-3. Using System Commands and Queries
- APPENDIX C - CIIL COMMAND DEFINITIONS
- TABLE C-1. CIIL Subsystem Command/query Index
- FIGURE C-1. FNC — Function Command
- FIGURE C-2. INX — Initiate Op Code Command
- FIGURE C-3. FTH — Fetch Command
- FIGURE C-4. SET Command
- FIGURE C-5. RST — Reset Command
- FIGURE C-6. CNF, IST — Confidence Test, Internal Self Test Commands
- TABLE C-2. CIIL Error Messages
- FIGURE C-7. STA — Status Command
- TABLE C-3. CIIL Error Handling Utility Commands
- FIGURE C-8. GAL — Go to alternate Language Command

BIT 4882 030507 4-5
4.3.4.1 KEYWORD
Keywords are instructions recognized by a decoder within the Interface Card, referred to as a
“parser.” Each keyword describes a command function; all keywords used by the Interface Card
are listed in Figure 4-1.
Each keyword has a long form and a short form. For the long form the word is spelled out com-
pletely (e.g. STATUS, OUTPUT, VOLTAGE, and TRIGGER are long form keywords). For the
short form only the first three or four letters of the long form are used (e.g., STAT, VOLT, OUTP,
and TRIG). The rules governing short form keywords are presented in Table 4-5.
FIGURE 4-2. MESSAGE STRUCTURE
TABLE 4-5. RULES GOVERNING SHORTFORM KEYWORDS
IF NUMBER OF LETTERS IN
LONGFORM KEYWORD IS:
AND FOURTH LETTER
IS A VOWEL?
THEN SHORT FORM
CONSISTS OF:
EXAMPLES
4 OR FEWER (DOES NOT MATTER) ALL LONG FORM LETTERS MODE
5 OR MORE
NO
THE FIRST FOUR
LONG FORM LETTERS
MEASure, OUTPut, EVENt
YES
THE FIRST THREE
LONG FORM LETTERS
LEVel, IMMediate, ERRor
CURR:LEV 3.5;:OUTP ON;:CURR?<NL>
MESSAGE TERMINATOR
KEYWORD
QUERY INDICATOR
ROOT SPECIFIER
MESSAGE UNIT SEPARATOR
DATA
KEYWORD
KEYWORD
KEYWORD SEPARATOR
KEYWORD
MESSAGE UNIT SEPARATOR
DATA
MESSAGE UNIT
DATA SEPARATOR
DATA SEPARATOR
ROOT SPECIFIER