User Manual

Table of Contents
To connect an ex
ternal resistive shunt...................................................................... 31
To connect a transducer with a voltage output............................................................. 33
To connect a voltage transformer / transducer............................................................. 34
Power for external transducers .............................................................................. 35
The menu system .................................................................................................. 36
Measurements................................................................................................. 36
Measurement Conguration menu.......................................................................... 38
Modes .......................................................................................................... 42
Inputs........................................................................................................... 47
Graphs and waveforms....................................................................................... 53
Interfaces ...................................................................................................... 54
Datalog......................................................................................................... 56
Math results ................................................................................................... 56
System Conguration ........................................................................................ 59
User Conguration ........................................................................................... 61
Remote operation.................................................................................................. 62
Overview ...................................................................................................... 62
Interfacing with RS-232 systems............................................................................ 62
Interfacing with USB systems............................................................................... 62
Interfacing with Ethernet systems........................................................................... 62
Interfacing with GPIB systems (optional) ................................................................. 63
Status reporting ............................................................................................... 63
Command listing.............................................................................................. 66
IEEE 488.2 standard commands and status commands .................................................. 67
Channel and group commands .............................................................................. 69
Unit information commands................................................................................. 70
Measurement selection and reading commands ........................................................... 70
Measurement conguration commands .................................................................... 74
Mode setup commands....................................................................................... 79
Input setup commands ....................................................................................... 83
Graph and waveform commands............................................................................ 88
Interface commands .......................................................................................... 89
Datalog commands ........................................................................................... 90
Screen save commands....................................................................................... 91
Math commands .............................................................................................. 91
System conguration commands............................................................................ 92
User conguration commands............................................................................... 95
Sending and receiving commands .......................................................................... 96
Communications examples .................................................................................. 97
PA3000 software................................................................................................. 100
PWRVIEW PC software ................................................................................... 100
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