AMETEK XG Family Programmable DC - Manual (Page 12)

Contents
x M370430-01 Rev E
5 REMOTE OPERATION ................................................................................... 5-1
I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 5-2
H ARDWARE AND C ONNECTION S ETUP ................................................................ 5-2
Configuring Remote Control Using RS-232 ......................................................... 5-2
Configuring Remote Control Using RS-485 ......................................................... 5-7
Configuring Remote Control using the USB Connector ....................................... 5-9
Setting Up the PC to Use the USB Connection ................................................... 5-9
GPIB Connector (Optional) ............................................................................... 5-15
Ethernet/LAN (ENET) Connector (Optional) ...................................................... 5-19
Multiple Power Supply Connections to RS-485 Bus .......................................... 5-19
T ERMINAL C ONFIGURATION ............................................................................. 5-21
Data Format ..................................................................................................... 5-21
End of Message ............................................................................................... 5-21
HyperTerminal.................................................................................................. 5-21
Selecting the Appropriate Communication Port ................................................. 5-24
Multichannel Address Setting ........................................................................... 5-25
Remote Interface Addressing ........................................................................... 5-26
Multichannel Commands Explained .................................................................. 5-27
Status Reporting in SCPI .................................................................................. 5-29
S TATUS R EGISTERS M ODEL FROM IEEE 488.2 ................................................. 5-31
S TATUS B YTE ................................................................................................. 5-32
Error/Event Queue (ERR) ................................................................................. 5-32
Questionable Status Register Summary (QSR) ................................................ 5-32
Message Available (MAV) ................................................................................ 5-33
Standard Event Status Summary (ESB) ........................................................... 5-33
Master Summary Status (MSS) ........................................................................ 5-33
Request Service (RQS) .................................................................................... 5-33
Operation Status Register Summary (OSR) ...................................................... 5-34
Standard Event Status Register (SESR) ........................................................... 5-35
S TANDARD SCPI R EGISTER S TRUCTURE ......................................................... 5-38
OPER ATION S TATUS R EGISTER ...................................................................... 5-39
C URRENT SH ARE S UB -R EGISTER .................................................................... 5-42
Operation Status Register Commands .............................................................. 5-43
Current Sharing Sub-Register Commands ........................................................ 5-44
Shutdown Sub-Register Commands ................................................................. 5-45
Protection Sub-Register Commands ................................................................. 5-46
QUES TIONABLE S TATUS R EGISTER ................................................................. 5-47
VOLTage Sub-Register .................................................................................... 5-50
TEMPerature Sub-Register .............................................................................. 5-50
Questionable Status Register Commands ........................................................ 5-51