Agilent Technologies E3633A Operating Manual page 17

Chapter 1 General Information
Description
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W h e n o p e r a t e d o v e r t h e r e m o t e i n t e r f a c e , t h e p o w e r s u p p l y c a n b e b o t h a
l i s t e n e r a n d a t a l k e r . U s i n g a n e x t e r n a l c o n t r o l l e r , y o u c a n i n s t r u c t t h e p o w e r
s u p p l y t o s e t t h e o u t p u t a n d t o s e n d t h e s t a t u s d a t a b a c k o v e r t h e G P I B o r
R S - 2 3 2 . C a p a b i l i t i e s i n c l u d e t h e f o l l o w i n g f e a t u r e s :
• V o l t a g e a n d c u r r e n t p r o g r a m m i n g
• V o l t a g e a n d c u r r e n t r e a d b a c k
• P r e s e n t a n d s t o r e d s t a t u s r e a d b a c k
• P r o g r a m m i n g s y n t a x e r r o r d e t e c t i o n
• C o m p l e t e s e l f - t e s t
T h e f r o n t - p a n e l V F D ( V a c u u m - F l u o r e s c e n t D i s p l a y ) i n c l u d e s :
• D i s p l a y i n g a c t u a l v a l u e s o f o u t p u t v o l t a g e a n d c u r r e n t ( m e t e r m o d e )
• O r d i s p l a y i n g t h e l i m i t v a l u e s o f v o l t a g e a n d c u r r e n t ( l i m i t m o d e )
• C h e c k i n g t h e o p e r a t i n g s t a t u s f r o m t h e a n n u n c i a t o r s
• C h e c k i n g t h e t y p e o f e r r o r f r o m t h e e r r o r c o d e s ( m e s s a g e s )
C o n n e c t i o n s t o t h e p o w e r s u p p l y ' s o u t p u t a n d t o c h a s s i s g r o u n d a r e m a d e t o
b i n d i n g p o s t s o n t h e f r o n t p a n e l a n d t o t h e r e a r o u t p u t t e r m i n a l s .
W a r n i n g
Floating the power supply output more than ±60 Vdc from the chassis presents an
electric shock hazard to the operator. Do not float the outputs more than ±60 Vdc
when metal shorting bars without insulation are used to connect the (+) output to the
(+) sense and the (-) output to the (-) sense terminals.
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