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IMPEDANCE ANALYZER
IMPEDANCE ANALYZER
Communication Instruction Manual
IM3533-01
LCR METER
August 2012 Revised edition 4 IM3570A983-04 12-08H
IM3523
IM3533
IM3570
IM3590
CHEMICAL

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  • Page 1 Communication Instruction Manual IM3523 IM3533 IM3533-01 LCR METER IM3570 IMPEDANCE ANALYZER IM3590 CHEMICAL IMPEDANCE ANALYZER August 2012 Revised edition 4 IM3570A983-04 12-08H...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.6 Remote Mode ........19 LAN Settings ......... 43  Connecting a LAN Cable ...... 48 4.6 Remote Mode ........49 Chapter 3 Model IM3523 Connection and Appendix Setting Appendix 1 Checking the USB Virtual COM .. 3.1 Overview of Communication ....21 Port.........
  • Page 4 Contents...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction This instruction manual provides details on the communication interfaces of the IM3523, IM3533, IM3533-01 LCR Meter, IM3570 Impedance Analyzer and IM3590 Chemical Impedance Analyzer. In this document, the "instrument" means the IM3523, IM3533, IM3533-01, IM3570 and IM3590. Safety Information This manual contains information and warnings essential for safe operation of the instrument and for main- taining it in safe operating condition.

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Specifications

    RS-232C Specifications Chapter 1 Specifications 1.1 RS-232C Specifications Communication method: Full duplex Transmission Method Synchronous method: Start-stop synchronization Transmission Speed 9600 bps, 19200 bps, 38400 bps, 57600 bps Data Bits 8 bits Parity None Stop bit 1 bits Message terminator CR+LF, CR (delimiter) Hardware (RTS/CTS control), software (XON/XOFF control)

  • Page 8: Gp-Ib Specifications

    1.2 GP-IB Specifications GP-IB Specifications Supports all source handshake functions. Supports all acceptor handshake functions. Supports standard talker functions. Supports serial poll functions. Talk only mode is not supported. Supports the talker cancel function by MLA (My Listen Address). Supports standard listener functions. Listener only mode is not supported.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Model Im3570 Connection And Setting

    Overview of Communication Model IM3570 Connection and Chapter 2 Setting 2.1 Overview of Communication You can control the instrument with communication commands from a computer via the GP-IB, RS-232C, USB, and LAN interfaces. There are the following four communication methods. To enable communication, the communication condi- tions need to be set on the instrument.
  • Page 10 Overview of Communication Screen Displayed while Setting Interfaces When you set an interface, the icon for the set interface is displayed on the right side of the screen. When RS-232C is set When GP-IB is set When USB is set When LAN is set When printer is set...
  • Page 11 RS-232C Connection and Settings 2.2 RS-232C Connection and Settings Connecting the RS-232C Cable Connect the RS-232C cable to the RS-232C connector. (Recommended cable: 9637 RS-232C cable) 1 2 3 4 5 Male 9-pin D-sub #4-40 attaching screws 6 7 8 9 To connect the instrument to a controller (DTE), use a crossover cable compatible with the connectors on both the instrument and the controller.

  • Page 12: Rs-232C Connection And Settings

    RS-232C Connection and Settings Setting RS-232C Procedure You can configure the setting from any of mode, mode. LCR Measurement Screen Interface Settings RS-232C Settings Press RS-232C Settings Select the baud rate setting. Select the handshake setting. No flow control Hardware (RTS/CTS control) Software (XON/XOFF control) Hardware + software Select the terminator setting.

  • Page 13: Gp-Ib Connection And Settings

    GP-IB Connection and Settings 2.3 GP-IB Connection and Settings Connecting the GP-IB Cable Connect the GP-IB cable to the GP-IB connector. Recommended cable: 9150-02 GP-IB connection cable (2 m) 9151-04 GP-IB connection cable (4 m) Setting GP-IB Procedure You can configure the setting from any of mode, mode.
  • Page 14 GP-IB Connection and Settings GPIB Setting Press GPIB Setting to set the GP-IB address. Select the terminator setting. LF with EOI LF with CR+EOI Press to confirm the setting.

  • Page 15: Usb Settings And Connection

    Before connecting the instrument to the computer, install the USB driver. The USB driver can be downloaded from the bundled CD, or our web site.(http://www.hioki.com) The USB driver is compatible with the Windows XP (32-bit version), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit version), and Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit version) operating systems.

  • Page 16: Usb Settings And Connection

    USB Settings and Connection USB Setting Select the terminator setting. CR+LF Press to confirm the setting. Connecting the USB Cable Connect a USB cable (commercially available USB cable) to the USB port of the instrument. USB interface port of computer Type B USB cable (commercially available product)

  • Page 17: Lan Settings And Connection

    LAN Settings and Connection 2.5 LAN Settings and Connection LAN Settings You can perform command control using the TCP/IP protocol. Set the instrument to match your network environment in advance. • Make these settings before connecting to a network. Changing settings while connected can duplicate IP addresses of other network devices, and incorrect address information may other- wise be presented to the network.
  • Page 18 LAN Settings and Connection Procedure You can configure the setting from any of mode, mode. LCR Measurement Screen Interface Settings LAN Settings Press LAN Settings Select the IP address.
  • Page 19 LAN Settings and Connection IP address Settings to set the IP address. Press to confirm the setting. LAN Settings Select the subnet mask. Subnet mask Settings to set the subnet mask, and press to confirm the setting. Any of the following 30 subnet masks can be set for the instrument. 128.000.000.000 255.128.000.000 255.255.128.000...
  • Page 20 LAN Settings and Connection LAN Settings Select the default gateway. If the default gateway does not need to be set, for example, when connecting the instrument and computer on a one-to-one basis using a cross ca- ble, leave this set to OFF. Default gateway Settings to set the default gate- way.
  • Page 21 LAN Settings and Connection Port number Settings to set the port number to use for communication commands. Settable range : 1024 to 65535 Press to confirm the setting. LAN Settings Select the terminator setting. CR+LF Press to confirm the setting.

  • Page 22: Lan Settings And Connection

    • Straight-through Cat 5, 100BASE-TX-compliant Ethernet cable (up to 100 m, commercially available). For 10BASE communication, a 10BASE-T-compliant cable may also be used. • Hioki 9642 LAN Cable (option) (A cross adapter cannot be used.) When connecting one instrument to a single computer (prepare one of the following): •...

  • Page 23: Remote Mode

    Remote Mode 2.6 Remote Mode When you connect a device to an interface and start communication, the mode becomes remote mode (remote operation state) and the keys on the LCD are disabled. Remote Mode State All of the keys except are disabled.
  • Page 24 Remote Mode...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3 Model Im3523 Connection And Setting

    Overview of Communication Model IM3523 Connection and Chapter 3 Setting 3.1 Overview of Communication You can control the instrument with communication commands from a computer via the USB, GP-IB, RS- 232C and LAN interfaces. There are the following four communication methods. To enable communication, the communication condi- tions need to be set on the instrument.

  • Page 26: Usb Settings And Connection

    Before connecting the instrument to the computer, install the USB driver. The USB driver can be downloaded from the bundled CD, or our web site. (http://www.hioki.com) The USB driver is compatible with the Windows XP (32-bit version), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit version), and Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit version) operating systems.

  • Page 27: Usb Settings And Connection

    USB Settings and Connection Connecting the USB Cable Connect a USB cable (commercially available USB cable) to the USB port of the instrument. USB interface port of computer Type B USB cable (commercially available product) • To avoid faults, do not disconnect or reconnect the USB cable during instrument operation.

  • Page 28: Gp-Ib Connection And Settings (When Connected To The Z3000)

    GP-IB Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3000) 3.3 GP-IB Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3000) Connecting the GP-IB Cable Connect the GP-IB cable to the GP-IB connector. Recommended cable: 9150-02 GP-IB connection cable (2 m) 9151-04 GP-IB connection cable (4 m) Setting GP-IB Open the SYSTEM screen.
  • Page 29 GP-IB Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3000) Select the terminator setting. LF with EOI LF with CR+EOI Select. Set the GP-IB address. Valid setting range: 0 to 30 Select the GP-IB address setting. Select. You will return to the measure- ment screen.

  • Page 30: Rs-232C Connection And Settings (When Connected To The Z3001)

    Signal Ground Unused Request to Send Clear to Send Unused Example: Connecting to a DOS/V PC Specification: D-sub 9-pin female and female connector, reverse connection IM3523 Controller (DOS/V PC) BB (RxD) BB (RxD) BA (TxD) BA (TxD) CD (DTR) CD (DTR)

  • Page 31: Setting Rs-232C

    RS-232C Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3001) Setting RS-232C Open the SYSTEM screen. Open the SYSTEM screen. Select RS-232C as the interface. Select RS-232C. Select. Select from the following baud rate setting. 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 Select the baud rate setting. Select.
  • Page 32 RS-232C Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3001) Select the handshake setting. Select the handshake setting. Select. No flow control HARD Hardware (RTS/CTS control) XON/OFF Software (XON/XOFF control) BOTH Hardware + software You will return to the measure- ment screen.

  • Page 33: Lan Settings And Connection (When Connected To The Z3002)

    LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) 3.5 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) LAN Settings You can perform command control using the TCP/IP protocol. Set the instrument to match your network environment in advance. •...
  • Page 34 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) Open the SYSTEM screen. Open the SYSTEM screen. Select LAN as the interface. Select LAN. Select. Select the IP address. Select the IP address. Select.
  • Page 35 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) Select the subnet mask. Select the subnet mask. Select. Any of the following 30 subnet masks can be set for the instrument. 128.000.000.000 255.128.000.000 255.255.128.000 255.255.255.128 192.000.000.000 255.192.000.000 255.255.192.000 255.255.255.192 224.000.000.000 255.224.000.000 255.255.224.000 255.255.255.224...
  • Page 36 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) Select the port number. Settable range : 1024 to 65535 Select the port number. Revert the setting to the default value. Select. You will return to the measurement screen.

  • Page 37: Connecting A Lan Cable

    • Straight-through Cat 5, 100BASE-TX-compliant Ethernet cable (up to 100 m, commercially available). For 10BASE communication, a 10BASE-T-compliant cable may also be used. • Hioki 9642 LAN Cable (option) (A cross adapter cannot be used.) When connecting one instrument to a single computer (prepare one of the following): •...

  • Page 38: Remote Mode

    Remote Mode 3.6 Remote Mode When you connect a device to an interface and start communication, the mode becomes remote mode (remote operation state) and the keys on the LCD are disabled. Remote status Keys other than [F1] are disabled. Canceling Remote Mode You will return to the measurement screen.

  • Page 39: Chapter 4 Model Im3533/ Im3533-01/ Im3590 Connection And Setting

    Overview of Communication Model IM3533/ IM3533-01/ IM3590 Connection and Chapter 4 Setting 4.1 Overview of Communication You can control the instrument with communication commands from a computer via the USB, GP-IB, RS- 232C and LAN interfaces. There are the following four communication methods. To enable communication, the communication condi- tions need to be set on the instrument.
  • Page 40 Overview of Communication Screen Displayed while Setting Interfaces When you set an interface, the icon for the set interface is displayed on the right side of the screen. When USB is set When GP-IB is set When RS-232C is set When LAN is set When printer is set...

  • Page 41: Usb Settings And Connection

    Before connecting the instrument to the computer, install the USB driver. The USB driver can be downloaded from the bundled CD, or our web site.(http://www.hioki.com) The USB driver is compatible with the Windows XP (32-bit version), Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit version), and Windows 7 (32-bit, 64-bit version) operating systems.

  • Page 42: Usb Settings And Connection

    USB Settings and Connection USB Setting Select the terminator setting. CR+LF Press to confirm the setting. Connecting the USB Cable Connect a USB cable (commercially available USB cable) to the USB port of the instrument. USB interface port of computer Type B USB cable (commercially available product)

  • Page 43: Gp-Ib Connection And Settings (When Connected To The Z3000)

    GP-IB Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3000) 4.3 GP-IB Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3000) Connecting the GP-IB Cable Connect the GP-IB cable to the GP-IB connector. Recommended cable: 9150-02 GP-IB connection cable (2 m) 9151-04 GP-IB connection cable (4 m) Setting GP-IB Procedure You can configure the setting from any of...
  • Page 44 GP-IB Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3000) GPIB Setting Press GPIB Setting to set the GP-IB address. Select the terminator setting. LF with EOI LF with CR+EOI Press to confirm the setting.

  • Page 45: Rs-232C Connection And Settings (When Connected To The Z3001)

    RS-232C Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3001) 4.4 RS-232C Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3001) Connecting the RS-232C Cable Connect the RS-232C cable to the RS-232C connector. (Recommended cable: 9637 RS-232C cable) 1 2 3 4 5 Male 9-pin D-sub #4-40 attaching screws 6 7 8 9...

  • Page 46: Setting Rs-232C

    RS-232C Connection and Settings (when connected to the Z3001) Setting RS-232C Procedure You can configure the setting from any of mode, mode and mode. LCR Measurement Screen Interface Settings RS-232C Settings Press RS-232C Settings Select the baud rate setting. Select the handshake setting. No flow control Hardware (RTS/CTS control) Software (XON/XOFF control)

  • Page 47: Lan Settings And Connection (When Connected To The Z3002)

    LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) 4.5 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) LAN Settings You can perform command control using the TCP/IP protocol. Set the instrument to match your network environment in advance. •...
  • Page 48 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) Procedure You can configure the setting from any of mode, mode and mode. LCR Measurement Screen Interface Settings LAN Settings Press LAN Settings Select the IP address.
  • Page 49 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) IP address Settings to set the IP address. Press to confirm the setting. LAN Settings Select the subnet mask. Subnet mask Settings to set the subnet mask, and press to confirm the setting. Any of the following 30 subnet masks can be set for the instrument.
  • Page 50 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) LAN Settings Select the default gateway. If the default gateway does not need to be set, for example, when connecting the instrument and computer on a one-to-one basis using a cross ca- ble, leave this set to OFF.
  • Page 51 LAN Settings and Connection (when connected to the Z3002) Port number Settings to set the port number to use for communication commands. Settable range : 1024 to 65535 Press to confirm the setting. LAN Settings Select the terminator setting. CR+LF Press to confirm the setting.

  • Page 52: Connecting A Lan Cable

    • Straight-through Cat 5, 100BASE-TX-compliant Ethernet cable (up to 100 m, commercially available). For 10BASE communication, a 10BASE-T-compliant cable may also be used. • Hioki 9642 LAN Cable (option) (A cross adapter cannot be used.) When connecting one instrument to a single computer (prepare one of the following): •...

  • Page 53: Remote Mode

    Remote Mode 4.6 Remote Mode When you connect a device to an interface and start communication, the mode becomes remote mode (remote operation state) and the keys on the LCD are disabled. Remote Mode State All of the keys except are disabled.
  • Page 54 Remote Mode...

  • Page 55: Appendix

    Check the COM number on the right of "HIOKI IM3570 Impedance Analyzer" port in the [Ports (COM & LPT)] list. • When the IM3523, IM3533, IM3533-01 and IM3590 : Check the COM number to the right of "HIOKI USB Device" in the [Ports (COM & LPT)] list.

  • Page 56: Appendix 2 Checking Rs-232C And Usb Communication In Windows

    Appendix 2 Checking RS-232C and USB Communication in Windows Appendix 2 Checking RS-232C and USB Com- munication in Windows When using, for example, Visual Basic or PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) on a computer to perform communication with a measuring instrument via RS-232C or USB, development at a later time will go smoother if you use Hyper Terminal, which comes standard with Windows XP, to check communication.
  • Page 57 Appendix 2 Checking RS-232C and USB Communication in Windows Set the information for where you are now. Enter the area code. Click Enter the area code in [What area code (or city code) are you in now?]. Click [OK]. Set the phone and modem options. Click Click [OK].
  • Page 58 Appendix 2 Checking RS-232C and USB Communication in Windows Set a name and icon. Enter Click Enter a name in the [Name] field, and select any icon. (The name and icon are used for the shortcut.) Click [OK]. Set the connection method. Select a COM port in [Connect using].
  • Page 59 Appendix 2 Checking RS-232C and USB Communication in Windows Set the properties of the COM port to be used. Enter Click Set the properties in accordance with the measuring instrument to be used. (For the information, refer the instruction manual of the measuring instrument to be used.) Click [OK].
  • Page 60 Appendix 2 Checking RS-232C and USB Communication in Windows Set the ASCII settings. Click Add check marks. Click Click Click Click [Settings] tab and then [ASCII Setup...]. Add check marks to [Send line ends with line feeds] [Echo typed characters locally], and [Append line feeds to incoming line ends] Click...
  • Page 61 Send a character string to the measuring instrument. The following shows an example of entering "*idn?" and then pressing the Enter key. Communication has been established if there is a response from the measuring instrument. In the following example, the "HIOKI,IM3570,V1.00" character string was received. Sent Received...

  • Page 62: Appendix 3 Checking Lan Communication In Windows

    Appendix 3 Checking LAN Communication in Windows Appendix 3 Checking LAN Communication in Windows You can use Hyper Terminal which comes standard with Windows XP to check LAN communication. The following describes the procedure up until performing communication using Hyper Terminal. Launch HyperTeminal.
  • Page 63 IP address of the instrument. • Enter the port number set on the instrument in the [Port number] field. • The default port number is 3500 (for the IM3523, IM3533, IM3533-01 and IM3590) or 3570 (for the IM3570).
  • Page 64 Send a character string to the measuring instrument. The following shows an example of entering "*idn?" and then pressing the Enter key. Communication has been established if there is a response from the measuring instrument. In the following example, the "HIOKI,IM3570,V1.00" character string was received. Sent Received...

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