To Enable System Controller - Keysight Technologies B1500A User Manual

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To Enable System Controller

To allow Keysight B1500A/EasyEXPERT to control external GPIB devices,
perform the following procedure.
1. If the EasyEXPERT software is running, terminate it as shown below:
a. Select the menu function File > Exit on the EasyEXPERT main screen.
b. Click [x] at the upper right corner of the Start EasyEXPERT button.
2. Select All Programs > Keysight IO Libraries Suite > Keysight Connection
Expert from the Start menu. Keysight Connection Expert window appears.
3. At the Instrument I/O on this PC area, select GPIB0, and click the Change
Properties... button. Keysight 82350 PCI GPIB Interface - GPIB0 window
appears.
4. Set the GPIB Address value to 21 that is the typical address number for the
system controller.
5. Check the System Controller box.
6. Remove the check from the Auto-discover instruments connected to this
interface box.
This disables the automatic device detection. So the Connection Expert cannot
detect the instruments connected to the GPIB interface by itself.
7. Click the OK button on Keysight 82350 PCI GPIB Interface - GPIB0 window.
8. If the Reboot Required dialog box is displayed, click the Reboot Now button,
and reboot the instrument.
To Disable System Controller
If the B1500A is the system controller, you cannot control the B1500A by using an
external computer. To disable the system controller, change the steps 4 and 5 for
setting the GPIB Address value to not 21 and removing the check from the System
Controller box, and perform the procedure to the step 8.
Keysight B1500A User's Guide, Ed ition 14
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