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Model 5528A
HP- IB
Informatio
n
16-8
Table
18-4.
HP-IB
Cables
HP
Pari
Length
Number
Metres
Feel
10633A
1
3.3
106338
2
6.6
10633C
3
13.2
10633D
0.5
1.6
NOTE:
The HP106J3x cables
will mate wit
h HP1
063lx
cables
havin
g the sa me
type of locking
screws
(metri
c o
r
Engli
sh).
The
HP10833x
cables
have RFI
shieldin
g,
the
HP1063lx
cables do nol.
a.
Connect
o
ne end of the HP-IB
cable to
the M easurement
Display
unit
's
rear-panel
"
IEEE
STD 488
PORT"
.
NOTES
•
The HP-IB conn
ectors are keyed (by
their
" keysto ne"
shape)
to
fil together
only
one
way.
Con
necto rs mate easily, w
ith
lillie force
required;
do
not
force
connectors
together
.
•
HP-IB cable
connectors have
anchor
screws
used
to secure
them
to
HP-IB
jacks.
The Mea sureme nt Di splay uni
t
req
uires the
met ric versio
n of
t hese screws
.
Metric-threaded HP-lB
screws
have a black
finish,
English-thread
HP-IB
screws
have
a
silver
finish.
A
ll HP-IB
cables
are
current
ly
shipped with met ric
screws.
b.
Connect
the other
end of
the
HP-18
cable to
the device
that
is to be
used
as
the
"controller"
in th is
system.
NOTE
Th
e
con nector
at
each
end of
each
HP-IB cabl
e has
two
sides,
"
male"
and
" female".
Th
e "
ma
le" side mates
wi th the HP- IB
connector
on
any HP-IB-co
mpatible
Instrument,
or with
any
oth er suitable
"
female"
co
nn
ecto r. The "
female"
side of th
e
co nnector provid
es
a
co
nnecting poin
t
for the
"
ma
le" con-
necto
r of an
y
othe
r HP-I!)
cable.
This
allows cables to
be
sta cked
to accomodale
up
to 15
instrument
s
on the
bus.
The ma ximum
length
o
f cable that can be used
to co nnect
a group
o
f
inst
ruments
should not
be more
than
2 metres (6.5 fee
t)
times
th
e
number of
instruments to be
int erconn
ected,
or
20
metres (65.6
fee!), w
hi
chever
is less. The
HP-IB
conn
ector,
mating conn ector
part
numbers,
logic
levels,
and signa
l
nam
e
information
ilre
give
r, In the
l aser
Mea surement
System's
Service M anual.
c.
If an
y
other
device
(such
as a
Print
er)
Is
to be
co
nnected
to
the
system,
connec1
it,
via an HP-JB
cable,
to
any available
HP-IB
port
that
is already
part of
the
system.
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