Specifications Supply Voltage +24V Attenuator Speed 35 dB/s Max Attenuation 70 dB Resolution 0.01 dB USB Port Type GPIB Protocol National Instruments 488.2...
Initial Setup NOTE: Initial Setup can be accessed by pressing MENU from the Front Panel, only when the unit is not in operation. Refer to Figure 1 and Figure 2 below for Front Panel View and Back Panel View respectively. •...
Implementing Custom GPIB Connection Initial Software Installation and requirements: • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or above • National Instruments 488.2 GPIB Driver with support for .NET Framework option Configure GPIB Settings This can be done through the Interactive GPIB Utility installed with the National Instruments Driver or via custom code.
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Set desired frequency attenuation levels via the command “ibwrt”� The input for “ibwrt” must be a string ranging from 0 to 70 terminated by the newline characters “\r\n”(CRLF). An example implementation of “ibwrt” is shown on previous page 7 in Figure 4. Read a response string from GPIB command via “ibrd”�...
Implementing Custom USB Connection Initial Software Installation: • Download and Install VCP (Virtual COM Port) driver from FTDI website: http://www�ftdichip�com/Drivers/VCP�html • Configure Serial Port Settings • Locate device COM port number. In Windows “Device Manager, ” the device can be found under “Ports.
Index Back Panel, 6 Manufacturing Date, 5 Clock, 5 NI MAX, 7 Frequency Band, 5 Remote Mode, 5 Front Panel, 6 Serial Number, 5 GPIB, 7, 8 Serial Port, 9 ibdev, 7, 8 USB, 9 ibonl, 8 ibrd, 8 ibwrt, 8 Virtual COM Port (VCP), 9 Local Mode, 5...
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