O P Ti On A L T E St S Y St Em S An D F U Nc T Io N S; Re M Ot E A Nd A U To M At I C C On Tr O L - Aeroflex 3900 Series Operation Manual

O p ti on a l T e st S y st em s an d F u nc t io n s

The 3900 Ser ies pr ovides va rious optio nal t est syst ems and functi ons th at a llow user s to configu re
the Test Set to meet a var iety o f t esting requ irement s.
R efer to App endix F ,
curr ently availab le fo r t he 39 00.
Re m ot e an d A ut o m at i c C on t r o l
I EE E S td 4 88
The 3900 ma y be o perat ed r emotel y via a n int erf ace conf orming to IEE E Std 488. 1-198 7. This
standa rd define s the electr ical, mechanical and low -level pro tocol ch aract erist ics of the bus
stru cture , t he GPI B (Gener al P urpo se Int erf ace B us).
Sever al SC PI feat ures have be en imple me nted in t he 390 0 to facil itate system i ntegr atio n. These
feat ures include the extend ed sta tus r epor ting stru ct ure , t he er ror numbe ring scheme, the
command mne mo nic der ivati on r ules ( long and sho rt for m) an d many o f t he fr equen tly use d
commands. Man y of th e SC PI feat ures in cluded in the 39 00 are not de fined b y the S CP I sta ndard ,
ther efor e, the 3900 i s not full y compliant w ith SC PI (S tanda rd C ommands for Pr ogra m ma ble
Inst rument s) r equir ements. R efer t o SC P I 199 7 fo r de tails.
Ref er to se ction titl ed
Remo te Oper atio n.
Ref er to the 3 900 S erie s Re mote P rog ramming Manual
G ener al Inf orm atio n
Opt ional Test Systems and Funct ions
R emote Tile in C hapt er 4 for inf ormat ion o n conf iguri ng th e Test S et f or
S u b j e ct t o E x p o r t C o n tr o l , s ee C o ve r P a g e f o r d e t ai l s .
f or d etaile d descr iptio n of opti ons
for list of va lid r emote commands.
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