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USER MANUAL

ProDAQ LXI Instruments

ProDAQ 6132 Isolated

Voltage Input Instrument

PUBLICATION NUMBER: 6132-AA-UM-1030

Bustec Production, Ltd.

Bustec House, Shannon Business Park, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland

Tel: +353 (0) 61 707100, FAX: +353 (0) 61 707106

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Page 1 ProDAQ LXI Instruments ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument PUBLICATION NUMBER: 6132-AA-UM-1030 Copyright, © 2021, Bustec Production, Ltd. Bustec Production, Ltd. Bustec House, Shannon Business Park, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland Tel: +353 (0) 61 707100, FAX: +353 (0) 61 707106...
Page 2: Proprietary Notice
Production Ltd, be used, in whole or in part to solicit quotations from a competitive source or used for manufacture by anyone other than Bustec Production Ltd. The information herein has been developed at private expense, and may only be used...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents 1. Introduction _________________________________________________________ 5 2. Getting Started ______________________________________________________ 7 2.1. Unpacking and Inspection _______________________________________________ 7 Mounting the ProDAQ 6132 in a 19” Rack __________________________________ 7 2.2. 2.2.1. The ProDAQ 5725 Rack-mount Kit ______________________________________ 8 2.2.2. Installing the ProDAQ 5725 Rack-mount Kit _______________________________ 8 2.3.
Page 4 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 6.5. SCPI Commands ______________________________________________________ 48 6.5.1. IEEE-488.2 Common Commands ______________________________________ 48 6.5.2. Device Specific Commands ___________________________________________ 50 6.5.3. Default Settings ____________________________________________________ 64 6.5.4. Direct Read _______________________________________________________ 65 Copyright © 2021, Bustec Production Ltd.
Page 5 Figure 11 - Network Instruments Search Dialog ______________________________________ 18 Figure 12 - Network instruments found _____________________________________________ 18 Figure 13 - Bustec Agent Network Device Discovery __________________________________ 19 Figure 14 - Accessing the instrument home page _____________________________________ 20 Figure 15 – ProDAQ 6132 Block Diagram ___________________________________________ 22 Figure 16 –...
Page 6: Reference Documents
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Reference Documents Title Number Safety When hazardous voltages (higher than 42.4 VAC peak or 60 VDC) are present on any channel, all channels are considered hazardous. Ensure that external wiring or any circuits connected to the device are properly insulated from human contact.
Page 7: Introduction
10 Hz, 100 Hz and 1 kHz provides anti-aliasing filtering for each channel. The ProDAQ 6132 is equipped with two redundant Gigabit Ethernet ports. Both ports can be used to control the instrument and each port can transmit up to two data streams to a total of four different hosts.
Page 9: Getting Started
2.2. Mounting the ProDAQ 6132 in a 19” Rack The ProDAQ 5725 Rack-mount Kit is available to mount the ProDAQ 6132 into standard 19” racks. The kit allows mounting the unit into racks with mounting depths between 456 mm and 700 mm (rail to rail).
Page 10: The Prodaq 5725 Rack-Mount Kit
Figure 2 - Assembling the front flanges Next, attach one of the rear support rails to each side of the ProDAQ 6132 by using four M3 x 6mm countersunk screws each. The rear support rail can be mounted in four different positions to accommodate various rack depths (see Figure 3, front-most position ...
Page 11: Figure 3 - Assembling The Rear Support Rails
Install the rear rack-mount brackets in your rack at the desired positions using the proper fixing materials for your rack (fixing materials are not part of the ProDAQ 5725 Rack-mount Kit). Install the ProDAQ 6132 into the rack at the desired position. Then attach the rear support rail ...
Page 12: Prodaq 6132 Switches, Indicators And Connectors
The "LAN" indicators are bi-color LEDs, one for each of the redundant Ethernet ports. They can be used to identify the ProDAQ 6132 via its WEB interface or its Soft Front Panel and to indicate a LAN failure. When used for LAN identification, they flash green, while a LAN failure is indicated by a constant red light.
Page 13: Rear Panel
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual 2.3.2. Rear Panel The rear panel of the ProDAQ 6132 features the following switches and connectors: Figure 6 - Rear Panel Switches and Connectors ETH1/2 Dual redundant Ethernet ports. RJ45 10/100/1000 BASE-TX with Auto-MDIX...
Page 14: Connecting Voltage Sources To The Analog Input Connectors
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 2.5. Connecting Voltage Sources to the Analog Input Connectors The ProDAQ 6132 uses eight 25-pin female D-Sub connectors for its voltage inputs, with 4 channels per connector. The connector pins are numbered from 1 to 25 as shown below: Figure 8 –...
Page 15 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual The total pin assignment is shown in the following tables: Channel 1-4 Channel 5-8 Channel 9-12 Channel 12-16 AINN1 IGND1 AINN5 IGND5 AINN9 IGND9 AINN13 IGND13 AINP1 ----- AINP5 ----- AINP9 -----...
Page 16: Accessing The Device
2.6. Accessing the Device As an LXI device, the ProDAQ 6132 provides a set of web pages which can be used to configure and operate the device. To access the built-in web pages of the ProDAQ 6132 any standard WEB browser can be used.
Page 17: Required Software
LXI Consortium at www.lxistandard.org. 2.6.2. Required Software To operate the ProDAQ 6132, you will need to install a VISA library as for example the Bustec VISA library on your computer. It can be downloaded from the Bustec web site at https://www.bustec.com/support/drivers/.
Page 18: Figure 9 - Lxi Discovery Tool
Consortium at https://lxistandard.org/Resources/LXIDiscoveryTool.aspx. Bustec VISA Configuration Utility The Bustec VISA library contains a configuration tool which allows you to search, identify and configure network instruments. To view already known network instruments or add new, select the “Network Instruments” tab in the configuration utilities main dialog. All known network instruments will be displayed in the “Instrument Descriptor”...
Page 19 By setting the interface number ranges the search is limited to the selected range of interface numbers. To discover a ProDAQ 6132, the Device Type “INST” must be enabled and the Device Number Range must include the device number “0” (zero).
Page 20: Figure 11 - Network Instruments Search Dialog
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Figure 11 - Network Instruments Search Dialog After selecting the “Search for Instruments” button, the utility uses network broadcasts to search for the instruments. Each instrument is then sent an “*IDN?” query and the results are shown in the “Find Network Instruments”...
Page 21: Figure 13 - Bustec Agent Network Device Discovery
LXI devices support DNS Service Discovery by publishing their services like http, vxi11 etc. If you run the Bustec VISA Agent you can discover the ProDAQ 6132 using mDNS discovery. The Bustec VISA Agent is a background task that monitors hot-plug events for ProDAQ VXIbus Interfaces and mDNS services published by LXI Devices.
Page 22: Accessing The Instrument
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 2.6.4. Accessing the Instrument Once the instrument was successfully discovered, you can access and configure the instrument via its web interface by a web browser using the instruments IP or mDNS host name.
Page 24: Theory Of Operation
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 3. Theory of Operation The ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument uses a Freescale MPC8313 Power-QUICC II Pro Communications Processor for instrument control and LXI device capability, which combines a powerful e300 PowerPC core with a complete set of peripherals and interfaces, including support for IEEE1588.
Page 25 1 scan/second to 2000 scans/second in independent of the number of enabled channels. For synchronizing multiple ProDAQ 6132 the internal clocks of several instruments can be synchronized using the IEEE1588 Precision Time Protocol.
Page 26: Specifications
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 4. Specifications Available Versions Versions 6132-AA Isolated Precision Voltage Input LXI Instrument, 32 Channel General Number of signal channels Isolation 300 V (Channel-to Channel, Channel-to-Ground) Sampling Type Simultaneous over all enabled channels...
Page 27 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual SINAD 87.2dB typical, 86.5dB minimum Sinewave, 10Hz, Gain 8, 0.0034% typical, 0.0038% maximum 2.25V , 100Hz Filter, 1ksps, (95% Confidence) SFDR 91dB typical, 90dB minimum Crosstalk, Sinewave all 300Hz 118dB typical, 102dB minimum...
Page 28: Web Page Operations
The ProDAQ 6132 features an embedded web server, which allows you to configure and operate the ProDAQ 6132 by using a standard web browser from any host computer in your network. To make use of the complete functionality of the embedded web interface, the browser will need to have its JavaScript support enabled.
Page 29: Ip Configuration
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual 5.2. IP Configuration The IP Configuration Page allows you to change the settings for the ProDAQ 6132's LAN interfaces. Figure 18 – IP Configuration Page The IP Configuration page shows the current settings for the instruments LAN interfaces and allows...
Page 30 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Configuration). Clear this value to revert to factory default. MAC Address Displays the MAC address, currently assigned IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. Current IP Address Current Subnet Mask Current Def. Gateway...
Page 31: Mdns Service Name
5.3. mDNS Service Name The second page in the “Network Settings” allows the configuration of the mDNS service name the ProDAQ 6132 publishes. Clear this value to revert to factory default. Figure 19 – Setting the mDNS Service Name Page 29 of 66...
Page 32: Synchronization Configuration
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 5.4. Synchronization Configuration The ProDAQ 6132 can use the IEEE 1588-2008 (version 2) for clock synchronization. The Synchronization Configuration page shows the current IEEE 1588 status and allows its configuration. Figure 20 – Synchronization Configuration Page (Slave Mode) Specifies the IEEE 1588 domain number –...
Page 33 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Slaves. It provides better scalability of the system and improves each instrument's performance. Delay asymmetry For better performance, this parameter should reflect the network architecture that affects the difference between the time a packet gets from one device to another and the return time.
Page 34: Figure 21 - Synchronization Configuration Page (Master Mode)
Parent clock ID (MAC address extended to IEEE EUI-64). State Current state of the IEEE 1588 protocol engine working on the ProDAQ 6132. Can be one of the following: INITIALIZING, FAULTY, DISABLED, LISTENING, PRE_MASTER, MASTER, PASSIVE, UNCALIBRATED. In case of SLAVE state also the synchronization state is displayed: SYNCHRONIZED or NOT SYNCHRONIZED.
Page 35: Instrument
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual 5.5. Instrument The Instrument Status page allows to display in the real-time the measurement of all channels. To do so, the web interface runs single acquisition from enabled channels every 1s or it uses a special function to read values from a running data acquisition.
Page 36 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Current Time Displays the current Instrument UTC time. Displays the current acquisition PTP trigger time. Alarm Time Network Interface Displays the status of instrument Ethernet Ports. GREEN color for operative connection, RED for faulty or disconnected.
Page 37: Device Status
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual 5.6. Device Status The Device Status section shows several pages with different details of the overall status of the ProDAQ 6132. 5.6.1. Basic Status On the basic status page the overall status of the main software components of the device, internal temperatures and the network connections are shown.
Page 38 Displays the temperature measured by the internal temperature sensors of the device. Fan Status Shows the current status of the two rear fans if the ProDAQ 6132. Open Connections Shows the remote hosts that are connected to the VXI11 server. The number of connections is shown, the maximum section size of the connection, the remote IP address and the ports used.
Page 39: Advanced Status
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual 5.6.2. Advanced Status The Advanced Status page allows you to review the output of a number of embedded tools to analyze the device status in more details. Figure 24 – Advanced Status Page Figure 24 shows an example of the Advanced Status page showing the output of the embedded “ifconfig”...
Page 40: System Log
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument self test Runs and shows the results of the device self test 5.6.3. System Log The System Log page shows the contents of the system log. Any housekeeping or debugging information will be entered here by the operating system. To get an up-to-date status, press the “Refresh”...
Page 41: Device Configuration
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual 5.7. Device Configuration The Device Configuration page allows you to change several parameters of the internal configuration of the device. In addition it allows you to reboot the device or update its firmware.
Page 42: General Settings
Figure 27 – General Settings Page 5.7.2. Security Settings On this page you can change the password that is used to protect the pages of the ProDAQ 6132. Please type in your old password, the new one and confirm it by re-typing.
Page 43: Firmware Update
User Manual 5.7.3. Firmware Update To update the firmware on the ProDAQ 6132, use the “Update Firmware” button on the “Device Configuration” page. Before you can start a firmware update, make sure that the file is available on the host computer where you run the internet browser. Press the "Browse..." to open the file upload dialog, which allows you to browse through your file system and select the file to upload.
Page 45: Programming The Prodaq 6132
Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI) and IEEE 488.8 Common Commands, as well as Direct Read data stream specification. The ProDAQ 6132 runs a server that can be communicated with SCPI commands. The commands are handled over VXI-11 protocol. Therefore in order to send commands and receive responses, a VXI-11 client needs to be used.
Page 46: Scpi Command Fundamentals
6.3. SCPI Command Fundamentals Commands are separated into two types: IEEE-488.2 Common Commands and SCPI Commands. The SCPI command set for the ProDAQ 6132 is SCPI-99 compatible. 6.3.1. Common Command Format The IEEE-488.2 standard defines the Common commands that perform functions like reset, self- test, status byte query, etc.
Page 47: Abbreviated Commands
CONFigure2:ENABle 1 In ProDAQ 6132 this in-name parameter always refers to the id of the channel that will be affected by the command. However, in-name parameter can be omitted if the command is to affect multiple channels. In this case, the channel list parameter has to be used. It is always the last parameter.
Page 48 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument ASCII String Accepts strings of characters surrounded by apostrophe or quotation marks. ‘sTrinG example, 123’ or “another string example” Channel List Accepts list of numbers that are interpreted as channels which should be affected by the command. Only numbers within allowed range (valid channels) are accepted, otherwise an error is returned.
Page 49: Events
VISA function for the VI_EVENT_SERVICE_REQ event type. To enable the event, use viEnableEvent() function and select either the handler or queuing mechanism. Then, when a SRQ is generated by the ProDAQ 6132, either the installed handler is called, or the event wakes up the viWaitOnEvent() function.
Page 50: Scpi Commands
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 6.5. SCPI Commands 6.5.1. IEEE-488.2 Common Commands Type Command Description Event Status Enable Register *ESE SCPI syntax: *ESE <bit mask> Sets Standard Event Status Enable (ESE). In conjunction with ESR may set bit ESB in STB and may be used to generate SRQ.
Page 51 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Type Command Description Operation Complete Query *OPC? Not supported Wait *WAI Not supported Service Request Enable *SRE SCPI syntax: *SRE <bit mask> Sets Service Request Enable (SRE). SRE is used as a mask for STB to generate SRQ.
Page 52: Device Specific Commands
The parts in square brackets [...] mean optional items. The lists in curly brackets {...|...|...} define the possible values. The names surrounded by angle brackets: <...> are required parameters, referred in the descriptions. ProDAQ 6132 has 32 channels. The range of valid channel numbers is 1 - 32. Subsystem Command Description...
Page 53 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Subsystem Command Description CONFigure :GAIN? SCPI syntax: CONFigure[channel]:GAIN? [chlist] (cont’d) Returns the channel's gain. (if more channels, the values are comma-separated). Channel equal to 0 does mean all channels. To query for more channels, use the channel list as a parameter.
Page 55 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Subsystem Command Description CONFigure :SCAN:CHMask? SCPI syntax: CONFigure:SCAN:CHMask? (cont’d) Returns whether the data packet shall contain a mask of enabled channels (values: 1: ON or 0: OFF). :SCAN:CHMask SCPI syntax: CONFigure:SCAN: CHMask {ON|OFF} Enable or disable channel mask in the data packet.
Page 56 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Subsystem Command Description CONFigure :TRIGger[:STARt]? SCPI syntax: CONFigure:TRIGger[:START]? (cont’d) Returns the current start mode in a form of a string. SCPI syntax: CONFigure:TRIGger[:STARt] ‘<value>’ :TRIGger[:STARt] Sets the start mode. Possible string values: 'IMMEDIATE' and 'PTP' (alarm time).
Page 57 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Subsystem Command Description CONFigure :DIRectread:TMO? SCPI syntax: CONFigure:DIRectread:TMO? (cont’d) Returns the Direct Read link loss timeout in seconds. :DIRectread:TMO SCPI syntax: CONFigure:DIRectread:TMO <seconds> Sets the Direct Read link loss timeout. If the data stream is not read for the specified amount of time the link is physically closed.
Page 58 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Subsystem Command Description MEASure :ABORt SCPI syntax: MEASure:ABORt Stops the acquisition. No matter, whether acquisition has been programmed for unlimited or limited number of scans to acquire. :ASYNc SCPI syntax: MEASure:ASYNc Starts asynchronous acquisition. If the start mode is 'IMMEDIATE', the trigger is auto generated, if it's 'PTP', it starts once the pre- defined alarm happens.
Page 59 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Subsystem Command Description CALibration :COEFficients? SCPI syntax: CALibration[channel]:COEFficients? <gain>,[chlist] Returns two comma-separated 16-bit hex values for the selected channel at the defined gain (1, 2, 4 or 8). The first value is offset coefficient, the second is gain coefficient.
Page 60 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Subsystem Command Description CALibration :INFo? SCPI syntax: CALibration:INFo? (cont’d) Returns two lines of comma separated text with information about the calibration on two Front-Ends: checksum_status,operator,date,temperature :LSB? SCPI syntax: CALibration:LSB? Returns the 1 LSB value of the raw ADC code in uV.
Page 61 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Subsystem Command Description SYSTem :ACQMode? SCPI syntax: SYSTem:ACQMode? Returns whether the Acquisition Mode is enabled. :ACQMode SCPI syntax: SYSTem:ACQMode {ON|OFF} This command allows turning off the web interface and mDNS discovery in order to make sure the acquisition runs uninterrupted.
Page 62 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument enabled. Subsystem Command Description SYSTem :LOCK? SCPI syntax: SYSTem:LOCK? (cont’d) Returns the currently set lock key, or 0 if the lock is not set. :LOCK SCPI syntax: SYSTem:LOCK <key> Allows to set a blockade for some of the SCPI commands (*), exclusive for the caller link.
Page 63 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Subsystem Command Description SYSTem :PTPTime? SCPI syntax: SYSTem:PTPTime? (cont’d) Queries the device for the current PTP time. The returned time format comma-separated integer values: <seconds>,<nanoseconds>. :PTPConfig: SCPI syntax: SYSTem:PTPConfig:LEAPseconds? LEAPseconds? Returns number of leap seconds the instrument announces, when it operates as a IEEE1588 Master.
Page 64 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument Subsystem Command Description SYSTem :STATe? SCPI syntax: SYSTem:STATe? (cont’d) Queries for the device's current state and the error/status code. The 2 values are comma-separated. Possible states: ERROR, INIT, IDLE, ARMED, ACQUISITION, TEST.
Page 65 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Subsystem Command Description SYSTem :TEMPerature? SCPI syntax: SYSTem:TEMPerature? (cont’d) {'CPU'|'POWER'|'BOTTOM'|'TOP'|'FE11'|'FE12'|'FE21'|'FE22'} Returns board's temperature (in Celsius degrees), next to CPU, power supply, and on the upper and lower side of the PCB. Also the temperature readings from the Front-End modules are available.
Page 66: Default Settings
User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument 6.5.3. Default Settings CONFigure:ENABled All 32 channels are enabled CONFigure:FILTer CONFigure:GAIN CONFigure:SCAN:RATe 1000Hz CONFigure:SCAN:TIMestamp CONFigure:SCAN:CHMask CONFigure:SCAN:POST 0 (infinite) CONFiure:SCAN:RAW CONFigure:STOPonerr CONFigure:TRIGger:STARt IMMEDIATE CONFigure:TRIGger:PTP:ALARM CONFigure:DIRectread CONFigure:DIRectread:LSST (reset to default on CONF:DIR call) 10 seconds...
Page 67: Direct Read
ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual 6.5.4. Direct Read The acquired data is autonomously streamed by the instrument. There is no high level protocol to request the data and receive it, any available data is immediately transmitted by the device. This mode of operation is called Direct Read.
Page 68 User Manual ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument - timestamps in data - one timestamp per scan. CHMASK - presence of the mask of the enabled channels in the packet header. - if 1, the data in the packet is raw, 16 bit integer instead of 32 bit floating point.
Page 69 ProDAQ 6132 Isolated Voltage Input Instrument User Manual Lock key - the current lock key that identifies the owner (1-255). 0 means not lock. PSU[n] - the status of the instrument's Power Supply Units, equivalent of the front panel LEDs.
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