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User Manual PXA125
Testing
Communications
With your
Instrument
instrument resides. To complete the chassis and slot assignment,
click on OK. The dialog box will be removed from the screen the and
Slot configuration parameters will be updated with the information you
programmed just now. Notice the 10-digit number above the slot
number. This is the serial number of your instruments as was
detected by the ArbDetector. To make sure this is the right instrument
you want to allocate, remove the instrument from your chassis and
compare to the serial number as printed on the card.
Final
operation
with
communication
with
Communication... tab, the tab, as shown in Figure 2-30 will show. The
Command Editor field lets you write SCPI commands that control
instrument functions and parameters. SCPI programming is covered
in Chapter 4 of this manual. Connect your instrument to an
oscilloscope and try these simple commands just to see you're your
instrument responds correctly:
output on
frequency 2e6
volt 5
If you are not sure about the commands and want the Command
Editor to alert on errors, check the Add "Syst:Err?" Query option. If
you make syntax errors, the errors will display in the Response field.
The example in Figure 2-30 shows 0, "No error". Different digits and
error description will be the response if you make errors.
The Response field can also be used to query instrument settings.
Try the following queries and check the response:
output?
frequency?
volt?
The commands as you type them will be saved as an history list. You
can use any command from this list by unfolding the list and selecting
a command, then clicking on Send to program this command.
your
ArbDetector
your
instrument.
will turn on your output and sinewave will be
will change output frequency to 2 MHz
will change output amplitude to 5 Vp-p
will query output state
will query frequency setting
will query amplitude setting
allows
you
to
If
you
click
on
Installation 2-43
test
the
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