Communication With Your Device; Selecting A Communication Port - Xantrex 850W Operating Manual

GPIB

Communication with Your Device

This section provides information on selecting the GPIB interface as the
communication port used on the XTR, and it also provides an example of
how commands can be sent and received. The details of the IEEE 488.2
and SCPI status reporting register structures and a complete list of
commands available can be found in the XTR 850 Watt Series
Programmable DC Power Supply Operating Manual.

Selecting a Communication Port

To select the GPIB as the communication port:
1. Turn the 9-Position Mode Control Knob to PGM.
2. Turn the Rotary knob/Enter button to select the 6PIb communication
3. Press the Rotary knob/Enter button.
4. Turn the Rotary knob/Enter button to select the desired address
5. Press the Rotary knob/Enter button to commit the new address.
6. Click Scan For Instruments on the GPIB Explorer toolbar. See
Important:
communicate with the XTR. This is for demonstration purposes only. Any
software that is capable of addressing a GPIB device and sending and receive
text could be used in its place. Consult your GPIB card manufacturer to see if
they provide an equivalent program.
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rE is displayed in the output voltage display.
port.
ADDR is displayed on the output voltage display.
between 1 to 30. For the purpose of this example, 10 will be selected.
Figure 1-2.
The power supply will be found as shown in Figure 1-2.
This section uses the National Instruments™ MAX program to
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