Atec Audio-Precision-ATS-1A_ATS-1DD - Manual (Page 6)

Connectivity, Test Results and GPIB or HPIB Automation
Versatile Connectivity
Choose among three different analog con-
nector panels for your ATS-1. The connector
panel can be mounted on the front of your
instrument for convenience, or on the rear
of the instrument if you’d prefer your ATS-1
hard-wired in a rack. All the panels come
with extra dual banana and ground lugs. The
XLR panel allows for either balanced or un-
balanced measurements by using a simple
dual banana-to-BNC (or to RCA phono)
adapter.
Save & Recall Tests:
Save 30 instrument set-
ups, including sweep re-
sults data, time-stamped
from the internal clock
calendar. Use for
repeatable, easy bench and production test-
ing or when in the field, for storing test
data to be printed or analyzed later. Each
saved test includes all settings for the en-
tire instrument, a default description or
your own title for the test, the date and
time, and the last test sweep result data.
ATS-1 prints graphs, panel setups and mea-
sured data either to laser (PCL compatible)
or inkjet printers. Front panel keys select
two sizes of graph output (including cursor
data), tabular sweep data, bargraphs and
front panels for printing.
IEEE-488.2 GPIB Port:
An IEEE-488.2 GPIB interface port is in-
cluded on the ATS-1. The commands closely
model the front panel interface to make
software development more productive. ATS-
1 provides full query back of all manual set-
tings and on-line help to speed up code
development. Measurement sweep data is
stored in the instrument for quick batch
transfers without holding up GPIB bus
traffic.
Settled GPIB Readings:
Reliable measurements are assured by algo-
rithms inside the instrument which
automatically compensate for varying de-
vice settling speeds. Settling can be
disabled for measurements of jitter or other
instantaneous values.
GPIB Software Drivers
Audio Precision supports the ATS-1 with a
National Instruments LabView and
LabWindows CVI driver for C and Basic pro-
grammers. The LabWindows driver runs with
National Instruments GPIB interface cards
for personal computers. The driver speeds
development of test routines by eliminating
the need to learn the ATS-1 programming
mnemonics.
HP8903B GPIB Emulation Mode
ATS-1 also emulates the HP8903B audio an-
alyzer HP command set for a simple
replacement of slow and outdated equip-
ment in existing systems. A front panel
button selects between the Audio Precision
488.2 (GPIB) command mode and the HPIB
command mode.