KEPCO BIT 232F - Manual (Page 9)

BIT 232 OPR 022800 1-1
SECTION 1 - INTRODUCTION
1.1 SCOPE OF MANUAL
This manual contains instructions for the installation, operation and maintenance of the BIT
232 and BIT 232-F Interface Cards manufactured by Kepco, Inc., Flushing, NY, U.S.A. Refer-
ences to “BIT Card” refer to both models.
1.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The Kepco BIT Card Series were designed as an accessory for the Kepco BOP series bipolar
power supplies. The BIT cards make it possible to control the BOP output by means of digital
input signals (see Figure 1-1). The BIT card acts as an interface between the digital data bus
and the BOP, accepting the digital input data and converting it to an analog signal, which in
turn, controls the BOP output. The BIT 232 provides RS232 communication capability. It is
fully compliant with SCPI and CIIL high level programming languages.
The BIT design group consists of five models. Field installable interface cards carry the prefix
“BIT”. BOP bipolar power supplies with an installed BIT card carry the suffixes shown in Table
1-1.
Except for the installation procedures, the BIT 232 and 232-F cards are identical. The BIT
232F includes a replacement transformer needed to modify earlier BOP Models indicated in
Table 1-2.
1.3 SPECIFICATIONS, BIT 232/BIT 232-F (SEE TABLE 1-3)
Refer to Table 1-3 for BIT 232/BIT 232-F specifications.
1.4 ACCESSORIES
The sample programs illustrated in Appendices E through G are available on 3.5 in. diskette,
Kepco P/N 254-0019.
TABLE 1-1. KEPCO BIT 232, 488 AND 4882 DIGITAL PROGRAMMING CARDS
FIELD INSTALLABLE
PROGRAMMING
CARD MODEL
FACTORY
INSTALLED
PROGRAMMING
CARD BOP SUFFIX
INPUT CODING
RESOLUTION
REMARKS
MAIN
CHANNEL
LIMIT
CHANNEL
BIT 232 (See Table 1-2)
BIT 232-F (See Table 1-2)
-232
SERIAL:
8 DATA BITS,
NO PARITY BIT
1 STOP BIT
– –
FOR THE
RS 232-C BUS
BIT 488-B -488-B BYTE-SERIAL
12 BITS
(BINARY)
8 BITS
(BINARY)
FOR THE
IEEE-488
OR GPIB BUS
BIT 488-D -488-D BYTE-SERIAL
3-DIGIT
(BCD)
2-DIGIT
(BCD)
BIT 4882 (See Table 1-2)
BIT 4882-F (See Table 1-2)
-4882 BYTE-SERIAL
12 BITS
(BINARY)
12 BITS
(BINARY)
BIT TMA-27 -TMA 2-WIRE-SERIAL
12 BITS
(BINARY)
12 BITS
(BINARY)
KEPCO
CONTROL BUS