ETS-Lindgren 2090 Controller - Manual (Page 3)

Model 2090 Multi-Device Controller
TABLE OF CONTENTS
M
ODEL 2090 Q UICK R EFERENCE .................................................................................................................... 7
K EYBOARD N AVIGATION ................................................................................................................................ 9
I NTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 11
A PPLICATIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 12
F EATURES ................................................................................................................................................. 13
S TANDARD C ONFIGURATION ..................................................................................................................... 16
OPTIONAL FEATURES ......................................................................................................................... 17
P REPARATION FOR U SE ................................................................................................................................. 19
U NPACKING THE C ONTROLLER ................................................................................................................. 19
F RONT P ANEL D ESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................................... 20
S TANDARD B ACK P ANEL D ESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 29
O PTIONAL B ACK P ANEL D ESCRIPTION ...................................................................................................... 31
P OWER R EQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................ 32
R ACK M OUNTING ...................................................................................................................................... 33
D EVICE C ONNECTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 33
O PTIONAL D EVICE C ONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................. 35
GPIB I NTERCONNECTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 36
I NITIALIZATION ............................................................................................................................................. 37
S TARTUP ................................................................................................................................................... 37
E DITING P ARAMETERS .............................................................................................................................. 40
C ONFIGURING F OR U SE ............................................................................................................................. 43
M ODEL 2090 P ARAMETER L IST .................................................................................................................... 45
O PERATION ................................................................................................................................................... 55
M ANUAL O PERATIONS .............................................................................................................................. 55
U SING LOCAL F UNCTIONS ...................................................................................................................... 56
U SING POSITION F UNCTIONS ................................................................................................................. 56
U SING LIMIT F UNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 58
U SING THE SCAN F UNCTION .................................................................................................................... 59
U SING THE STEP F UNCTIONS ................................................................................................................... 60
C HANGING P OLARIZATION ........................................................................................................................ 60
P OLARIZATION V IOLATION AND L IMITS .................................................................................................... 63
C HANGING S PEEDS .................................................................................................................................... 63
U SING A UXILIARY C ONTROL F UNCTIONS ................................................................................................. 66
U SING A B ORE S IGHT T OWER .................................................................................................................... 67
U SING AN A IR F LOTATION T URNTABLE .................................................................................................... 69
U SING A R EVERBERATION P ADDLE ........................................................................................................... 69
U SING A M ULTI -A XIS P OSITIONER ............................................................................................................ 70
R EMOTE O PERATIONS ............................................................................................................................... 71
U SING THE GPIB C OMMAND S ET WITH THE M ODEL 2090............................................................................ 73
B ACKWARD C OMPATIBILITY ..................................................................................................................... 73
G ETTING S TARTED WITH THE GPIB .......................................................................................................... 74
T YPICAL F LOW OF C ODE :.......................................................................................................................... 75
C ODE S AMPLE 1 ........................................................................................................................................ 76
C ODE S AMPLE 2 ........................................................................................................................................ 77
GPIB S TATUS R EPORTING ........................................................................................................................ 82
A PPENDIX A: M ODEL 2090 GPIB C OMMAND R EFERENCE .......................................................................... 97
L IST OF MODEL 2090 GPIB C OMMANDS ................................................................................................ 98
A LPHABETICAL L IST OF MODEL 2090 GPIB C OMMANDS .................................................................... 101
A PPENDIX B: M AINTENANCE ..................................................................................................................... 137
NVRAM B ATTERY B ACKUP ................................................................................................................... 137
I NSTALLING F LASH ROM S ...................................................................................................................... 140
F LASH U PGRADING THE M ODEL 2090..................................................................................................... 147
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