KEPCO BHK-MG VISA Driver Manual (Both Full and 1/2 Rack) - Manual (Page 5)

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Send Loop Count Skip
Value of LIST Program KpBhk_Prog_Count_Skip Sends skip value used after first pass through LIST program. Repre-
sents loop-back point from which program will be repeated after the
first pass through.
Save/Recall Settings KpBhk_SaveRecSet Saves the current settings to the selected memory location or restores
previously stored settings from a memory location. The memory loca-
tion range is from 1 to 40.
UTILITY FUNCTIONS — This class of functions provides lower level functions to communicate with the instrument and to change
instrument parameters.
Identify Power Supply KpBhk_identify Returns the full message returned by the power supply to the *IDN?
query. This message contains four fields: manufacturer, power supply
type, serial number and firmware version.
Revision Query KpBhk_RevisionQuery Returns the revision numbers of the instrument driver and instrument
firmware version from the *idn? query. This instrument driver's Revision
Number is "Rev 1.0, 9/95, CVI 3.1" and the BHK-MG firmware version
is Firmware Version "1.0". This data is necessary when requesting
technical support.
Model Query KpBhk_ModelQuery Return the model number of the BHK-MG power supply.
Serial Number Query KpBhk_SerialnQuery Returns the serial number of the BHK-MG power supply. The serial
number is extracted from the answer to the *idn? query.
Query SCPI Version KpBhk_GetScpiVersion Returns the power supply answer to the Query SCPI Version com-
mand. Checks the Standard Commands for Programmable Instru-
ments (SCPI) language version.
Set/Reset Keypad Lock KpBhk_setResetKeybLock Locks or unlocks keypad operation. Used to prevent changing the set-
tings of the power supply from the local keypad.
Keypad Lock Status KpBhk_keybLockStat Return the status of the local keypad access: 0 if local access enabled;
1 if local access is disabled.
Display Text KpBhk_display Configures the front panel display of the instrument. In normal mode
the values measured at the output of the power supply are displayed.
In text mode a user defined string can be displayed on the second row
of the display.
Get Display Text KpBhk_getDisplay Gets the string which is displayed on the second line of the display.
Get Display Contrast KpBhk_getContrast Gets the contrast value of the front panel display of the instrument
(between 0.1 and 0.9).
Set Display Contrast KpBhk_setContrast Configures the contrast of front panel display of the instrument (value
between 0.1 and 0.9).
Write To Instrument KpBhk_writeInstrData This function writes commands and queries to the instrument to modify
parameters and query device settings.
Read Instrument Data KpBhk_readInstrData This function reads data from the instrument's output buffer and returns
it to the specified variable in memory. Because the instrument may
return both numeric and text data in response to queries, this function
returns the data in string format. NOTE: If valid data is not available at
the instrument's output buffer when this function is called, the instru-
ment will hang up and the function will not return until it times out. If the
time-out is disabled,` this function will hang indefinitely and it may be
necessary to reboot the computer to break out.
Reset KpBhk_psReset Resets the instrument to a known state and sends initialization com-
mands to the instrument.
Self-Test KpBhk_selfTest Runs the instrument's self test routine and returns the test result(s).
Error-Query KpBhk_errorQuery Reads an error code from the instrument's error queue.
Error Message KpBhk_errorMessage Takes the Status Code returned by the instrument driver functions,
interprets it and returns it as a user readable string.
TABLE 1. BHK-MG VISA DRIVER FUNCTIONS (CONTINUED)
Purpose Function Name Description