HP E1367A User Manual
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HP E1366A/67A RF Multiplexers User’s Manual
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reader Comment Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1. Getting Started with the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Multiplexer Module Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Typical Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Programming the Multiplexer Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Specifying SCPI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Initial Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2. Configuring the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting User Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Typical Multiplexer Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Standard Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tree Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Matrix-Type Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing Multiplexer Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3. Using the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexer Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Multiplexer Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Switching Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Example: Standard Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Example: Tree Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Example: Matrix-Type Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Switching Channels Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scanning Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Example: Scanning Using Trig Out Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Scanning Channels Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4. Understanding the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Scanning Channels Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Scanning Trigger Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Scanning with External Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Example: Scanning with External Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
HP E1366A/67A RF Multiplexers User’s Manual Contents 1
Document Outline
- HP E1366A/67A RF Multiplexers User's Manual
- Warranty 5
- WARNINGS 6
- Safety Symbols 6
- Declaration of Conformity 7
- Reader Comment Sheet 9
- 1. Getting Started with the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexers 11
- Using This Chapter 11
- Multiplexer Module Description 11
- Basic Operation 11
- Typical Configuration 13
- Programming the Multiplexer Module 13
- Specifying SCPI Commands 13
- Initial Operation 15
- 2. Configuring the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexers 17
- Using This Chapter 17
- Warnings and Cautions 17
- Connecting User Inputs 18
- Typical Multiplexer Configurations 20
- Standard Configuration 20
- Tree Configuration 21
- Matrix-Type Configuration 22
- Changing Multiplexer Components 23
- 3. Using the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexer Module 25
- Using This Chapter 25
- Multiplexer Commands 25
- Switching Channels 25
- Example: Standard Switching 26
- Example: Tree Switching 27
- Example: Matrix-Type Switching 28
- Switching Channels Comments 28
- Scanning Channels 29
- Example: Scanning Using Trig Out Port 29
- Scanning Channels Comments 30
- 4. Understanding the HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexers 31
- Using This Chapter 31
- Scanning Channels Commands 31
- Using Scanning Trigger Sources 31
- Scanning with External Instruments 31
- Example: Scanning with External Device 34
- Example: Scanning Using "Trig Out" and " Event In" Ports 35
- Using the Scan Complete Bit 36
- Example: Scan Complete Interrupt 36
- 5. HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexers Command Reference 37
- Using This Chapter 37
- Command Types 37
- Common Command Format 37
- SCPI Command Format 37
- Linking Commands 39
- SCPI Command Reference 40
- ABORt 40
- ARM 41
- :COUNt 41
- :COUNt? 42
- DISPlay 43
- :MONitor[:STATe] 43
- :MONitor:CARD 44
- INITiate 45
- :CONTinuous 45
- :CONTinuous? 46
- [:IMMediate] 46
- OUTPut 47
- [:STATe] 47
- [:STATe]? 47
- [ROUTe:] 48
- CLOSe 48
- CLOSe? 49
- OPEN 49
- OPEN? 50
- SCAN 51
- SCAN:MODE 52
- SCAN:MODE? 52
- STATus 53
- :OPERation[:EVENt]? 53
- :OPERation:ENABle 53
- SYSTem 54
- :ERRor? 54
- :CDEScription? 54
- :CTYPe? 54
- :CPON 55
- TRIGger 56
- [:IMMediate] 56
- :SOURce 57
- :SOURce? 58
- IEEE 488.2 Common Commands 59
- Command Quick Reference 60
- A. HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexer Specifications 61
- Relay Life 63
- End of Life Detection 63
- Replacement Strategy 63
- B. HP E1366A/E1367A Multiplexer Registers 65
- Register Definitions 65
- Addressing the Registers 66
- Reading the Registers 66
- ID/Device Type Registers 66
- Status/Control Register 66
- Channel Enable Registers 66
- Writing to the Registers 67
- Status/Control Register 67
- Channel Enable Registers 67
- C. HP E1366A/E1367A RF Multiplexer Error Messages 69
- HP E1366A/67A RF Multiplexers User's Manual
- A
- Abbreviated Commands, 38
- ABORt, 40, 60
- ABORt subsystem, 40
- AC Performance, 61
- Address
- logical, 14
- Addressing
- registers, 66
- ARM subsystem, 41 - 42
- ARM:COUNt, 39, 41, 60
- ARM:COUNt?, 42, 60
- B
- Bank
- channels, 11
- BNC cables, 19
- BNC connector, 11 - 12, 18
- BNC port, 29, 34, 57 - 58
- C
- Cables, guidelines, 19
- Cables, list of, 19
- Capacitance, 61
- Card Numbers, 14
- multiple module switchbox, 14
- CDEScription?, (SYStem:CDEScription?), 54
- Certification, 5
- Changing Multiplexer Components, 23
- Channel
- address, 13
- closing, 25
- common, 11
- description, 11
- numbers, 14
- opening, 25
- query open/close, 28
- scanning, 29
- selecting, 13
- switching, 25
- termination resistor, 11, 23
- Channel Closure Order, 28
- CLOS? (CLOSe?), 15
- CLOSe, (ROUTe:CLOSe), 48
- CLOSe?, (ROUTE:CLOSe?), 49
- Command Quick Reference, 60
- Command Reference
- ABORt subsystem, 40
- ARM subsystem, 41 - 42
- DISPlay subsystem, 43 - 44
- INITiate subsystem, 45 - 46
- OUTPut subsystem, 47
- ROUTe: subsystem, 48 - 52
- STATus subsystem, 53
- SYSTem subsystem, 54
- TRIGger subsystem, 56 - 58
- Command Separator, 38
- Command Types, 37
- Commands
- abbreviated, 38
- ABORt, 40, 60
- ARM:COUNt, 30, 39, 41, 60
- ARM:COUNt?, 42, 60
- DISPlay:MONitor:CARD, 44, 60
- DISPlay:MONitor[:STATe], 43, 60
- IEEE 488.2, 59
- implied, 38
- INITiate:CONTinuous, 45, 60
- INITiate:CONTinuous?, 46, 60
- INITiate[:IMMediate], 46, 60
- linking, 39
- optional parameters, 39
- OUTPut[:STATe], 47, 60
- OUTPut[:STATe]?, 47, 60
- parameters, 39
- Quick Reference, 60
- ROUTe:CLOSe, 37, 48, 60
- ROUTe:CLOSe?, 49, 60
- ROUTe:OPEN, 49, 60
- ROUTe:OPEN?, 50, 60
- ROUTe:SCAN, 37, 51, 60
- ROUTe:SCAN:MODE, 52, 60
- ROUTe:SCAN:MODE?, 37, 52
- SCPI, 13, 37
- STATus:OPERation:ENABle, 36, 53, 60
- STATus:OPERation[:EVENt]?, 36, 53, 60
- SYSTem:CDEScription?, 54, 60
- SYSTem:CPON, 55, 60
- SYSTem:CTYPe?, 54, 60
- SYSTem:ERRor?, 54, 60
- TRIGger:SOURce, 25, 31, 57, 60
- TRIGger:SOURce?, 58, 60
- TRIGger[:IMMediate], 56, 60
- types, 37
- Comment sheet, reader, 9
- Common (*) Commands, 37
- *CLS, 36, 59
- *ESE, 59
- *ESE?, 59
- *ESR?, 37, 59
- *IDN?, 59
- *OPC, 59
- *OPC?, 59
- *RCL, 59
- *RST, 37, 39, 59 - 60
- *SAV, 59
- *SRE, 36, 59
- *SRE?, 59
- *STB?, 36 - 37, 59
- *TRG, 59
- *TST?, 59
- *WAI, 59
- list of, 59
- Quick Reference, 60
- Common Command Format, 37
- Common, channel, 11
- Components
- changing, 23
- Configurations, 20
- matrix-type, 22
- standard, 20
- tree, 21
- Conformity, declaration of, 7
- Connecting field wiring, 19
- Connecting User Inputs, 18
- Connectors, locations of, 19
- CONTinuous, (INITiate:CONTinuous), 45
- CONTinuous?, (INITiate:CONTinuous?), 46
- COUNt, (ARM:COUNt), 30, 41
- COUNt?, (ARM:COUNt?), 42
- CPON, (SYSTem:CPON), 55
- CTYPe?, (SYSTem:CTYPe?), 54
- D
- DC Performance, 61
- Declaration of conformity, 7
- DISPlay, 43
- DISPlay subsystem, 43 - 44
- DISPlay:MONitor:CARD, 44, 60
- DISPlay:MONitor[:STATe], 60
- Documentation history, 6
- DUT, 29, 31
- defined, 22
- E
- Error Message
- Channel list required, 69
- Command not supported on this card, 69
- External trigger source already allocated, 69
- Function not supported on this card, 69
- Illegal parameter value, 69
- Init ignored, 69
- Invalid card number, 69
- Invalid channel number, 69
- Invalid channel range, 69
- Scan list not initialized, 69
- Too many channels in channel list, 69
- Trigger ignored, 69
- Error Messages, 69
- Error numbers, 69
- ERRor?, (SYSTem:ERRor?), 54
- Examples
- matrix-type switching, 28
- scan complete interrupt, 36
- scanning using Event In Port, 35
- scanning using Trig Out Port, 29, 35
- scanning with external device, 34
- standard switching , 26
- tree switching, 27
- F
- FRES, 32, 48, 52, 60
- Fuses, location of, 23
- G
- Guidelines, wiring, 19
- H
- HP-IB
- primary address, 36
- secondary address, 36
- select code, 36
- Service Request (SRQ), 36
- I
- IEEE 488.2 Commands, see Common (*) Commands, 37
- 37
- IMMediate, (INITiate[:IMMediate]), 46
- IMMediate, (TRIGger[:IMMediate]), 56
- Implied Commands, 38
- Initial Operation, 15
- INITiate subsystem, 45 - 46
- INITiate:CONTinuous, 45, 60
- INITiate:CONTinuous?, 46, 60
- INITiate[:IMMediate], 46, 60
- Input Characteristics, 61
- Insulation resistance, 61
- Interrupt Level, 61
- Interrupt Priority Jumpers, 23
- L
- Linking Commands, 39
- Logical Address, 14
- Logical Address Switch, setting of, 23
- M
- Matrix-Type Switching, example of, 28
- Module Description, 11
- MONitor:CARD, (DISPlay:MONitor:CARD), 44
- MONitor[:STATe], (DISPlay:MONitor[:STATe]), 43
- Multiplexer
- basic operation, 11
- card numbers, 14
- channel numbers, 14
- channels, 11
- commands, 25
- components, changing of, 23
- configurations, 20 - 22
- defined as switchbox instrument, 13
- description of module , 11
- error messages, 69
- error numbers, 69
- logical address switch, 23
- programming, 13
- reading registers, 66
- register types, 66
- switching diagram, 12
- typical configuration, 13
- writing to registers, 67
- Multiplexer Channel Address, 13
- groups of sequential channels, 13
- multiple channels, 13
- sequential channels, 13
- single channels, 13
- N
- NONE, 48, 52, 60
- O
- OPEN,(ROUTe:OPEN), 49
- OPEN?, (ROUTe:OPEN?), 50
- Operation
- initial , 15
- OPERation:ENABle, (STATus:OPERation:ENABle), 53
- (STATus:OPERation:ENABle), 53
- OPERation[:EVENt]?, (STATus:OPERation:EVENt?), 53
- (STATus:OPERation:EVENt?), 53
- Optional Parameters, 39
- OUTPut subsystem, 47
- OUTPut[:STATe], 47, 60
- OUTPut[:STATe]?, 47, 60
- P
- Parameters, 39
- Power Requirements, 61
- Programming the Multiplexer Module, 13
- Q
- Query Channel States, 28
- Quick Reference
- command, 60
- R
- Reader comment sheet, 9
- Reading
- channel enable registers, 66
- device type registers, 66
- ID type registers, 66
- registers, 66
- status/control registers, 66
- Registers
- addressing, 66
- definitions, 65
- reading channel enable, 66
- reading device type, 66
- reading ID type, 66
- reading status/control, 66
- status, 36
- types of multiplexer modules, 66
- writing to, 67
- writing to channel enable, 67
- writing to Status/Control, 67
- Relay Life, 61
- Relay Replacement Strategy, 63
- RES, 32, 48, 52, 60
- ROUTe: subsystem, 48 - 52
- ROUTe:CLOSe, 37, 48, 60
- ROUTe:CLOSe?, 49, 60
- ROUTe:OPEN, 49, 60
- ROUTe:OPEN?, 50, 60
- ROUTe:SCAN, 37, 51, 60
- ROUTe:SCAN:MODE, 52, 60
- ROUTe:SCAN:MODE?, 37, 52
- S
- Safety warnings, 6
- Scan Complete Bit
- setting and using, 36
- Scan Complete Interrupt, example of, 36
- Scan List, extending across boundaries, 30
- SCAN, (ROUTe:SCAN), 51
- SCAN:MODE, (ROUTe:SCAN:MODE), 52
- SCAN:MODE?, (ROUTe:SCAN:MODE?), 52
- Scanning
- channels, 29 - 31
- channels comments, 30
- commands, 31
- external instruments, 31
- trigger sources, 31, 33
- using Event In Port, example of, 35
- using Trig Out Port, example of, 29, 35
- with external device, 34
- SCPI Commands, 13, 37
- format, 37
- linking multiple commands, 39
- optional parameters, 39
- parameters, 39
- quick reference, 60
- reference, 40
- specifying, 13
- with IEEE 488.2 commands, 39
- Service Request (SRQ), HP-IB, 36
- Setting
- continuous scans, 30
- multiple scans, 30
- scan complete bit, 36
- SOURce, (TRIGger:SOURce), 57
- SOURce?, (TRIGger:SOURce?), 58
- Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments
- see SCPI Commands, 13
- Standard Switching, example of, 26
- STATe, (OUTPut[:STATe]), 47
- STATe?, (OUTPut[:STATe]?), 47
- Status Register, 36
- STAtus subsystem, 53
- STATus:OPERation:ENABle, 36, 53, 60
- STATus:OPERation:EVENt?, 36, 53
- STATus:OPERation[:EVENT]?, 60
- Switch
- logical address, 23
- setting of, 23
- Switchbox
- card numbers, 14
- configuration, 14
- multiple module, 14
- multiple module, example of, 14
- scanning channels, 29, 31
- selecting channels, 13
- single module, 14
- Switching Channels, 25
- Switching Diagram, 12
- SYSTem subsystem, 54
- SYSTem:CDEScription?, 54, 60
- SYSTem:CPON, 55, 60
- SYSTem:CTYPe?, 54, 60
- SYSTem:ERRor?, 54, 60
- T
- Termination resistor, 11, 23
- Tree Switching, example of, 27
- Trigger Sources, scanning, 31
- TRIGger subsystem, 56 - 58
- TRIGger:SOURce, 25, 31, 57, 60
- TRIGger:SOURce?, 58, 60
- TRIGger[:IMMediate], 56, 60
- U
- User Inputs, connecting, 18
- V
- VOLT, 32, 48, 52, 60
- W
- WARNINGS, 6
- Warranty, 5
- Writing
- to registers, 67