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87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Operating and Service Guide Manual par t number: 87 130-90007 Printed in USA August 2001 Supersede s: May 2000.
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Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual vii Safety Earth Ground This is a Safety Class I prod uct (prov ided with a pr otective earthing terminal ). An uninter ruptibl e safety ea rth ground must be provided fro m the main power s ource to the product input wiri ng terminal s, power cord, o r supplie d power cord set.
viii Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual General Safety Consi derations W ARNING • This product has b een designed and te sted in accordance with IEC Publication 1010, Safety Requireme nts for Electronic Meas uring Apparatus, and has been supplied in a safe condition.
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x Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual T ypeface C onventions Itali cs • Used to emphasi ze importa nt infor mation: Use this software onl y with the 87130A. • Used for t he titl e of a publ ication : Refe r to t he Agilent 8713 0A Operating and Servic e Manual .
Contents Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Contents-1 1. Introducing t he 87130A Atte nua tor /Sw itch Dr ive r Feature s of the Attenuat or/Switch Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Figur e 1-1. 87130A Block Diagram .
Contents-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Figur e 2-7. Daisy Chain of Driver Ca r ds in Si ngle Enclo sur e . . . . 2-8 Figur e 2-8. Daisy Chain of Driver Ca r ds in Dif fer ent Enclosur es . 2-8 Connecting At tenuators . . . . . . . . . .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Contents-3 *IDN (Identi fication Number) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 *OPC (Operation Compl ete) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 17 *RST (Reset ) .
Contents-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Figur e 4-1. T iming Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77 5. Replaceable Pa rts Accessory Boar ds and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 1-1 1 Intr oducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Overview I n this cha pter you wi ll find: • Function , feature s, and capabil ities of t he 87130A.
1-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Features of th e Attenuator/Switch Driver Features of the Attenuator/Swit ch Drive r The Agilen t 87130A att enuator/swi tch drive r is a GPIB compat ible instru ment design ed to driv e electr omechanical switches and step attenua tors.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 1-3 Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Features of t he Attenuator/Switch Driver Drive Puls e and Sensing The atte nuator/s witch dri ver can d.
1-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Features of th e Attenuator/Switch Driver Compa tible S witch es and Attenuators The atte nuator/ s witch dri ver is de signed to drive Agil ent switches and attenua tors shown in the ta bles belo w .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 1-5 Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Features of t he Attenuator/Switch Driver Front Panel Featur es The front panel LEDs i ndicate the status o f the 87130 A atten uator/switc h driver .
1-6 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Unpacking Your Instru ment Unpacking Y our Instrument Unpack and i nspect t he shippi ng contain er and it s contents thoroughl y to ensure t hat nothing was damaged duri ng shipment.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 1-7 Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Unpacking Your Inst rument Figure 1-3 Packaging Mat erials for the 87130A Sw itch Driver Item Quantity Part Number Description 1 1 921 1- 6365 Outer carton 2 1 5181-5515 Foam In sert 3 Foam insert (Part of item 2.
1-8 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Before Installing th e Attenuator/Switch Driver Befor e Installing the At tenuator/Switch Driver Electr ostatic dischar ge ( ESD) can d amage or d estroy e lectron ic componen ts.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 1-9 Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Before Installing t he Attenuator/Switch Driver Reducing ES D Damage T o help reduce the amount of ESD d.
1-10 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Introducing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Returning Your Instrum ent for Service Returning Y our Instrument for Service T o obtain serv icing inf.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 2-1 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver 2 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Overview I n this cha pter you wi ll lear n about: • H.
2-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Getting Start ed Gettin g Started Initi al Insp ecti on 1. Unpack and inspect the sh ipping cont ainer and it s content s thorough ly to ensure t hat nothing wa s damaged dur ing shipmen t.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 2-3 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Getting Started GPIB Addr essing 3. Use the f ive-bit binary add ress swit ches loca ted on the rear pane l of the instru ment to c hange the GPIB address. ❍ The 87130A has a factor y preset a ddress of 9.
2-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Dr ivers to Switches and Attenuator s Connecting Switc h Drivers to Swit ches and Attenuators Driver Boar ds The stand ard 87130A at tenuator /switch d river has a single interna l driver board capable of driv ing 31 switche s.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 2-5 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Drivers to Switches and Attenuato rs Using External Drivers A standard switc h driver can contr ol up to se ven extern al 84940A drive r car ds.
2-6 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Dr ivers to Switches and Attenuator s CAUTION Do not c onnect or disconn ect rel ays from 84940A ext ernal driv er ca rds with prefix es prior to US4016 whil e the attenu ator/swi tch drive r line switc h is turned o n.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 2-7 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Drivers to Switches and Attenuato rs W iring Channel Connector s When ins talling th e switch dr iver , it is impe rative t o know which wi res will cause an OPEN or CLOSE cond ition on e ach switch.
2-8 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Dr ivers to Switches and Attenuator s Connecting Multiple Driver Cards The cards are numb ered from 1 to 8 ; the rel ays on eac h card are numbered from 0 to 30.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 2-9 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Drivers to Switches and Attenuato rs Connecting Attenuators Connect a ttenuat or cable s using a V iking connector and a t en pin c onnector .
2-10 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Dr ivers to Switches and Attenuator s Optimizing S witching Speed T o increase th e sp.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 2-11 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Drivers to Switches and Attenuato rs Driver Car d Address Set the 4- bit DIP switc h on the 84940A dri ver assembly ca rd to each add ress as sho wn in the figur e be low .
2-12 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Dr ivers to Switches and Attenuator s 7061 1-6001 1, and 70612-6001 1 cables o f #28 A WG wire size , at a tot al cable le ngth of 32.8 fee t from the 87130 A would have a volta ge of 20.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 2-13 Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Drivers to Switches and Attenuato rs Pin Functions for 36-Pin I/O Data Cable • The stand ard switc h driver has a high densi ty male, 36-pi n SCSI II t ype connecto r .
2-14 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Installing the 87130A Attenuator/Switch Driver Connecting Switch Dr ivers to Switches and Attenuator s Pin Function s for 68-pin Driver Output Connector • The 87130A ha s a rear -panel 68-pin c onnector for drivi ng attac hed switches .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 3-1 3 Specifica tions Overview Pe rformance specific ations a re the per formance s tandards o r limits aga inst which the 87130A can be tested.
3-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Specifications Performance Specif ications Performance Spe cifications T able 3-1 87130A Elec trical Sp ecificati ons 1. Refer to “ Compatible Switches and Attenua tors ” on page 1- 4 if you are usi ng switches or attenuators ma de by another c ompany .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 3-3 Specifications Performance Specificatio ns T able 3-2 87130A Envir onmental Spec ifications Environmental Speci fications T empe rature Operating 0 to +.
3-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Specifications Performance Specif ications.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-1 4 Remote Operation Overview I n this cha pter you wi ll lear n about pro gramming the 87130A using a control ler: • How to set up t he switch drive r .
4-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Progr ammi ng Pr ogramming Sta nda rd C omm a nds The instrumen t command lang uage is Standa rd Commands for Programmabl e Instru ments (SCPI) . The progr amming examples and infor mation in t his chapt er use the SCPI format.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-3 Remote Operation Progra mming Syn tax Pr ogramming Syntax T alking to the Switch Driver In gener al, computer s acting as controll ers communic ate with.
4-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Programm ing Syntax Addr essing the Swit ch Driver Since GPIB c an address multiple dev ices thr ough the sa me interf ace card, the devi ce selec tor passe d with the prog ram messa ge must include not only the corr ect int erface c ode, but al so the correc t instr ument addre ss.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-5 Remote Operation Progra mming Syn tax Commands A command is compose d of a head er , any a ssociated da ta, and a t erminator . The header is the mnemonic or mnemoni cs that repre sent the oper ation to be perfor med by the s witch driver .
4-6 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Programm ing Syntax Example *CLS is an example of a common command he ader . *CLS; ROUTE:DRIVE:ON (@100,102,104,106,....); Common commands use d by the swi tch driver a re explaine d in more det ail in the “ Common Command Referen ce ” later i n this ch apter .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-7 Remote Operation Progra mming Syn tax Character Program Data Characte r program data is used to convey par ameter infor mation as alph a or alphanumer ic stri ngs. Example ROUTE:VERIFY:ON:ALL The :VERIFY func tion is s pecifie d to be ON fo r ALL cha nne ls.
4-8 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Programm ing Syntax Query commands are also used to get r esults of switch s tatus made by t he switc h d river, with the qu ery ac tua lly a ctiva ting the switc h.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-9 Remote Operation Programming th e Switch Driver Pr ogramming the Swi tch Driver Initi alizat ion T o make sure the bus and all appropri ate inte rfaces a re in a kno wn state, begin e ver y pr ogr am with a n i nit ializa tio n s tate men t.
4-10 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Programming th e Switch Driver wher e GROU P1 represent s the name of th e desired gr oup.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-11 Remote Operation Programming th e Switch Driver Stri ng V a riab les If you wan t to obser ve the header s for quer ies, you must bring the r eturned data in to a BASIC str ing variabl e.
4-12 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Common Com mands Reference Common Commands Refer en ce The common commands us ed in this i nstrument a re shown in the fo llowing table .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-13 Remote Operation *CLS (Clear Status) *CLS (C lear Status) Synta x *CLS Description The *CLS (cl ear stat us) common command clears t he statu s data st ructures, includi ng the device defined e rror queu e.
4-14 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation *ESE (Event Status Enable) *ESE (Event Status Enable) Synta x *ESE mask *ESE? Description The *ESE command sets the Standa rd Event St atus Enable Reg ister bi ts. This regist er contains a mask value for the b its to be ena bled in t he Standard Event Sta tus Register .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-15 Remote Operation *ESR? (Event Status Regist er Query) *ESR? (Event S tatus Registe r Query) Synta x * ESR? Description The *ESR qu ery returns the conte nts of th e Standard Event Stat us Registe r . The tabl e shows each bit in th e Event Sta tus Regist er and th e bit weigh t.
4-16 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation *IDN (Identificat ion Number) *IDN (Ide ntification Number) Synta x * IDN? Description The *IDN qu ery allo ws the inst rument to identify itself .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-17 Remote Operation *OPC (Ope ration Comple te) *OPC (O perat ion Com plete) Synta x *OPC *OPC? Description The *OPC and *OPC? commands are used to synchro nize remot e interface softwar e to inte rnal module events.
4-18 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation *RST (Reset) *RST (R eset) Synta x *RST Description *RST is equi valent t o a power up c ondition for the swit ch hardware . All rel ays for which DRI VE is ON are s et to the position s determin ed by ROUTe:PFAil.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-19 Remote Operation *SRE (Request Enable) *SRE (R equest E nable) Synta x *SRE mask *SRE? Description The *SR E command sets the Service Request Enable Registe r bits. This wil l indicat e whether or not the device ha s at leas t one reas on for re questing servic e.
4-20 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation *STB (Statu s Byte) *STB (Sta tus Byt e) Synta x *STB? Description The *STB qu ery retu rns the cu rrent val ue of the instrument ’ s status byt e. Refer to the tabl e below for the de finitions of the bit s in the status by te.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-21 Remote Operation *TST? (Te st) *TST? (T est) Synta x *TST? Description *TST? causes al l relays to cycle through bot h of thei r positions (first all the CLOSE paths a re set; the n all the OPEN paths), a nd then get placed in th e approp riate p ower up posi tions.
4-22 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation *WAI *W AI Synta x *WAI Description The *WAI comman d ca use s the i nst rume nt to wa it for a ll pe nd ing G PIB operati ons to fi nish befo re pro cessing an y further co mmands.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-23 Remote Operation Hierarchy Hierar chy T able 4-6 Command T ree ROUTE :CLOSe :OPEN :PATH :DEFine :CATalog :LABel :VALue :DELete :ALL :GROUP :NAME :CATal.
4-24 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Hierarchy T able 6-6. Command T r ee (conti nued ) ROUTE :PFAil :CLOSe :OPEN :DELete :VERify :ON :OFF :ALL :DRIVe :ON :OFF :ALL :WIDth.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-25 Remote Operation Hierarchy T able 6-6. Command T r ee (conti nued) NOTE A colon ( : ) must be u sed in front of the ROUTE , DIAGnostics , MEMory , etc. commands if that command is not the fi rst it em in a com mand string .
4-26 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation SCPI C omm and Re fer ence SCPI Command Refer ence Channel List s The 87130A can co ntrol up to s even dif f erent e xternal driver ca rds, each o f which can drive up t o 31 dif ferent relays.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-27 Remote Operation :ADD :ADD Synta x ROUTE:GROUP:ADD <group name>,<path name > Description This command adds an exist ing path to t he end of an existing gr oup. The group name a nd path name must have bee n previously defined us ing GROUP:NAME and PATH:DEF.
4-28 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :AUTOselect :AUTOselect Synta x ROUTe:GROUP:AUTOselect[?] < group name > Description This tur ns the cur rent Auto Select st ate for the group o n or of f. Example Command ROUTE:GROUP:AUTO:ON ATTEN; This turns the current Auto Select state for the group ATTEN on.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-29 Remote Operation :CAT al og? :CA T alog? Synta x ROUTe :CATALOG? Description Returns a list of groups (u p to 16) or all defined paths in t he module. Example Query ROUTE:GROUP:CATALOG? This quer y returns a list of a ll of th e group names , in order from 1 to 16, separat ed by commas.
4-30 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :CLOSe :CLOSe Synta x ROUTe:CLOSe ROUTe:PFail:CLOSe[?] Description Each chann el has a CLOSE o r OPEN position. On Agilent r elays, the CLOSE path is the pa th between the input terminal labeled 2 on the rel ay and the input terminal labele d C.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-31 Remote Operation :CLOSe Example Command ROUTE:CLOSE ATTEN_14; Sending t he above comman d causes the s et of swit ch OPENs and CLOSEs defined by the PATH (r efer to :P A TH on page 4-55 ) with name ATTEN_14 to be execut ed.
4-32 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :CLOSe Example Query ROUTE:PFAIL:CLOSE? (@1 01,205); The incl usion of a question ma rk causes a readback of the power up state of the requ ested cha nnels as a li st of 1 ’ s and 0 ’ s separated by co mmas.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-33 Remote Operation :CYCLes? :CYCLes? Synta x DIAGnostics:EERom:CYCLes? Description This query ca uses the 87130A to rea d back the number of ti mes to which the EEROM has been wr itten. If t his number e xceeds 10,000 t he EEROM should be replaced .
4-34 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :DEFine :DEFine Synta x ROUTe:PATH:DEFine <path name>,<channel list> [,<channel list>] ROUTe:GROUP:DEFine? <group.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-35 Remote Operation :DEFine Example Command ROUTE:PATH:DEF ATTEN_14,(@101,2(0:5)),( @102); This command defines a pat h whose name i s ATTEN_14 whose first channel list a ffe cts channe l 1 on card 1 a nd channels 0 through 5 on card 2, a nd whose seco nd chann el list affect s channel 2 on card 1 .
4-36 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :DELay :DELay Synta x ROUTe:DELay:<delay time>, Description This comman ds sets the d elay time in sec onds require d to val idate t he sense lines on a relay f or which sen sing will be used.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-37 Remote Operation :DEL ay NOTE The query fo rm is not av ailable when usi ng a path name due to the potent ial for conf usion bet ween the first g roup and th e second in the pa th.
4-38 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :DELete :DELete Synta x ROUTE : DELete Description This command delet es: • All data associat ed with the specifie d path or group a nd frees up the path stor age r egis ter. • All ch an nels from the PFAIL list .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-39 Remote Operation :DELete • MEMory:DELete; MEMory:DELete erase s all d ata fr om CM OS R AM, by f illin g it with ze roe s, and th en sets it to an ini ti al st ate. T hat sta te is as fo llo ws: ❍ The p ower fail cha nne l lis ts ar e em pt y ( ROUT:PFA:CLOS and ROUT:PFA:OPEN ).
4-40 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :DRIVe :DRIV e Synta x ROUTe:DRIVe : ALL ROUTe:DRIVe [?]<channel list> ROUTe:DRIVe : <pathname> Description There is a list of r elays con sidered un used or “ not t here ” by the f irmware.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-41 Remote Operation :DRIVe Example Query • ROUTE:DRIVE:ON? (@101,103,105); This comman d returns a l ist of 1 ’ s and 0 ’ s, separated by commas, depending on whether drive is on or of f for the indic ated chan nels.
4-42 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :EERom :EERom Synta x DIAGnostics:EERom:CYCLes? Description This func tion allows EERom informati on to be read out.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-43 Remote Operation :ERRor? :ERRor? Synta x SYSTem:ERRor? Description As SC PI sp eci fies , th is r eads o ut th e fu ll er ror numb er a nd e rror d esc ript ion for the first e rror in t he error queue.
4-44 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :ERRor? -181,Invalid outside macro definition -183,Invalid inside macro definition Execu tio n Errors These set the Exec Err bit in ESR.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-45 Remote Operation :ERRor? 1004,EEROM data invalid Corrupti on has been detected in the EEROM; i t needs to be replaced, or , if brand new , it nee ds to have ME M:SAVE executed once.
4-46 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :FREE? :FREE? Synta x MEMory:Free? Description This is a query which retu rns the nu mber of b ytes that remain in RAM for storin g configur ation dat a, followed by the numbe r of bytes in itiall y availa ble.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-47 Remote Operation :GROUP :GROUP Synta x ROUTE: GROUP: Description The GROUP subsy stem allo ws grouping o f paths t o customize the manual interf ace to th e 87130A. A “ group ” is an ordere d collection of up to 256 pa ths.
4-48 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :INITialize :INITialize Synta x MEMory:INITialize Description When t his co mm and is issu ed , RA M is ini tial ized acco rding to t he fol lowin g algori thm: 1. RAM is in itialized to the state de scribed i n MEMory:DELete .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-49 Remote Operation :LAB el [?] :LABel[?] Synta x ROUTe :LABEL “ <label> ” ; Description This command specifie s a label (32 chara cters max) to be used when labeli ng the grou p on manual i nterfac e screens .
4-50 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation MEMory MEMory Synta x MEMory Description The MEMory subs ystem is us ed to delete , initia lize RAM, and sa ve EEROM info rmation t o the co ntrolle r .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-51 Remote Operation :NAME :NAME Synta x ROUTE:GROUP:NAME <number>,<group name> Description The groups are numbere d from 1 to 16. The y may be named or renamed using th is command. An at tempt to n ame a group us ing a name al ready in use for another gr oup will r esult in an error .
4-52 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :OPEN :OPEN Synta x ROUTe:OPEN[?] ROUTe:PFail:OPEN[?] Description Each cha nnel has a CLOSE or OPEN p osition. On Agilent r elays, the OPEN path i s th e pa th be twee n th e in put te rmi nal labe led 1 on th e re lay and th e input t erminal label ed C.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-53 Remote Operation :OPE N It is possi ble to combine OPEN and CLOSE in a singl e command si nce they are both par t of the ROUTe subsys tem. For exampl e: ROUTE:CLOSE (@406:410);OPEN (@202); This command will clos e channels 6 through 1 0 on card 4 a nd open channel 2 on card 2.
4-54 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :OPEN Example Query ROUTE:PFAil:OPEN? (@10 1,205) ; The incl usion of a question ma rk causes a readback of the power up state of the requ ested cha nnels as a li st of 1s a nd 0s separ ated by commas .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-55 Remote Operation :PATH :P A TH Synta x ROUTe:PATH Description The PATH subsys tem a llo ws s tori ng of cha nnel l ists to si mp lify re mo te access a nd to cust omize the man ual inte rface to the 8713 0A.
4-56 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :PFAil :PF Ail Synta x ROUTe:PFAil Description The ROUT e:PF Ail subsyste m of SCPI all ows specif ication of wh ich channels will be c losed on a p ower cycle (or *RST or *TST?) .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-57 Remote Operation :REM ove :REMove Synta x ROUTe:GROUP:REMove <group name>,<path n ame> Description This comman d removes all i nstances of the specifi ed path from a gro up. The group name a nd path name must have bee n previously defined us ing GROUP:NAME and PATH:DEF.
4-58 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation ROUTe ROUT e Synta x Refe r to t he com man d tre e. Description Relay swi tching and configura tion is acc omplished by the ROUTe comm and tree.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-59 Remote Operation :SAVE :SA VE Synta x MEMory:SAVE Description This command copies the RAM i mage to the EEROM. Care shoul d be taken to do th is onl y wh en nec essa ry , du e to the lim ited lif e of t he EER OM.
4-60 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation STATus ST A T us Synta x STATus:OPERation STATus:QUEStionable Description The ST A T us subs ystem is full y specif ied by SCPI.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-61 Remote Operation SYST em SYST em Synta x SYSTEM Description These ar e SYST em commands from the SCPI specific ation.
4-62 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation TRIGger TRIGger Synta x TRIGger:SEQuence:DELay <number> Description This command allows the user to cont rol the 24 V power suppl y recovery time. Inp ut values are limit ed to bet ween 0 and 200 msec (200 msec is the default setting) .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-63 Remote Operation :VALue :V ALue Synta x ROUTe:PATH:VALUE <path name>,<number>; Description This comman d specif ies a numbe r (int eger in the range – 32768 to 32767) to be used whe n labeli ng the path on manual in terface screens.
4-64 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :VERify :VERify Synta x ROUTe:VERify ROUTe:VERify [?] Description This command a dds or remove s relays f rom the “ sen se list ” , th e list of relays for wh ich sensi ng is enab led.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-65 Remote Operation :VERify ROUTE:VERIFY:ON ATTEN_14; This comm an d cau ses t he s et o f swit che s de fined by th e P A TH wi th th e pathname ATTEN_14 to be added to (ON) or removed from (OFF) the "sense list .
4-66 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation :VERsion ? :VERsion? Synta x SYSTem:VERSion? Description This rea ds out the firmwar e datecod e.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-67 Remote Operation :WIDTh :WIDTh Synta x ROUTe:WIDTh <pulse width> , ROUTe:WIDTh <channel list> Description This command sets the pulse width in sec onds required to cl ose a relay . The pulse wid th may be set in 5 ms inc rements up t o 1275 ms.
4-68 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Example Prog rams Example Pr ograms The foll owing progr ams writte n in Rocky Mount ain Basic pro vide sa mple programs t hat may be hel pful in progr amming the 871 30A. Save Memory In order to use th e followi ng program, you must first cre ate a fi le named SWDATA .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-69 Remote Operation Example Programs 280 ENTER @Sw;A$ 290 I=-1 300 WHILE LEN(A$)>0 310 Comma=POS(A$, ” , ” ) 320 IF Comma=0 THEN 330 A$=A$& ”.
4-70 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Example Prog rams 670 WHILE LEN(A$)>0 680 Comma=POS(A$, ” , ” ) 690 IF Comma=0 THEN 700 A$=A$& ” , ” 710 Comma=LEN(A$) .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-71 Remote Operation Example Programs Resto r e Mem ory The foll owing progr am can be use d to rest ore the EEROM st ate read o ut by READMEM: 10 ! WRITEMEM program. Takes a file written by READMEM and sends it to the 87130A.
4-72 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Example Prog rams 330 ENTER @File;Pathnames$(*) 340 FOR I=0 TO 255 ! send path dat a 350 IF Pathnames$(I)<> ”” THEN 360 ENTE.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-73 Remote Operation Example Programs 650 END 660 SUB Getandsend_bmap(B$) 670 ! Loads a query response from file and outputs it as a channel list 680 COM @.
4-74 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Example Speed Calculation Example Speed Calculation Switchin g speed is a functi on of puls e widths, s ensing del ays, the s tate of the chosen c hannels, the seque nce of r elays dr iven and the power suply re covery time.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-75 Remote Operation Example Speed Calculation 60 ! a range. 70 OUTPUT 709; ” ROUT:DRIV:OFF (@112:130) ; ” 80 ! 90 ! Drive is set to OFF for remaining channels on driver 100 ! card 1.Unless channels are part of Drive list , no 110 ! pulse (:WIDTh) is sent.
4-76 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Example Speed Calculation 380 OUTPUT 709; ” ROUT:WIDT .04,(@100,10 2,104,108); ” 390 ! 400 ! Pulse (:WIDTh) is set to 40 ms for channels 100,102, 410 ! 104, and 108. When :OPEN is sent, 100 and 10 2 420 ! will OPEN at the same time.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 4-77 Remote Operation Example Speed Calculation 780 ! See timing chart to predict when each relay will 790 ! open.
4-78 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Remote Operation Example Speed Calculation.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 5-1 5 Replaceable Par ts Overview I n this cha pter you wi ll find: • Accessor ies avail able for the swit ch driver by part numbe r and descri ption. • All repl aceable parts re ferenced i n chassi s and cable assemblie s.
5-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Replaceable Parts This page int enti onally l eft blank.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 5-3 Replaceable Parts Accessory Boards and Cables Addition al driver boards, i nterconne ct boards, and cable s provide expanded capacit y , remote swit ching and ev erything needed for dev ice connec tion.
5-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Replaceable Parts T able 5-2 Replaceab le Parts - 87130A Chassi s Assembly ( 1) Part Location Part Number Quantity Descriptio n Reference Designator 1 8.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 5-5 Replaceable Parts Figure 5-1 87130A Chassi s Assembly ( 1).
5-6 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Replaceable Parts T able 5-3 Replaceab le Parts - 87130A Chassi s Assembly ( 2) Part Location Part Number Quantity Description 1 5021-8401 1 Front fr am.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 5-7 Replaceable Parts Figure 5-2 87130A Chassi s Assembly ( 2).
5-8 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Replaceable Parts 1 Required fo r 220V options T able 5-4 Replac eable Part s - 87130A Cable As sembly Part Location Part N umber Quantity Description R.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 5-9 Replaceable Parts Figure 5-3 87130A Cable Assembly.
5-10 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Replaceable Parts.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 6-1 6 T r oubleshooting Overview I n this cha pter you wi ll find: • How to check the fuses and power s upply • How to set up the EPROM af ter rep lacem.
6-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Troubleshooting Troubleshoo ting T roubleshooting If your instrument is still in warrant y we stron gly recommend that you s end the en tire unit b ack to Ag ile nt T ec hnolo gie s for r epa ir . A procedur e for che cking the fu ses and p ower supply is given on page 6-4 .
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 6-3 Troubleshooting Troubleshoot ing Figure 6-1 87130A DC Schemat ic.
6-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Troubleshooting Fuse and Power Supp ly Check Fuse and Power Supply Check Fuse Check If the attenuat or/switc h driver f ails to respond whe n the power s witch is turned on, t he power line fuse should be check ed.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual 6-5 Troubleshooting Procedure f or Setting Up the EPROM Pr ocedure for Setting Up the EPROM Use the f ollowing pr ocedure to s et up the EPROM af ter the EPROM or the CPU board has been repl aced.
6-6 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Troubleshooting Procedure for S etting Up the EPROM.
Index Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Index-1 A accessorie s, description, 5-13 ADD, 4-27 address channel , 2-4 dri ver ca rd, 2-11 factory preset , 2-3 GPIB, 2-3 switch dr iver, 4 -4 AUTO.
Index-2 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual comp ound , 4-5 optio ns, 4-6 I I/O data cable descri ption , 2-13 pin fu nction s, 2-13 IDN, 4-16 If, 6-2 initiali zation, 4-9 INIT ialize, 4-48 in.
Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual Index-3 SA VE, 4-5 9 ST A Tus, 4-6 0 SYST em, 4 -61 TRIGger, 4-62 VA L u e , 4 - 6 3 VERify, 4-64 VERsion , 4-66 WID Th, 4-67 selecting m ultiple subs ystem.
Index-4 Agilent 87130A Operating and Service Manual.
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