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2 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Legal Notices © Agilent Techn ologies, I nc. 2004 No part of this document m ay be photocop ied, rep roduced, or trans lated to another languag e without the pr ior agreement a nd wri tten consent of Agilent Techn ologies, Inc. as go verne d by Un ited States and in ternational copyrigh t laws. The material contai n[...]

Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 3 Safety Notices The fo llowing general safety pre caution s must be o bserved during a ll phase s of operation of th is instrument. Failure to comply w ith these precauti ons or w ith specific warn ings or instruc tions elsewher e in this ma nual viola tes sa fety standards of de sign, man ufactu re, and intended use [...]

4 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide In This Book This User’s Manual conta ins the operating inst ructions , installation inst ructions, and specif ications of the Agil ent Technologies Series N5700 750W and 1500W System DC Pow er Supplies. Specific chapte rs in thi s m anual c ontai n the fo llowi ng inform ation :  Quick Ref erence – Chapter 1 [...]

Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 5 Contents 1 Quic k Referenc e 7 The Agilent N5700 DC Po wer Supp lies – At a Glance 8 The Front Pa nel - At a Glanc e 10 The Rear Panel – At a G lance 12 SCPI Programming Comma nds – At a Glan ce . 15 2 Instal lation 17 General In formatio n 18 Inspecting the Unit 19 Installi ng the U nit 19 Connecting t he Li n[...]

6 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 6 Programm ing Examples 81 Outp ut Pro grammi ng Exa mple 82 Trigger P rogramm ing Ex ample 83 A Spec ification s 85 Performa nce Spe cificat ions 86 Suppl emental Char acteristi cs 87 Outline Dia gram 89 B Verificat ion and Cali bration 91 Verifi cation 92 Calibrati on 111 C Servic e 113 Types of Se rvice Avail able[...]

Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 7 1 Quick Reference The Agilen t N5700 DC Power Sup plies – At a Glance 8 The Front Pa nel - At a Glanc e 10 The Rear Panel – At a G lance 12 SCPI Progra mming Command s – At a Glance . 15 This chapt er conc isely de scri bes the Agi lent Tec hnol ogies Se ries N5700 Power Supplies. This chapt er is not mean t to[...]

The Agil ent N5700 DC Powe r Suppli es – At a Gl ance 8 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide The Agilent N5700 DC Power Supplies – At a Glance The Agilent Technologies Series N 5700 System DC Power Supplies are general-purpose switching power supplies with a wide variety of output voltage a nd current ratings. These power supplies are power-factor cor[...]

The Agil ent N5700 DC Powe r Suppli es – At a Gl ance Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 9 Programmable Functio ns • Output volta ge an d cur rent setti ng. • Outp ut voltag e and curre nt meas uremen t. • Output voltage an d current trigger setting. • Output On/Off contro l. • Over-cu rrent p rotecti on se tting. • Over-voltage protection[...]

The Front Panel - At a Glanc e 10 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide The Front Panel - At a Glance VOLTAGE PROT FINE LIMIT/ OVP UVL OCP REM OUT ON DC A MPS CURRENT DC VOLTS POWER 1 14 17 18 19 2 15 16 3 13 10 4 11 5 12 9 6 7 8 CV CC 1 – VOLTA GE knob Voltage functio n : Adjust s the o utput volt age, the over- voltag e protect ion level, and the und e[...]

The Front Panel - At a Glanc e Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 11 9 – REM butto n Mode funct ion : Press REM to put the unit in to local mo de. (T his butto n can be disabled wit h a Local Lockout command). Address functio n : Selects th e GPIB add ress. Press a nd hold the REM b utton for three seconds to se t the addr ess w ith the Voltage kno b.[...]

The Rear Panel – At a Glance 12 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide The Rear Pa nel – At a Gl ance 9 5 7 3 8 4 6 1 2 750W 1500W 6V - 60V 80V - 600V AC INP UT ON OFF +V -V NOT A CTIVE J2 SW1 GP IB ANALOG PROGRAMMING +S+LS NC -LC-S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10/100 Etherne t LINK TX J1 ! ! 1 – AC inpu t connec tor Wire clamp conn ector for 1500W o utput mo de[...]

The Rear Panel – At a Glance Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 13 J2 Sense Connector 1 – Remote se nse (+) 2 – Local sense (+) 3 – Not use d 4 – Local sense (–) 5 – Remote se nse (–) The factory-sh ipped configurat ion is shown in the figure. SW1 Setup Switch The fact ory-shipped sett ing is Down for all swit ches. 1 – Output vol tage[...]

The Rear Panel – At a Glance 14 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide J1 Analog Programming Connector The factory- shipped defa ult configuration is Local operation, which does n ot r equi re co nne ction t o J1 . Pin 1: Enable + C onne ct Pin 1 to Pin 14 to e nable th e ou tput. Disc onnect to disable th e ou tput. Pin 2, 3: Chassis Common Signal retur [...]

SCPI Programming C ommands – At a Glance. Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 15 SCPI Progra mming Comma nds – At a Gl ance . NOTE Some [opti onal] com mands ha ve been incl uded for cla rity. Cha pter 6 cont ains a complete description of all programming commands. Subsystem Commands. SCPI Command Descri ption ABORt Aborts the tr iggered action CALib[...]

SCPI Programming C ommands – At a Glance. 16 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide SCPI Command Descri ption STATus :OPER ation [:EVENt]? Returns the va lue of the op era tion event r egister : CONDition? Return s the valu e of the operation con dition regist er : ENABle <NRf> Enables spe cific bits in the E vent register :NTRansition<NRf> Se[...]

Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 17 2 Installation General In formatio n 18 Inspecting the Unit 19 Installi ng the U nit 19 Connecting t he Li ne Cord 21 Connecting t he Loa d 23 Output Vo ltage S ensing 26 Load Considerat io ns 28 Parallel Co nnections 30 Series Connections 32 J1 Connect or Con nectio ns 34 This c hapt er de scrib es ho w to inst all[...]

General Inform ation 18 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide General Information Model s 750 W Model s 1500 W Model s N5741A – N5749A N5761A – N5769A N5750A – N5752A N5770A – N5772A Options Option De script ion Accessori es Item Description N5740A Rack-mount S lide Kit for in stalling in system II style cabine ts Items Supplied Item Description Po[...]

Inspecti ng the Unit Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 19 Inspecting the Unit When you r eceive your po wer supply, i nspect i t for any obvi ous damage that may hav e occ urred dur ing ship ment. If there is dama ge, notify the s hippi ng carr ier an d ne arest Agi lent S ales and S ervic e Office imme diately. Refer to Append ix C for more informatio[...]

Inst alling t he Unit 20 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Rack Installation CAUTION Ensu re that th e screws used to attach the rac k slide k it do no t pene trate mor e than 6 mm into the s ides of the un it. Do not blo ck the air intake at t he fr ont of the unit o r the e xhaust at the rear o f the un it. The Agilent N5700 power supplies can be mou[...]

Connecti ng the Line Cord Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 21 Connect ing the Line Co rd WARNING SHOCK HAZARD The powe r cord provides a chassis ground through a t hird conductor. Be certai n that you r power outle t is of the thre e-c onductor type with the cor rect pin conn ected to ear th grou nd. FIRE HAZARD Use only the power c ord that was suppl[...]

Connecti ng the Line Cord 22 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide • Unscrew the ba se of t he strai n relief from t he heli x-shaped body. I nsert th e base throu gh the ou tsid e openin g in the AC input cov er an d screw th e locknu t securel y (11-1 4 in-lb) in to the ba se, from the in side. • Slide th e helix- shape d bod y onto t he AC c able. I[...]

Connecti ng the Load Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 23 Connecting the Load WARNING SHOCK HAZARD Turn off AC power befo re maki ng rear panel connecti ons. All wires and straps must be properl y connected with sc rews securely tightened. As furthe r explained in this section , the following fa ctors should be con side red wh en s ele cti ng wir in g [...]

Connecti ng the Load 24 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Cross section (mm 2 ) Resistan ce Ω Ω Ω Ω /kilometer Maximum len gth in meter s to limit voltage to 1 V for 5 A for 10 A for 20A for 50A for 150A 2.5 8.21 24.0 12.0 6.0 2.4 0. 8 4 5.09 39.2 18.6 9.8 4.0 1.4 6 3.39 59.0 29.4 14.8 5.8 2.0 10 1.95 102 51.2 25.6 10.2 3.4 16 1.24 160 80.0 40.[...]

Connecti ng the Load Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 25 Insta ll the sh ield afte r you h ave fin ished co nnec ting th e lo ad wire s. Load Connections for 80V to 600V Models WARNING SHOCK HAZARD Hazardou s voltag es may exist at th e outputs a nd the loa d connec tions when usi ng a power supply with a ra ted out put greater than 40V. To protect pe[...]

Output Voltage Se nsing 26 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide • Loosen the two cha ssis screws mark ed A halfw ay. • Assemb le the protec tive shi eld to the c hassi s and tighten the two sc rews to fix t he s hield to the c hassi s. Scr ews tighte ning torque: 4.8-5.3 in-lb • Tighte n the w ire s to o ne of the shi eld side s usi ng tie- wrap o r[...]

Output Voltage Se nsing Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 27 The J2 co nnector plug spec ifi cations ar e as follow s: Plug Type: M C 1.5/5-ST -3.81, Ph oen ix Wire Size: AWG 28 to AW G 16 Stripping L ength: 7 mm ( 0.28 in.) Torque: 0.22 – 0. 25 Nm ( 1.95 – 2.2 1 in-l b.) NOTE If the power sup ply is opera ted wit hout the remot e sense li nes or l[...]

Load Considerati ons 28 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide • Turn off the power supply. • Remove t he loca l se nse ju mpers fr om the J2 con nect or. • Connec t the negati ve se nse le ad to termi nal 5 (- S) a nd t he positi ve sens e lead to te rminal 1 (+S). Make su re tha t the connector plug is securely insert ed into the conne ctor body. ?[...]

Load Considerati ons Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 29 If remote ly locate d distr ibuti on termin als are used, as show n in the following fi gure, the pow er supp ly outpu t terminal s shoul d be connec ted to the rem ote distr ibuti on ter minals by a pair of twi sted and/or s hielde d wires. C onnect eac h loa d to t he dis tribu tion termina ls[...]

Para llel Co nnect ions 30 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Grounding the Output The output of the powe r supply is isolated from e arth groun d. Either positive or neg ative volt ages can b e obtained from th e output by grounding (or "comm oning") one of the output te rmin als. Alw ays use two wire s to connec t the load to the output rega[...]

Para llel Co nnect ions Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 31 Remote Sensing One of the unit s opera tes a s a mas ter and t he remaini ng uni ts are sla ves. The slav e uni ts oper at e as cont roll ed curr ent so urce s followi ng the m aster outpu t curre nt. I n remote oper ation, o nly the master u nit can be prog rammed b y the c omput er whi le t[...]

Serie s Connections 32 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Setting the Over-Voltage Protection The mast er unit OV P should be prog rammed t o the desire d OVP level. The OVP of the sl ave units shou ld be programm ed to a higher value than t he master. Whe n the m aster u nit shuts down, i t programs the slave u nit to zero ou tput v oltage. If a slave [...]

Serie s Connec tions Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 33 Local Sens ing Remote Sensing Refer to the fo llowing fi gure for typi cal co nnecti ons of series power supplie s conf igured as a positiv e and a negat ive output. CAUTION This cau tion applies w hen using analog voltage programming w ith series- conne cted powe r supplie s. The an alog pro gr[...]

J1 Connector Con nections 34 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide J1 Connec tor Conne ctions WARNING SHOCK HAZARD There is a pot ential sh ock hazard at th e J1 connecto r when using a power supply wi th a r ated output gre ater than 4 0V. Ensure that the load wiri ng insulati on rating is gre ater than or e qual to the m aximum output voltage of the powe[...]

Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 35 3 Operating the Power Su pply Locally Turn-On C heck-Out 36 Normal Ope ration 38 Protect ion Funct ions 39 Output On/Off Co ntrol 42 Analog Pr ogramm ing of O utput Voltage and Cu rrent 44 This chapter contains examples on how to operate your power supply fro m the f ront p ane l. A chec k-o ut p roced ur e is inc l[...]

Turn-On Chec k-Out 36 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Turn-On Check-Out Before Check-O ut Ensure that the pow er supp ly is c onfigu red as follow s: • The unit i s co nnected to an appropri ate AC source as desc ribed i n c hapte r 2. • The PO WER sw itch is in th e off po siti on. • Sense c onnec tor p ins 1 and 2 are ju mpere d; sens e co nn[...]

Turn-On Chec k-Out Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 37 UVL Che ck • Press the OVP/UVL button twice so th at the DC AMPS disp lay indicates UU L. The DC VOLTS display shows the UVL level. • Us e the vo ltage knob and set the UVL le vel o f the un it to 50 % of its fu ll-sc ale volt age ra ting or 30 volts, w hichever is lower. • Wait a few second[...]

Normal Operation 38 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Normal Operat ion The pow er su pply has tw o b asic op erati ng mo des: const ant vo ltage and co nsta nt cur rent mode . In c onsta nt vo ltage mode , the p ower supply regul ates t he outpu t voltage at the selec ted val ue, while the load cu rrent var ies a s requ ired by the load. In co nsta nt[...]

Protection F unctions Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 39 CV/CC Mode Crossover If the power supply is in constant voltage mode and the load current increa ses a bove the curr ent limit s etting , the powe r supply switch es to constan t current mode. If the load decrea ses below the curren t limi t setti ng, t he pow er su pply switche s to const ant [...]

Protection F unctions 40 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide • Press the O UT ON b utton to tur n the outpu t on. • Turn t he AC power off, wa it a few sec onds, and tu rn i t on. • Turn the output off, then o n again u sing the Shut Off pin on the J1 connec tor. This o nly ap plie s in Auto-Re start mode. • If the OVP co ntinu es to trip , try l[...]

Protection F unctions Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 41 Over-Temperature P rotection The over-tem perature prot ection ci rcuit shu ts down the power supply be fore the i nternal com ponents c an exc eed th eir safe i nternal operating temp eratur e. When an OTP conditi on occu rs, the output i s disab led, the di splay show s O7P, the P ROT indi ca[...]

Output On/Off Control 42 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Output On/Off Control The Outp ut O n/Off co ntrol turn s the p ower supply outp ut on or off. This can be done with th e fron t panel OUT ON button or fro m the rear p anel J1 con nector . Wi th the ou tpu t off, a djustm ents c an b e made t o the power su pply or the l oad without sh utting [...]

Output On/Off Control Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 43 Enable/Disable Terminals CAUTION To pre vent poss ible damage to the unit, do not c onnect the Enable + o r Enable – terminals to the positive or negative ou tput term inals. Enable/ Disable termi nals a re avail able on the J1 conn ector to enable or disab le the power su pply ou tput. T his[...]

Analog Programming of Output Vol tage and Current 44 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide In Auto-Restart mode , the p owe r sup pl y res tores th e ope rat ing setting s tha t wer e sav ed when it w as la st tur ned o ff ( see below ). T he outpu t is eit her e nabled or di sable d acc ordi ng to i ts las t setti ng. Output On/Off state UVL level Output [...]

Analog Programming of Output Vol tage and Current Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 45 NOTE With ana log prog ramming enab led, you cann ot prog ram the o utput volt age or curren t using th e front pan el kno bs or the remote in terface . However , you can read back o utput vo ltage or c urre nt fro m the fr ont panel o r the re mote in terface. Analo[...]

Analog Programming of Output Vol tage and Current 46 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide The analo g control circuits let y ou set the output vo ltage a nd current limit up to 5% ove r the model- rated maximum val ue. The power supply wi ll operate wi thin the exte nded ra nge, howev er it i s not recommen ded to oper ate the pow er supply over it s volt[...]

Analog Programming of Output Vol tage and Current Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 47 The analo g control circuits let y ou set the output vo ltage a nd current limit up to 5% ove r the model- rated maximum val ue. The power supply wi ll operate wi thin the exte nded ra nge, howev er it i s not recommen ded to oper ate the pow er supply over it s volt[...]

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Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 49 4 Operating the Power supply Remotel y Configuri ng the Inter face 50 SCPI Commands – an Intro duction 59 This cha pter contains information on how to conf igure the three remot e inter fac es that ar e provid ed on the back o f the inst rumen t. In most cases y ou can connect yo ur power supply to any one of thes[...]

Configuring the Inte rface 50 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Configuring the Interface The Agilent N5700 power supplies support remote interface communicat ion using a choice of th ree interfaces: GPIB , USB, and LAN. A ll thr ee in terfac es are li ve a t power -on. NOTE Detailed info rmation o n configuring th e remote inte rfaces is inclu ded in [...]

Configuri ng the Interfac e Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 51 USB Interfa ce The foll owing step s will help you quickly get star ted co nnecting your instrum ent to the Univer sal Seri al Bus ( USB): 1 If you do no t have th e Agile nt I/O Librar y soft ware insta lle d on your comput er, insta ll the I/O library s oftware from the CD-ROM includ ed[...]

Configuring the Inte rface 52 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide LAN Interface The foll owing step s will help you quickly get sta rted c onnecting and configu ring yo ur i nstrume nt on a Loc al Ar ea Netw ork (L AN). The built-in Web s erver: Your Agil ent N5700 power supply h as a buil t-in Web server that lets you con trol i t direc tly fro m a n in[...]

Configuri ng the Interfac e Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 53 4 If you nee d to rec onfigure the LAN p arameter s, cli ck on the View & Modi fy Co nfigur ation tab . All L AN par amete rs ca n be reconfigured using this page. NOTE I f this do es no t work, perform a low -level v erific ation o f the LAN co nnection using pin g. To do this, open [...]

Configuring the Inte rface 54 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide NOTE I f this do es no t work, perform a low -level v erific ation o f the LAN co nnection using pin g. To do this, open a MS-DOS C ommand Pro mpt box and ty pe: ping <defau lt hos tname>. Ping s hould in dicate that it was abl e to conne ct with the N5700 u nit. It w ill also indi c[...]

Configuri ng the Interfac e Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 55 AutoIP This parameter allows auto matic IP address ing to be enabled o r disabled. Au toIP au tomatically as signs addresses on netwo rks that do not have a D HCP serv er. If AutoIP is enabled ( On), an IP address , Subne t Mask and Default G ateway will au tomatically be ass igned to the[...]

Configuring the Inte rface 56 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Hostname This field register s the supp lied na me with the sele cted naming service. If the field is left blank, then no name is registered . A Hostname m ay conta in upper a nd lower case letters, numbers and das hes(-). The maximum length is 15 characters. T he factory default is A- mod[...]

Configuri ng the Interfac e Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 57 Using the Setup Utility A Setup Util ity that lets you configure th e LAN setting s of your inst rument is provided on the CD -ROM that is incl uded with this manual . Install and run this Set up Utility if you cannot conf igure the LAN inte rface as previously describe d in this se ction[...]

Configuring the Inte rface 58 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 6 Cli ck the S et b utton to s ave a ll the setti ngs info rmati on. 7 Co nnect the LAN cable to your in strume nt an d PC. Reb oot the inst rument and then wait about 2.5 min utes befo re using the new LAN se tti ngs. 8 View the LAN st atus se ttin gs locate d under the LAN S tatus tab . [...]

SCPI Commands – a n Introduc tion Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 59 SCPI Comma nds – an Introducti on SCPI (Standa rd Commands for Programmable Inst ruments) is an ASCII -based inst rument comma nd lang uage design ed for test and meas urement instrume nts. SCPI co mmands are bas ed on a hierarc hical str uctu re, also known as a tre e system . [...]

SCPI Commands – a n Introduc tion 60 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide path i s define d a s the c harac ters th at ma ke up the ke ywords of the previous command in the message up to and incl uding the last col on sepa rator. An example of a message with two commands is: OUTPut:STATe ON;PROTection:CLEar which show s the u se of the semic olon separa[...]

SCPI Commands – a n Introduc tion Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 61 In the pre vious examp les, t he upper-case letter s indi cate t he abbrevi ated sp ellin g for the ke yword. F or shorter program line s, you can send the abbrevia ted form. For better program readability, you can se nd the long form. Fo r exam ple, VOLT a nd VOL Tage are bot h a[...]

SCPI Commands – a n Introduc tion 62 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Parameter Types Data programmed or queried from the power supply is ASCII. The data may be nume rical or cha racter strin g. Numeric Para met ers Symbol Response Formats <NR1> Digits with an implied de cimal poin t assu med at the r ight of th e least-s ignifican t digit. Ex[...]

SCPI Commands – a n Introduc tion Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 63 Response Data Types Symbol Response Formats <CRD> Char acter Res ponse Data. Permits th e retu rn of c haracte r strings. <AARD> Arbitrary ASC II Re sponse Data. Permits th e retu rn of undelimite d 7-bit ASCI I. Th is data type has an implied mes sage terminato r. <[...]

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Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 65 5 Language Refe rence Calibr ation Commands 66 Measure C ommands 67 Output C ommands 68 Source Com mands 69 Status Comma nds 71 System Commands 77 Trigger Com mands 79 This sect ion gives the syntax and parameters for all the IEEE 488.2 SCPI Subsyst em commands and Common commands used by the power supply. It is ass[...]

Calibration Com mands 66 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Calibration Com mands Calib ration c omma nds le t you enabl e an d dis able t he cali bratio n mode, chan ge the calibrat ion password, calibrat e current and vol tage progr amming, an d sto re ne w calib rati on con stan ts in nonv olatil e memory. NOTE If calibr ation mo de has no t been e n[...]

Measure Comm ands Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 67 CALibrate:STATe <Bool> [,<NRf>] CALibrate:STATe? This co mmand enables /disa bles calibra tion mode . Calibratio n mode must be enabled for the power supply to accept any other calibration commands. The first p arameter specifies the e nabled or disabled state On (1) or Off (0) . The se[...]

Output Commands 68 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide Output Command s Output comm ands e nable the ou tput, power-o n, a nd p rotectio n functions. OUTPut[:STATe] <Bool> OUTPut[:STATe]? This co mma nd enab les o r disables the spec ified ou tp ut(s). T he enabled state is O n (1); t he dis abled state i s Off (0). T he stat e of a disabled output[...]

Source Com mands Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 69 Sourc e Comma nds Source commands prog ram the voltage, current, triggered, and protecti on fu nctions. [SOURce:]CURRent[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude] <NRf+> [SOURce:]CURRent[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude]? [SOURce:]CURRent[:LEVel]:TRIGgered[:AMPLitude] <NRf+> [SOURce:]CURRent[:LEVel][...]

Source Com mands 70 Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide [SOURce:]VOLTage:LIMit:LOW <NRf+> [SOURce:]VOLTage:LIMit:LOW? This co mmand sets th e low volt age limit of the out put. Wh en a low voltage limi t has b een s et, t he ins trumen t will i gnore any programmin g commands that attempt to set th e output voltag e below the low volt age limi t. T[...]

Status Commands Serie s N5700 Use r’s Guide 71 Stat us Comma nds Status command s program the power supply’s stat us registers. As shown i n th e followi ng fi gure, the powe r supp ly ha s t hree grou ps of statu s registers ; Operati on, Qu estionab le, an d Stand ard Ev ent. The Oper ation and Quest iona ble st atus gr oups ea ch cons ist of[...]

Status Commands 72 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide The Standard Ev ent group is progr ammed with Comm on commands as des cribed later in th is section. Common comman ds also control additi onal s tatus functi ons su ch a s the S ervic e Req uest Enable an d the St atus Byte r egister s. STATus:PRESet This co mmand sets al l defined bits in th e Operat[...]

Status Commands Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 73 STATus:OPERation:NTR <NRf> STATus:OPERation:PTR <NRf> STATus:OPERation:NTR? STATus:OPERation:PTR? These com mands set or re ad the valu e of the Oper ation NTR (Negati ve-Transitio n) an d PTR (Posi tive-Tra nsition) regist ers. Thes e registers s erve as po larity f ilter s betwee n the O[...]

Status Commands 74 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle <NRf> STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle? This co mmand and its query set and read the value of the Questio nable E nabl e regis ter. Thi s regis ter is a mas k for enab ling specif ic bi ts from the Q ues tionable E vent regis ter to set th e questio nable summar y bit (QUE S[...]

Status Commands Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 75 *ESE *ESE? This comma nd program s t he Standar d Event S tatus Enable re gister bits. T he programm ing determi nes which events of th e Standar d Event St atus Ev ent regi ster ( see *ESR?) are allowed to se t the ES B (Event Sum mary Bit) of th e Statu s Byte r egis ter. A "1" in the bi t[...]

Status Commands 76 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide *SRE *SRE? This command sets the condition of the Service Re quest Enable Register . This r egister determ ines whic h bits from th e Sta tus Byt e Regist er are allowed to set the Mast er Status Summary (MSS) bit an d the Re quest f or Ser vice ( RQS ) summar y bit. A 1 i n an y Servic e Reques t Ena[...]

System Commands Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 77 System Co mmands System comm ands c ontr ol system functi ons t hat ar e no t direc tly relate d to output control , measurem ent, or st atus fu nctions. Common comman ds are also used to cont rol system fun ctions . SYSTem:COMMunicate:RLSTate LOCal|REMote|RWLock SYSTem:COMMunicate:RLSTate? This co mm[...]

System Commands 78 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide *OPT? This query re quests the unit to identify any installed options . A 0 indicates no option s are install ed. *RCL <NR1> This co mman d restore s the power supply to a st ate th at wa s previo usly s tored i n mem ory loc atio ns 0 thr ough 15 w ith th e *SAV command. Note that you can onl y[...]

Trigger Commands Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 79 Trigger C ommands Trigger comman ds consist of the Abort, Trigger, and Init iate commands . Initiate comm a nds initia lize the trigger system. Trigger commands control the trig gering of the p ower supp ly. ABORt This command cancels any trigger actions in progress and re turns the tri gger system t[...]

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Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 81 6 Programming Examples Outp ut Pro gra mming E xample 82 Trigger P rogrammi ng Example 83 This chapter contains several remote interface example program s to help you develop programs for your o wn applicat ion. Chapter 5, “Lang u age R e fer ence” list s the sy ntax for the SCPI ( St andard Commands for Progr am[...]

Output Programmi ng Example 82 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Output Programming Example This program set s the vo ltage, c urrent, over-v oltage, and th e over- current protection. When done, the program chec ks for instrument errors and gives a message if there is a n error. Sub main_EZ() Dim IDN As String Dim IOaddress As String Dim ErrString As S[...]

Trigger Programmi ng E xample Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 83 ' Set the over voltage level .WriteString "VOLT:PROT:LEV " & Str$(overVoltSetting) ' Set the current level .WriteString "CURR " & Str$(CurrSetting) ' Turn on over current protection .WriteString "CURR:PROT:STAT " & Str$(overCurrent[...]

Trigger Programmi ng E xample 84 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide ' Use the following line instead for USB communication ' IOaddress = "USB0::2391::1799::US00000002" ' Initialize the VISA COM communication Set ioMgr = New AgilentRMLib.SRMCls Set Instrument = New VisaComLib.FormattedIO488 Set Instrument.IO = ioMgr.Open(GPIBaddre[...]

Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 85 A Specifications Performa nce Specificat ions 86 Suppl emental Char acteristi cs 87 Outline Dia gram 89 This chap ter list s the speci fic ations an d supplem enta l charac teristi cs of the Agilent N5700 powe r supplies. A dimensional line drawing of the unit is in clu ded at the end of the chapter. Unless otherwise[...]

Perform ance S pecifications 86 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Performance Specifications Agi lent M odel s N5741 A – N575 2A an d N576 1A – N577 2A Model (V rating) 6V 8V 12.5V 20V 30V 40V 60V 80V 100V 150V 300V 600V DC Output Rati ngs: Voltage 6V 8V 12.5V 20V 30V 40V 60V 80V 100V 150V 300V 600V Current 750W 100A 90A 60A 38A 25A 19A 12.5A 9.5A 7[...]

Supplemen tal Cha racteristics Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 87 Supplemental Ch aracteristics Agi lent M odel s N5741 A – N575 2A an d N576 1A – N577 2A Model (V rating) 6V 8V 12.5V 20V 30V 40V 60V 80V 100V 150V 300V 600V Output Response Ti me: (to settle to within 0.5% of the rated output, with a resis tive load) Up, full load 0.08s 0.08s 0.08s[...]

Suppleme n tal Characte ristics 88 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Agi lent M odel s N5741 A – N575 2A an d N576 1A – N577 2A Model (V rating) 6V 8V 12.5V 20V 30V 40V 60V 80V 100V 150V 300V 600V Series an d Par allel C apab ility: Parallel operation Up to 4 units c an be co nnected in master/slave mode with single–wire cu rrent balanc ing Series[...]

Outline D iagram Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 89 Outline Diagram NOTES: Holes m arked “A” are f or c hassis slide m ountin g. Use only screws designated #10-32x0.38” m aximum. 482. 8+/ -1.0mm 43.6 mm VOLTA GE DC VOL TS DC A MPS CURRENT PROT FINE LIM IT UV L OCP REM OUT ON OVP POW ER I O A A A A N574 9A 100V/7.5A 750W Syst em DC Po[...]

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Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 91 B Verification an d Calibration Verifi cation 92 Calibration 111 The verification procedures described in this appendix verify that the power supply is operatin g normally and is with in pub lish e d specifica tions. This append ix also incl u des calibra tion procedures for the Agil ent N5700 power supplies. Instruc[...]

Verification 92 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Verification Verification procedures verify that the power supply is operating normall y and is within pub lished s pecifications. There are two ty pes of verification tests: Performance These te sts verify that the power s upply meets all of the s p ecifications listed in Appendix A. Th ey can also be u[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 93 Measurem ent Techniques Electr onic Load Man y of th e test proce dures r equire the u se of a var iable load capabl e of dissipating the required power. If a variable resistor is u sed, switche s shou ld be used to eith er; co nnect, discon nect, o r shor t th e load r esisto r. Fo r mo st te sts, an el[...]

Verification 94 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Constant Voltage Tests NOTE Refer to the approp riate test record form f or the instrume nt setti ngs of the model you ar e checking. Voltage Programming and Readback Accuracy Test categ ory = perfo rmanc e, calib ration This te st verifies that the volt age progr amming and m easuremen t functions are w[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 95 CV Source Eff e ct Test categ ory = perfo rman ce This te st m easure s the c hange in ou tput v oltage that resul ts from a change in AC line voltage from th e minimum to maximum val ue within th e line voltage specificat ions. 1 Turn off the power supply and connect the ac power line through a variab l[...]

Verification 96 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 4 Program the power supply to program the output current t o its maximum prog rammable value (I max) and the out put voltage to its fu ll-scal e value an d enab le the ou tput. L et th e osci lloscop e run for a few secon ds to gener ate enou gh me asureme nt po ints. On the Agil ent Infiniium s cope, th[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 97 Constant Current Tests NOTE Refer to the appropriate test record form for the inst rument set tings of the model you ar e checking. Current P r ogram ming and Readback Accuracy Test categ ory = perfo rmanc e, calib ration This te st verifies that the c urrent progr amming and measurem ent functions are w[...]

Verification 98 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 4 With the electro nic lo ad in CV m ode, set it for the outp ut’s ful l- scale vo ltage. The C C a nnunc iator o n the front pane l mu st be o n. If it i s no t, adju st th e load so that t he v oltag e drop s sl ightly. 5 Divi de the voltag e drop (DVM rea ding) acros s the curr ent monitor ing re si[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 99 Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 1A and N5761 A Agil ent N5741A and N57 61A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Model M inimum Specs. Results Maximum Sp ecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re[...]

Verification 100 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 2A and N5762 A Agil ent N5742A and N57 62A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 101 Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 3A and N5763 A Agil ent N5743A and N57 63A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification 102 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 4A and N5764 A Agil ent N5744A and N57 64A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 103 Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 5A and N5765 A Agil ent N5745A and N57 65A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification 104 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 6A and N5766 A Agil ent N5746A and N57 66A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 105 Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 7A and N5767 A Agil ent N5747A and N57 67A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification 106 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 8A and N5768 A Agil ent N5748A and N57 68A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 107 Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N574 9A and N5769 A Agil ent N5749A and N57 69A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification 108 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N575 0A and N5770 A Agil ent N5750A and N57 70A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 109 Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N575 1A and N5771 A Agil ent N5751A and N57 71A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Verification 110 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Test Record Fo rm – Agilent N575 2A and N5772 A Agil ent N5752A and N57 72A Report No _____ _ _____ ____ Date ____ __________ ____ Description Model Minimu m Specs. Results Maximum S pecs. Voltage Programming & Readback Minimum Voltage Vout Front Panel Display Re adback High Voltage Vout Front Pan[...]

Calibration Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 111 Calibration Refe r to the “Equipment Required” sect ion in this append ix for a list of the equipment required for calibration. A gen eral outline of t he procedure is as follow s:  Enter the ca librati on mo de b y provi ding t he cor rect pas sword. The passwor d is set at the fac tory to the mo[...]

Calibration 112 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide *OPC? Step 4 . Mea sure the output volta ge with the Agilent 3458A and enter the data. CAL:DATA <data> Step 5 . Select the second vol tage calibration point. CAL:LEV P2 *OPC? Step 6 . Mea sure the output volta ge with the Agilent 3458A and enter the data. CAL:DATA <data> Current Programming a[...]

Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 113 C Service Types of Se rvice Avail able 114 Repackag ing for Shipm ent 114 Operati ng Checklist 114 Error Messa ges 116 This chapte r discusses the procedures invol ve d for returning a failed inst rument to Agilent Techno logies for service or repair. A procedure is incl uded for diagnosing specific s ymptoms. Actua[...]

Types of Service Av ailab le 114 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Types of Service Availab le If your instrument fails du ring the warranty period, Agilent Techno logie s will r eplace or r epair it free of c harge. After your war ranty exp ires, Agi len t Tech nologi es wi ll rep la ce or re pair it at a competitive price. The standa rd repair process[...]

Operating Chec klist Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 115 Symptom Check Action No output. All displays an d indicators are b lank. Is the AC power co rd defective? Is the AC input v oltage within range? Check contin uity. Replace if necess ary. Check AC inp ut voltage. Conn ect to appropriate voltage so urce. Output is pr esent momentarily, b ut shuts [...]

Error Messages 116 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Error Messages Displaying the SCPI error queue The enti re error queue is r ead, the n emptie d, usi ng the fo llowing command : SYST:ER R? Error List The foll owing tab le docum ents the vari ous error messag es tha t the power supply supports: Error Devic e -depende nt Errors (these error s set Sta [...]

Error Messages Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 117 Command Errors (these errors set Standard Event Status reg ister bit #5) − 100 Comman d error Generic syntax error. − 101 In valid ch aracter An invalid charac ter was found in the co mmand string. − 102 Syn tax error Invalid s yntax was found in the co mmand string. C heck for blank sp aces. ?[...]

Error Messages 118 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Command Errors (continued ) − 141 In valid ch aracter data Either the char acter data element contains an invalid character , or the element is not valid. − 144 Ch aracter da ta too long The character data e lement contai ns more than 12 characte rs. − 148 Ch aracter d ata not allowed A discrete[...]

Error Messages Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 119 Executi on Errors (continu ed) − 231 Da ta question able The measurem ent accur acy is suspect. − 232 In valid for mat The data for mat or s tructure is inapp ropria te. − 233 In valid version The ve rsion of t h e data format is inc orrect to the instrume nt. − 240 Hardware error The command [...]

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Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 121 D Compatibility Differ ences – In Gen eral 122 Compatib ility Comma nd Summary 123 The Agilent N 5700 power supplies ar e programmatically compa tible with the Agilent 603xA power supplies. This means that you can remotely program the Agilent N 5700 power supplies usin g the same commands that are used to program [...]

Differen ces – In General 122 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Differe nces – In Ge neral The foll owing tab le docu ment s the g eneral differenc es be tween the way Compatibility commands work on the Agilent N5700 power sup plie s and th e way t hey w orked on the A gilent 603xA powe r suppl ies. Item Diff erences Queries The Agile nt N5700 will [...]

Compat ibility C ommand Su mmary Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 123 Compati bility Command Summary The followin g table do cuments the compatibil ity commands that the Agilent N5700 power supplies support. All compatibility commands are acce pted; however, some comma nds do n o thing. Compa tibility Command Descr iption Similar SCPI Command ASTS? Que[...]

Compat ibility C ommand Su mmary 124 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide Compa tibility Command Descr iption Similar SCPI Command OVP Sets the over -voltage trip point. VOLT:PROT:LEV OVP? Queries th e present ov er-volta ge setting. Th e resp onse is a rea l number. VOLT:PROT:LEV? RCL <reg > Recalls the s aved setti ngs. Th ere are up to 1 6 store/ [...]

Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 125 Index A ABOR, 79 AC INPU T, 12, 88 1500 W u nits, 21 750 W un its, 21 accessories, 1 8 analog programming external resistanc e, 46 external vo ltage, 45 terminals , 45 AUT, 10 AUTO I P, 55 auto- restart, 43 C calibration , 111 curren t programmin g and measu remen t, 112 equipm ent, 92 proce dure, 111 voltage pr ogr[...]

Index 126 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide device clear, 63 DHCP, 54 DNS, 55 Domain, 56 E electronic l oad, 93 enable/dis able terminals , 43 environmental co nditions, 19, 88 ERR, 76 erro r messages, 116 ESB, 76 F features, 8 FINE , 11 fron t panel lockin g, 41 functions, 9 G GPIB addr ess, 50 GPIB in terface, 50 groun ding, 19, 30 H history , 2 Hostn[...]

Index Serie s N5700 User’s Guide 127 output grounding , 30 output noi se, 29 outpu t on/o ff contr ol, 42 output p rogramm ing exam ple, 82 over-curr ent check, 3 7 over- curren t protection, 32, 40 over-temp erature prot ecti on, 41 over-volt age check, 3 6 over-volt age prot ection, 32 , 39 OVP, 11 P POWER, 11 power cord, co nnecting, 21 powe r[...]

Index 128 Serie s N5700 User’s Guide UVL, 11 V verif ication, 92 verificati on equipment , 92 VOLTAGE , 10 voltag e monitoring, ex ternal, 47 voltage programming accuracy, 94 voltage readback accuracy, 9 4 voltage s ensing, 26 W warning, 3 web URL’s , 4 wire size s, 23[...]