HP (Hewlett-Packard) E1368A manual

Conten ts HP E1368 A/69A/70 A Mod ules Use r’s Manu al Wa r rant y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Safety S y mbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Declar at[...]

Exa mple: T rans f er S w i tch Usi n g T wo 3 - Port S w itch es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Exa mple: T rans f er S w i tch Usi n g One 5 -P ort S w it ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Exa mple: 4 x 1 Mul tipl exer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Scan ni n g Cha nne l s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

SYSTem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 :CDEScr ipti o n ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 :CPON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 :CTYPe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Not es 4 HP E1368A/69A/70A M odules Us er’s M anual C on t ents[...]

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F rame or chassis ground ter mi nal— t y pi- cally conne cts to the equipment’s metal frame. Al ter n ati ng c u rren t (A C ). Dir ect curr en t (DC). Indi ca te s haza rd ous v oltag e s. Ca lls a t te nt ion to a pr oce dure, pr acti ce, or c on dition that c ould caus e bod ily injury or de a t h . Ca lls a t te nt ion to a pr oce dure, pr [...]

Declaration o f Conformi ty according to I S O/IEC Guide 22 an d E N 45014 Manu fa cturer’ s Nam e: Hewlett -Pa ck ar d Compa ny Lo v eland Manufacturing Center Ma n uf ac t urer ’s Addre ss: 815 14 t h St re et S.W. Lo v ela nd , Colora do 80 537 decl a res, that the pr oduct: Produ c t Name: HP E13 68A Micr o wave S witch , E1 369A Mi cr ow a[...]

Not es 8 HP E13 68A, E1 36 9A , E13 70 A Mic rowav e S witch and Driver Modules User’s M anual[...]

Reader C omment S hee t HP E1368A, E1369A, E1370A Microwa v e S witch and D ri ver Modul e s User’s Manual Edi t ion 3 Y ou ca n help us i mprove our manua l s b y s h a ri n g your comm ents a nd suggesti ons. In apprec iat i on of y ou r time, we will ente r yo u in a q uarterly dr awing f or a H ewle tt -Pac kar d Palmt op Pers onal C omp uter[...]

10 HP E1368A, E1369A, E1370A Microwave Switch and Driver Mo d ules User’s Ma n ua l[...]

Ch a pter 1 Getting Sta rted with the HP E1368A/69A /70A Using This Chapter Th is ch apte r des cribe s the Mic ro wave Switch m odul es , and c ont ain s inf ormat ion on h o w t o p r ogram t h e m usin g SCPI (Standa rd C om ma n d s f or Progra m mable I ns tr u m en ts) c o mma nds. T his c h ap t e r co n tains t he f o llo w ing: • Mic row[...]

Figu re 1-1. HP M icrow ave Switch Block Diag ram 12 Getting Started with t he HP E1368A/69 A /70A Ch apter 1[...]

Pow er Supp l y Circ uit Po we r to o p erate the c oaxial sw itch es can be supplied inte rnall y or ex t ernally, de p endent o n the typ e of coaxia l s w it c h used. • I n t e rnal vo lt a ges of either +5V or +12V can be sel e cte d using jumpe rs on th e board . Th e se vo lt ages are route d throug h th e module from th e m ai n f ram e b[...]

Instrument Definition HP plug -in module s in s talle d in an HP mai nf rame or used with an HP c ommand mo dul e ar e t r eated as indep endent instr u m e nts each havi ng a unique se condary HP-IB ad dress. Each in stru m en t is also assi g n ed a dedi cated er ror que u e , inp ut and ou tput buffe rs, sta t us registe rs and, if appl icable ,[...]

The logi c al a ddr e s s es no t e d in F i gure 1-2 app ly t o modu l e s i nstall e d in an HP 75 000 S eries B M ainfra me (HP Model N umb er E1300/ E1301) or in a main f r a me w ith a n HP E1405/ E1406 C om mand Modu l e . S e e the H P 75000 Series B Installat ion an d G etting S tart ed Guide or the app ropria t e HP Command Mod ule Manua l[...]

SCPI Comma nd Format Used i n This M anual You ca n s e nd SC PI c ommands in either s h o rt or l ong f orm. R e f e r t o Chapt e r 4 f or more inf ormati on. A long f orm examp l e is: CLOSe (@102) The s ame c o m mand show n with out the l ower c as e lette rs is th e shor t form. Th e c o m mand th en be co mes: CLOS (@102) So m e c o m mands [...]

Ch a pter 2 Confi guring the H P E1368A/ 69A/70 A Modules Using This Chapter This c hapt er s ho w s how t o c onn e ct ex ternal wiring to t he Microwave Sw itch Mo dules c on necto rs , and ho w to co nfig ure the mo dule fo r o p e rati on. • S ett in g t h e A dd res s S w i t ch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pa ge 18 ?[...]

Setting the A ddress Sw it ch The l ogic al ad dres s switch ( LADD R) f a ctory s ettin g i s 120. You may have c hanged th e s e ttin g durin g module in sta llati on. Valid address valu es are from 0 to 2 55 . I f th e Mic ro wav e Swi tch mod ule s are use d i n a H P E130 0/E13 01 Main frame, ref er to the HP 75000 Seri es B Syst em Insta llat[...]

Selecting the Interr upt Priori ty The Mi crowave Sw itch mo dules gener ate i nterrup t s afte r a chann el has b e en c los ed or op e ned. The s e interrupts ar e s e nt to, and ac kno wledgm ents a r e recei ved f rom, th e slot 0 modul e via th e VXI bus backpl ane i nterrup t lines . For m ost a pplic ation s wh e re th e Mi crowave Sw itc h [...]

Installing Switches on t he HP E1369A Beca u s e the HP E1369 A M icrowave S w itch m odu les do not have Mic rowa ve Sw itch es in stall ed by th e factory, it is nec ess ary to inst a ll or c onnect s w it ch e s bef o re op e rating. D e termine t h e nu m b e r of s w it ch e s, and whet her the s witches are to be installed on, or c o nnect e [...]

Af t e r s e le c t in g the coa x ial s w it c h, ins tall a s fo llows: 1. Posi t i on the coaxi al s wi t ch beh ind th e channel 00 pa n e l cut -out. Se c ure to re ar pane l us i ng tw o M 2 .5 x .45 me tri c s c rews (P/N 05 15-137 3). 2. Route t he 3-wi re cable ( P/N E136 8-6160 1) from J1 to th e c oaxial swi tch t ermin als . Solder th e[...]

Figu re 2-3. M icrow ave Switch Install ation 22 Confi gur ing the HP E1368A/6 9A/70A Modules Ch apte r 2[...]

C onnec ting Swi tche s Ext ern al to the Module Co n nect ion of up to fi v e coaxial sw itc hes (c hann el s 00-04) is d e scri b e d b elow. Figure 2-4 s hows the wiring d iagra m for ea ch swit ch connect e d. Cau tion The maxim um curre nt that the control circuit can a c commo date is 1 amp per sw itch. Ma x im u m curre n t also de pends on [...]

Sele c t ing Switc h Po wer Afte r the coaxi al sw itches hav e be en i nstalled (ref e r to “ I nst a lling Swit c hes on th e H P E1369A” e arlier in th is chap t er), the co rrect oper at i ng voltage mu st b e s ele c t ed. S ee i ns t a l le d s wit ch s p e c if ica t io ns. The Microwave Switch modules are capab l e of p r ovi d ing + 5 [...]

C on n ecti ng Fi eld W iring Figure 2-6 shows t he int ernal swit ch diagram f o r t he var i ous HP 3-p or t, 4-po rt, and 5-po rt coaxi al s witch es . All s witch es are sh o w n i n th e "O PEN" p osit io n . To minim iz e loss at hig h frequ e nc ies, us e t he f o llo w ing gu ide lin e s when maki n g c o nne c t io n s. Cab ling [...]

Installing a Switch or A ttenuator on the HP E1370A Microw av e Sw it ch/Attenuat or Card Beca u s e the HP E1370 A M icrowave S w itch / A tt enuat or m odu le s do not hav e a Microw ave Swi tch of Atte nu a tor insta lled by the fac tory, it is nec e s sary t o inst a l l or c on n ect a s witch or a t t enuat or bef o re op era t ing. D e t e r[...]

Af t e r s elec t in g the coax ia l s witch or at t enuator, insta ll a s fo l lows : 1. Posi tion t he co axial s wi tch o r atten u ator beh in d th e panel cut-out . Us e t wo M3 .0 x 8 mm ( P /N 0515-0372) metric scre ws to s ecure the rear panel. Us e t wo 4-40 x .25 i nch scre ws (P/N 2200-05 21) t o sec ure the atte nuator to th e rear pan [...]

C on n ecti ng Fi eld W iring Figure 2-8 shows t he int ernal swit ch diagram f o r t he var i ous HP si n g l e-pol e, multi -th ro w switch es . Al l swi tches are shown in th e " OPEN" p osit io n . To minim iz e loss at hig h frequ e nc ies, us e t he f o llo w ing gu ide lin e s when maki n g c o nne c t io n s. • For frequenci e s[...]

Ch a pter 3 Usin g the HP E13 68A/69A /70A Modu les Using This Chapter Thi s chap ter use s typi cal e xa mpl es to show h ow to us e t he Mic rowave Sw itch mo dul es. Th is chapte r co n tain s the fo llow ing sectio n s: • Mic rowa ve Sw itch Co mmands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P age 29 • Rese t Conditi o ns . . . . . . .[...]

Reset Conditions When th e Mic rowav e Sw itch is s wi tche d on o r *RST (res et ), a ll c hannels are s et to ope n ( r efer to Figu re 2- 6 ), and the c urren t chan n e l li st f or scann in g is in validat e d. Table 3-2 lists the para met ers and defau lt valu e s f or the fun cti o n s desc ribed in Ch apte r 3. Table 3-2. *RST (Reset) Defau[...]

S w itching Channels For ge ne ra l pur p ose s w itch opera tio n, y ou c an c on nec t or d isco n nec t a s ig nal b y o p eni ng o r c l osin g a sp ec if ic c ha nn e l. • Us e CLOS < channel_ list > to c lo s e coaxial swit ch channel( s), and OPEN < cha nnel_list > to op en c oaxial switc h channel(s). Ref er to Fi gure 2-6 f o[...]

Exa mple: Sin gle Ch anne l Switc hing using EXTern al POWER This exam p l e illu strat es cl o sin g and op enin g coax ia l s w itc h c h anne l 01 in a HP E1369A Mic rowav e Sw itch Driv er mod ul e . Fo r th e example , th e ty pe of s w itch installed in the HP E1369 A is a HP 33311 B (8762B), with 24 Vdc dr i ve re qui r em en ts. Fig u re 3-[...]

Ex amp le : Ch an n el Sw i tc hing u s in g th e E1370 A and the 33 366K Mi cro wa v e Switc h This exam p l e illu strat es how t o m a ke conn e ctio n s to diff er ent port s on th e HP E1370A Mic rowav e Sw itch/A t tenuato r Driv er and the H P 3 3366K Sin gle-po l e , Six-th row Mic rowave Sw itch . Figu re 3-3 s h ows how the b oard and sw [...]

Not e: B ecause of the s p eci f ic ribbon cable co nfig uratio ns, t h e c han nel n umb er do es n ot di re ctly co rrespon d to the s ame port n u m ber. T a b le 3-3 m ap s t h e p ort nu m b ers to the c orr espondi n g c hannel nu m b e rs for all of t he HP33 3XXK Micr owave Switch e s. For examp le, to con nect C to port 3 on the HP33 65K S[...]

Examp le: Mu ltiple Ch anne l Switc hing using EXTern al POWER This exam ple illu st r at e s cl o sin g and op e nin g coa x ial s witc h c h anne ls 0 0 th rough 0 4 i n a HP E1369A Mic rowav e Sw itch Driv er mod ul e . Fo r th e ex a mpl e , the sw itc h e s are not inst alled o n th e HP E 1369A c a rd, a nd have 24 Vd c driv e requireme nt s [...]

Ex ample : T rans fer Sw i tc h U si ng T w o 3-Port Switche s Th is e xampl e sh ow s ho w to c o nfi gure th e HP E1368A Mic row ave Sw itch to e ithe r ro ute a si gn al d ire ctl y to th e ou t put , o r ro ute it th r ough a n e x te rn al devic e bef or e being outpu t. For t he ex a m p le, t wo s w itches ( c hannels 00 and 01) w ill b e us[...]

Ex ample : T rans fer Sw itc h Us in g On e 5-Port Switch Th is e xampl e sh ow s ho w to c o nfi gure th e HP E1369A Mic row ave Sw itch Drive r wit h a 5-p ort s witch (HP 33313 or 876 4) ins ta ll e d, to either rout e a sig n a l dire ct ly t o t he ou tput, or r ou t e it throug h an exte rnal device before b ein g outpu t. For the e xamp l e,[...]

Exa mpl e: 4 x 1 Mu ltip le xe r Thi s e xampl e sh ow s how to c on fig ure th e H P E1368A Mic row ave Sw itch to s el ect one o f fo ur sign als fo r outpu t. Fo r the ex ample , all three switch es (c hann els 00 throug h 0 2) wi l l be used . Figu re 3-6 s hows h ow to c onnect ch an ne ls 0 0 thr oug h 02 . To ro ute signal "A" to t[...]

Scanning Channels Sc ann i n g the Mic rowa ve Sw itch m odul e c hann el s co n sists of c losi ng a set of c hann el s (c o n nec ti ng th e 2 por t to th e C port) on e channel at a time. Si ngle scan, multiple scans (2 to 32767), or c ontinuous scannin g mod es ar e avai lable. The TRIGger:S OURce comm and spe cif i e s the s ou rc e t o advanc[...]

Examp le: Sc a n nin g Ch ann els Thi s examp l e u s es the mainframe’s "Trig Ou t " port to s ync hron i z e Mic row ave Sw itch c hann el 00 to 0 2 cl osur es to an e x t e rnal m easurement devi c e ( e.g. F requen c y Coun ter, Sp ec tru m Anal y zer) . For m easu r emen t sy nc hron iz ati on, th e HP E 1 300A/E1301A "Trig Ou[...]

Exampl e: Us i n g the Sca n Co mplet e Bit You ca n u s e t he Sca n Comp let e Bit (b it 8) in t he O perat ion S t a tus R eg i st e r of a sw itchbo x to d eterm in e when a scan n in g cycl e co m pl e te s (no oth er bit s in t h e regis ter appl y to th e sw itch box). B i t 8 has a d e cimal value of 25 6 and yo u can r ead it di re ctly wi[...]

Exe cute : 10 OU T PUT 70915;"*CLS " !Cl e ar all s w i t c hbox sta tus struct ure. 20 OUTPUT 70915;"S TAT:OPER: ENAB 256" !E na ble Sc an Co mple t e Bit to se t bi t 7 in S tat us Reg ist er. 30 OUTPUT 70915;"*S RE 128" !E n ab l e bit 7 of St at us Re giste r to assert SRQ. 40 OUTPUT 70915;"T RI G: SOUR E XT &[...]

Recalling and Sav ing States Th is se ctio n co nt ains i nfor matio n abo ut savi ng an d rec alli ng sw itch s tate s. Sto ring State s The *SAV < numeric_s tate > co mm an d save s th e c urr ent i n st ru m e nt st ate . The stat e nu m b e r (0-9) is specified in th e < numeric_state > p ar ame te r. The f o llo w ing settings are [...]

For t h e exa mp le, use: • an HP- IB s elect cod e of 7, pr imary a ddr ess of 09, an d s e co n dar y addr ess o f 15 for the Mic r owave Switch • an HP S eries 200/ 300 C omp u t er w i t h HP B ASIC Exe cute : 10 !Call computer subprogram “Errmsg” i f a M i c r owa v e 20 !Switch program ming error occurs. Enable the comput er to re s p[...]

350 OUTPUT 70915;"*CLS" 360 STO P 370 SUBEND Co mment s I f you have an H P 75 000 Serie s B mainfr a m e wit h a fr ont p a n e l k e y b oard, errors can b e monitored by s e lecting “ Monitor” from th e Sw itch m enu . I f errors occur wh e n the pr o gra m executes, t he “ err” an n u nc iator wil l ap p e ar. E ntering SYST :[...]

Q uery ing the Microw ave Sw itch Th is sectio n sum m ari z e s the q uery c o m mand s y ou c an use to dete rm i n e the c onf igurat i o n or sta t e of the Micr owa ve Swit c h . All c o mma nds e nd wit h the q u e st ion m a r k ( ? ) w hi c h p uts t he da ta in t o the outp ut buffe r w here yo u can re trie ve it to your c omput er. See C[...]

Ch a pter 4 HP E1 368A/69 A/70A C o mmand Reference Using This Chapter Thi s chap t er des cribes Standar d Comman ds for P rogr am mable In st ru m ents (SCPI) co mmands a nd summariz e s IEEE 488.2 C ommon ( * ) Co m m an ds appl icable to t he Mic rowave Switch . Se e the H P 75000 Seri es B Mainframe H P E1300A/E130 1A User’s Manua l or the H[...]

Command Separat or A colon ( : ) always s eparat e s one co m ma n d from t he next lower le ve l c ommand as shown bel o w: ROUTe: SCAN:MO DE? Col on s se pa ra te th e roo t c om man d from th e se co nd le vel co mman d ( ROUTe: SCAN ) and th e s ec ond le vel from th e th ird le v e l ( SCAN:M ODE? ). Ab brev iate d Co mmand s The c o m mand s [...]

Parameters Par a me ter Ty pes. Th e f ollowing table contains explanat ions and ex a mples of param et er typ es y ou mi ght see lat er in t his c hap t er. Parame ter T y pe Explanat ions and Ex am pl es Numer i c Ac c epts all commonl y used deci mal representat i ons o f number s i nc luding opt ional signs, deci mal poi nts, and scienti f ic n[...]

SCPI Command Reference Th is se ctio n de scri b es th e Stand ar d Comm and s for P ro gramm abl e I nst r u m ents (SC PI) co m ma n ds for t he Micr owa ve S wit ch modu l es. Co m man ds are l isted alph abeti call y by subs ys t em and als o w it hi n eac h sub system. AB ORt The ABORt su bsyst em stops a scan in pr o gress when t he scan is e[...]

ARM The ARM su bsyst em s elects t he nu mber of scanni n g c y c l e s (1 thr ou g h 327 67) for each INIT iat e co mman d. ARM :CO UNt < number > MI N | MA X :COUNt? [MIN | MAX] :COUNt ARM:COUNt < nu mber > M IN | MAX al lows scanni n g c ycles t o occur a mu ltiple of t i m es (1 to 32767) wit h on e INIT iat e command when INI Ti at[...]

:COUNt? ARM:COUNt ? [MIN | MAX] returns t h e curr ent nu mb er of scannin g cycl e s se t b y ARM:COUNt . T he c urrent number of scans cycl es i s r etu rned when no MI N or MAX pa ra me te r is se n t . Wi th MIN or MAX pa sse d a s pa ra m ete rs , MI N returns 1 an d MAX returns 32767 . Parameters Para m eter N a me Pa ra m eter Type Range o f[...]

D IS Play The DISP lay subs ystem monit o rs t h e c hannel stat e of a s e le c ted mo d u le ( o r ca rd) i n a sw itch box . Th is subsy stem o nly ope r at e s wi th mai nfram es th at have a displ ay, such as the H P 75 000 Serie s B M a infr a me (HP M ode l Num be r E 130 1A ) . Subsystem Sy nta x DISPl ay :M ONit or :CARD < number | AUT [...]

:MONitor[:STA Te] DISPlay:MO Nitor[ : ST ATe] < mode > tu rns t he mon itor mo de ON or OFF . Parameters Pa ramet er Name Pa ram eter Type Ra nge of Values Default Valu e mode boo lean 0 | 1 | ON | OFF 0 | O FF Co mment s • M o n i to ri n g S w it ch bo x C han n e ls : DI SPlay: MONi t or[: ST AT e] ON or DIS Play: MO Nitor [:ST ATe] 1 t [...]

INITiate The INI T i ate subsyst em sel e cts c ont inu ous sca nni n g c ycles an d starts t h e sca nnin g cy cl e . Subsystem Sy nta x INI Tiat e :C ONTinuous < mode > :C ONTinuous ? [:IM Mediat e] :CONTinu o us INI Tiate: CONT inuo us < mod e > enab les or disa b le s continuous sca nni n g cycl es f or t he sw itch box. Parameters [...]

: CON Tinuo us? INIT iate:CONT inuo us? queri es th e sc a nni n g st at e. With c o nti nuo us sca nnin g enable d, the c ommand r e tur ns 1 . With continuous sca nnin g di sabled, the co mmand retu r ns 0 . Exampl e Q ue ry Co nt in uo us Sc anni n g Sta te Th i s e x ampl e e na ble s con ti nuo u s sc anni ng o f a swi tch bo x an d que r ie s[...]

OUTPut The OUT Put subs yst em enab le s or disa bles the "Trig Ou t" port o f th e HP E130 0/E13 01 Main frame or on t h e HP C ommand M odule. Subsystem Sy nta x OUTP ut [:ST AT e] < state > [: ST ATe ]? [:STA Te] OUTP ut[:ST AT e ] < s tate > e nabl e s/d isables the "Tri g Ou t " po rt o n the rear panel of t h e[...]

[R OUTe: ] The ROUT e subsy stem c o n t rols s witch ing and scann ing ope r a ti on s for th e Mic row ave Sw itch mo dul es in a swi tch box . Subsystem Sy nta x [RO UTe:] CLOSe < channel_lis t > CLOSe? < channel _list > OP EN < chan nel_list > OPEN? < channel_li st > SCAN < channel_l i st > :MODE NONE | V OLT :MODE[...]

CL OSe? [ROUT e:]CLOSe? < c hannel_ list > re tu rn s th e c u rre nt st ate of the c hannel(s) qu eried. The chann e l _list is in the f orm (@cc n n ). The co mma nd re tu rns 1 i f th e c hann el i s cl o se d o r r e tu rns 0 if th e c hann e l is op e n. Co mment s • Qu e ry is Sof twa re Rea db ack : The [ROUT e:]CL OSe ? c o m mand r[...]

OPEN? [ROUT e:]O PEN? < chan nel_list > ret u rns th e c u rren t st ate of th e c hann el (s ) qu eried. Th e channel_li st is i n the fo rm (@ccnn) . The co mmand re turns 1 i f th e c hann el i s o pen or re tu rns 0 if th e c hann el is cl ose d. Co mment s • Qu e ry is Sof twa re Rea db ack : The [ ROUT e: ] OPEN? co m ma n d re tu rns[...]

SC A N:MODE [ROU T e:]SCA N:MODE < mode > is accepte d by the Microw ave Sw itch . NON E , V OLT , and RES se t th e mode fo r " n o meas urements" whi le FRES is not support ed a nd will generat e an e rror. Th i s c o mm a nd ha s no e f fect on Mic row ave Sw itch ope ra tion . SCA N:M ODE? [ ROUTe:]SCAN:MODE? r etur ns t he curr[...]

STA T us The ST AT us subsys t em re p orts the bit valu es of the Operation Sta tus Re giste r. On ly bi t 8 in th e St anda rd Ope r atio n S ta tus R eg iste r i s use d to noti f y that a scan is co mplete . Subsystem Sy nta x ST ATu s :OPERat ion :ENA B l e < nu mber > :ENABl e? [:EVENt ]? The ST ATu s sy stem co n tains four registers, [...]

:OPERation:ENA Ble S T A Tus: OP ERati on:E N A Ble < number > en able s th e St and ard Ope ra ti o n S tatus Re giste r to se t a bit in t he Status Byt e Register. For t he Microwave Sw itch , w h e n bi t 8 in the St and ard Ope r ation S tatu s Re giste r is se t to 1, bi t 7 in t he S ta tus B y t e R egist e r is s et t o 1. Parameters[...]

:OPERation [:EVENt]? S T ATus: OPERati o n [:EVENt ] ? qu er ie s t h e st at us of t he Sta nd ar d O p e r at i on S ta tus E ven t R e gist er. Co mment s • Ou t pu t F orm a t: Retu rns a dec i m al we igh ted value f rom 0 to 256 ind icating which bits are set t ru e . • Re la te d Com m an d s: [R O UTe:]SCAN Exampl e Read i n g th e Oper[...]

SYSTem The SYST em subsyste m retu rns er ror nu mb e r s / messa ge s in t h e er ror qu eu e of a switch bo x, and ret urn s the type s and d e scriptions of modu l es (cards ) in a switchbox. Subsystem Sy nta x SYSTem :CDEScript ion? < number > :CPO N < number | AL L> :CTYPe? < number > :ERRor? :CDEScripti o n? SYSTem: CDEScri [...]

:CT YPe ? SYS Tem: C TY Pe? < numb er > re tu rns th e mod ul e (c ar d) ty p e of a s el ecte d mo dule in a s w it c h b ox. Parameters Pa ramet er Name Pa ram eter Type Ra nge of Values Default Valu e number num er i c 0 1 - 9 9 N/ A Co mment s Microwa ve Switch Module Model N u mber: The SYST em :CT YPe? < number > c o m mand re tu [...]

TRIGger The TRI Gg er subsys t e m c ontrols t he trig g er ing operat ion of t h e Mi crow ave Sw itch mo dul es in a sw itch box . Subsystem Sy nta x TRIG ger [:IMMedi ate] :SOURce BUS | EXTernal | HOLD | I MMedi ate :S O URce? [:IMMed i a te] TRIGg er[:IMMedi ate] caus es a t rig g er to occ ur when th e defin ed t r igg e r so urce i s TRIGger:[...]

Co mment s • Enabling the T rigger So u rce: Th e T R IGger: S O URce co m ma n d onl y s e le cts t h e trigge r s o urc e . The INI T i ate[: I M Mediat e] co mm a n d enabl es th e t rigge r so u rce . • Usi ng t he TRIG Com man d : You can use T RIGger[ : IMM ediate] to advan c e the scan when T RIGger: SOURce BUS or TRIG ger:SOURc e HOL D [...]

Sca nn i n g Usin g Bu s Tr iggers This exam p le uses bus t ri ggering ( T RIG :SOUR BUS ) t o sca n c h anne ls 00 th rough 02 of a s ing l e -m odule sw itch box. The t rig ger so u rc e to adv ance the sca n is the *TRG comm an d ( as se t with TRI G ger: SOURce BUS ). When INI T is executed, t he scan is start e d a nd c hannel 00 is cl osed. [...]

IEEE 488.2 Common Commands The fo llowi ng t a ble lists t he IEEE 488. 2 C om m on ( * ) C om ma nds that can be e xecu t ed by th e Mi crowave Sw itc h mo dules. The ope rati on of s o m e of th ese co m man ds i s de sc r ibe d in C h ap te r 3 of th i s m an ual . For m ore inf ormation on Common Com mands , refer to the H P 75000 Series B Main[...]

Command Quick Reference The fo l lowi n g tables su mm a r iz e SCPI a n d IEEE 48 8. 2 C o m mo n (*) Co m mands for the Mic r owav e Switch module s. SCPI C o m mands f o r Quick Refere nce Command Descrip tion ABO Rt Ab ort a sca n in p rog ress. ARM :COU Nt < numb er > MIN | MA X :COUNt ? [MIN | MAX] Mul t iple scan s p er INI T co m m an[...]

72 HP E136 8A/69A/7 0A Co m mand Ref ere nce Ch apter 4[...]

A ppe ndix A HP E 1368A/69A /70A S pecificatio n s HP E 1 368 A Microwave Switch F r eq ue ncy Ra n g e : DC-18 GHz C h ar acteri sti c I m p ede nce : 50 Ω I nser ti o n Loss : DC-2GHz: <0 . 25dB DC-18G Hz : <0. 50dB Iso lation: DC-18GHz: >90dB VSW R (50 Ω loa d) : DC-2GHz: <1 . 15dB DC-12.4 GHz : <1. 25dB DC-18G Hz : <1. 40d[...]

74 HP E1368 A/69A/70 A S p e ci f i cations Append ix A[...]

A ppe ndix B HP E 1368A/69A/ 70A Regi sters Register Definit ions Al l thre e Mi crowav e Sw itc h mo dules a re reg ister- ba sed d e v ice s. See th e t a b les b e low fo r re g i ste r defin itions . Manu factu rer ID Register b + 00 16 1 5 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 9876543210 Wr ite Unde f ine d R ead** Manufa cturer ID *Retur ns F F FF 16 = H e wle[...]

Addressing the Register s To read or w rite to spe cifi c reg iste rs , you mus t use th e re g iste r add r ess . Re giste r ad dre s se s fo r H P 7 5 000 S eries C plu g-in modu les a r e in address spac e V XI A 16 . The lo cati o n of A16 with in the main f rame /c o m mand mo dule memor y ma p de p ends on the mainfr ame/ c omma nd m odul e u[...]

St a t us/C ont r o l Re gist er E a ch coaxial switch re qu ires about 30 msec e x ecutio n ti me (close to o pen or op en to clos e ) dur i ng which ti m e the s witch is "busy". A read of t he Status/C ontr o l R e gis t er (ba s e + 04 16 ) r e tur n s F FF F 16 wh e n t he mo du le is not bu s y or returns FF7F 16 (bi t 7 is l o w- t[...]

78 HP E136 8A/69A/7 0A Regist ers Ap pendix B[...]

A ppe ndix C HP E 1368A/6 9A/70A Erro r Messages Ta b l e C-1 lis ts t he e rr or me ssa g es a sso c iat ed wit h th e M i crowave Swi tch mo dule progra mm ed b y SCPI. Se e t he approp riate m a infr a me manua l for a c omp let e l ist of error mess a g es. Table C-1. Micro wave Switch Error Messag es No. Title Potential Cause(s) -211 Trigger i[...]

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Inde x HP E1368 A/69A/70 A Mo d u l es User’s Manu a l *CLS, 29, 70 *ESE , 29, 70 *E S E ?, 7 0 *E S R?, 70 *IDN, 70 *OPC, 70 *OPC?, 70 *R CL , 4 3 , 70 * RST, 29 - 30, 70 - 71 *SAV, 43, 70 *SR E, 29 , 70 *SR E?, 70 *S TB ? , 41 , 70 *TRG, 70 - 71 *T S T ?, 70 - 7 1 *WAI, 70 A A bbreviated Comm a nds, 48 ABOR t Sub s y stem , 50 , 71 Addr ess cha[...]

pa ra me t er s, 4 9 quer y, 46 Quick Re ference , 7 1 SCPI, 47 SCPI forma t, 16, 47 separ a t or, 48 ty p e s , 4 7 Comment sheet, rea der, 9 Co mmo n (*) Co m ma nds , 47 *CLS, 2 9, 70 *E SE, 29, 7 0 *ESE?, 70 *E S R?, 70 *IDN?, 7 0 *OPC, 70 *OPC?, 7 0 *RCL, 43, 70 * RST, 29 - 30, 70 - 71 *SAV, 4 3, 70 *SR E , 29 , 70 *SR E?, 70 *ST B?, 41 , 70 *[...]

*E S R?, 70 Even t I n Por t , 68 Ex am ples chan nel s w itchin g wit h E1369A, 35 chan nel s w itchin g wit h E1370A, 33 checki ng for errors, 43 - 44 mu lt ipl e ch a nn el s w it ch in g , 35 multipl exer (4x1), 38 rese tt ing the sw itc hb ox , 16 sc an c o mp lete bit, 41 sc an ni ng c han ne ls , 40 sin g l e ch an n el s witch in g, 3 1 - 3[...]

N Non - HP Swit ches, 20 Numer ic C omma nd Pa ramet er s, 49 O *OPC, 70 *OPC?, 70 OPEN, ([ RO UTe:]OPE N), 14, 29, 59, 71 OPEN? , ([ROU Te : ]OPE N ?), 46, 60, 71 Openi ng chan nels, 31 , 59 Oper a ti on St atus Re gi ster, 41, 62 - 63 OPERa t ion:ENABle, (STAT us:OPE Rat ion:ENABle), 41, 63, 71 OPERation:ENABle?, (STAT us:OPERa t i o n :EN ABle?)[...]

S Sa fe ty w a rni ngs, 6, 17 *SAV, 43, 70 Savin g S wi t ch St ates, 43 Scan C omplet e Bi t, 41 SCAN, ( [ RO UTe:] SCAN), 29 , 60, 71 SCAN:MODE, ([ROU Te : ]SCAN: MODE) , 30, 61, 71 SCAN:MODE?, ([ROUTe:]SCAN:MODE ?), 46, 61, 71 SCAN:P O RT, ([ RO U T e:]SCAN: P ORT), 30 Scan ni n g chan nels, 39 - 40, 60 chan nels, exam pl e, 40 continuous cy cle[...]

t ran sfe r, 3 6 - 37 Sw i tc hi ng chan nels, 31 , 33, 35 chan nels wit h E1369 A, 35 chan nels wit h E1370 A, 33 m ul tip le cha nne ls , 33 , 35 single ch an nels, 31 - 32 S y nchr onizing i n st rum ent s, 45 s wi t ch es, 45 SYSTem Subs y stem, 65 - 6 6 , 71 SYSTem :CDE S cription?, 46 , 65 , 71 SYSTem: CPON, 65, 71 SYSTem: CT Y P e?, 46, 66, [...]