Ametek Sorensen XG 100-15, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...are v 2 0 and higher 670 Watts 1700 Watts Half Rack Full Rack 6 V to 600 V Models 6 110 6 220 6 220 8 100 8 187 5 8 200 12 70 12 5 120 12 140 20 42 20 76 20 84 33 25 30 50 33 50 40 21 40 38 40 42 60 14 60 25 60 28 80 10 5 80 19 80 21 100 8 5 100 15 100 17 150 5 6 150 10 150 11 2 300 2 8 300 5 300 5 6 600 1 4 600 2 6 600 2 8 ...

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Page 3: ...tification purposes only Notice of Copyright XG Family Programmable DC Power Supply Operating Manual firmware v 2 0 and higher 2008 2014 AMETEK Programmable Power Inc All rights reserved Exclusion for Documentation UNLESS SPECIFICALLY AGREED TO IN WRITING AMETEK PROGRAMMABLE POWER INC AMETEK a MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY SUFFICIENCY OR SUITABILITY OF ANY TECHNICAL OR OTHER INFORMATION PRO...

Page 4: ... contrary to the instructions of AMETEK is opened modified or disassembled in any way without AMETEK s consent or is used in combination with items articles or materials not authorized by AMETEK The Buyer may not assert any claim that the Products are not in conformity with any warranty until the Buyer has made all payments to AMETEK provided for in the Purchase Order Agreement PRODUCT RETURN PROC...

Page 5: ...h the MEB options Audience The Manual is intended for the user who is familiar with electronic power supplies Constant Voltage Constant Current and or Constant Power operating modes and the control of output power The user should be familiar with practicing safe techniques while making supply or pin connections Conventions Used The following conventions are used in this guide WARNING Warnings iden...

Page 6: ...ET Ethernet FGA Finished Goods Assembly ISOL Isolated Analog Programming OCP Over Current Protection OTP Over Temperature Protection OVP Over Voltage Protection PSU Power Supply Unit TVS Transient Voltage Suppressor UVP Under Voltage Protection Font Conventions This Manual uses the following typographical conventions Segment For display and readback information on the output voltage and current di...

Page 7: ...ower supply to the Authorized Service Center See the Warranty on page ii WARNING Limitations on use The XG Family Programmable DC Power Supply is not intended for use in connection with life support systems or other medical equipment or devices CAUTION For use as a battery charger When you are using a power supply for battery charging applications it is essential to provide an appropriately sized ...

Page 8: ... see Ventilation on page 2 4 3 To avoid a risk of fire and electric shock make sure that the existing wiring is in good condition and the wire is not undersized Do not operate the instrument with damaged or substandard wiring 4 Do not operate the instrument if it has received a sharp blow been dropped or otherwise damaged in any way If the instrument is damaged see the Warranty on page ii 5 Do not...

Page 9: ...ONNECTING AC INPUT POWER 2 5 XG 850 Watt AC Input Connector 2 5 XG 1500 and 1700 Watt AC Input Connector 2 6 XG 1500 and 1700 Watt AC Input Wire 2 6 XG 1500 and 1700 Watt AC Input Wire Connection 2 7 STEP 4 SELECTING LOAD WIRES 2 8 Load Wiring 2 8 Insulation Rating 2 8 Current Carrying Capacity 2 8 Maximum Load Wiring Length For Operation With Sense Lines 2 9 Noise and Impedance Effects 2 9 STEP 5...

Page 10: ...ONSTANT POWER MODE VERSION 2 21 AND HIGHER 3 18 ALARMS AND ERRORS 3 20 Clearing Alarms 3 21 Front Panel ALARM LED 3 22 Alarm Masking 3 23 Alarm Output Latching 3 24 SETTING FOLDBACK MODE 3 25 Resetting Activated Foldback Protection 3 26 USING OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION OVP 3 27 Defining the OVP Set Point 3 28 USING UNDER VOLTAGE PROTECTION UVP 3 29 Defining the UVP Set Point 3 29 OVER CURRENT PROTECT...

Page 11: ...ntrol Method 3 51 Connecting to the Load in Remote Sensing Mode Parallel Control Method 3 52 4 ANALOG PROGRAMMING APG AND ISOLATED ANALOG PROGRAMMING ISOL 4 1 INTRODUCTION 4 2 Analog Programming APG of Output Voltage and Output Current 4 2 Remote Programming Options 4 3 Analog Programming APG Connector J1 4 5 ANALOG PROGRAMMING MODE 4 9 Analog Programming With External Voltage Source 4 9 Voltage C...

Page 12: ...ssing 5 26 Multichannel Commands Explained 5 27 Status Reporting in SCPI 5 29 STATUS REGISTERS MODEL FROM IEEE 488 2 5 31 STATUS BYTE 5 32 Error Event Queue ERR 5 32 Questionable Status Register Summary QSR 5 32 Message Available MAV 5 33 Standard Event Status Summary ESB 5 33 Master Summary Status MSS 5 33 Request Service RQS 5 33 Operation Status Register Summary OSR 5 34 Standard Event Status R...

Page 13: ...ble Alarms 5 73 Power Saving Control Sleep Mode XG 1700 W Only 5 74 6 COMMUNICATIONS OPTIONS 6 1 INTRODUCTION 6 2 SETTING UP LAN ETHERNET 6 3 Basics 6 3 LOCAL AREA NETWORK LAN OPTION 6 5 Media Access Control MAC Address 6 5 Communication Configuration 6 6 LAN Connection 6 6 Direct to PC Connection 6 6 Private Network Connection 6 7 CONNECTING TO A NETWORK 6 8 Connecting with PC on Same Side of Rou...

Page 14: ...E AND CURRENT CALIBRATION PRINCIPLE 7 3 Understanding the Problem 7 3 Step 1 Gain Calibration 7 4 Step 2 Offset Calibration 7 4 Step 3 Recalibrate Gain 7 5 STORING CALIBRATION DATA 7 5 CALIBRATING THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE 7 6 Gain Calibration 7 6 Offset Calibration 7 6 CALIBRATING THE OUTPUT CURRENT 7 7 Gain Calibration 7 7 Offset Calibration 7 8 OVER VOLTAGE PROTECTION CALIBRATION 7 9 NON ISOLATED ANAL...

Page 15: ...27 APPENDIX A SCPI COMMAND REFERENCE A 1 SCPI CONFORMANCE INFORMATION A 2 Codes and Standards A 2 IEEE 488 2 SCPI Syntax and Style A 2 SCPI Command Hierarchy A 3 Using SCPI Commands A 4 Parameter Types A 7 SCPI COMMAND TREE A 8 SCPI Command Summary A 14 APPENDIX B ERROR MESSAGES B 1 ERROR MESSAGES B 2 Command Error List B 3 Execution Error List B 4 Device Specific Error List B 5 Query Error List B...

Page 16: ...850 Watt Units 6 V to 40 V Models 1 7 Figure 1 4 XG 850 Watt Units 60 V to 150 V Models 1 7 Figure 1 5 XG 850 Watt Units 300 V to 600 V Models 1 7 Figure 1 6 XG 1500 and 1700 Watt Units 6 V to 40 V Models 1 9 Figure 1 7 XG 1500 and 1700 Watt Units 60 V to 600 V Models 1 10 Figure 2 1 1500 and 1700 Watt AC Input Cover and Strain Relief 2 6 Figure 2 2 Maximum Load Wire Length for 1 V Line Drop 2 9 F...

Page 17: ... Hardware Wizard 5 10 Figure 5 8 Install Hardware Device Drivers 5 10 Figure 5 9 Completing the New Hardware Wizard 5 11 Figure 5 10 Device Manager 5 12 Figure 5 11 Communications Port COM1 Properties 5 13 Figure 5 12 Completing the new hardware wizard 5 13 Figure 5 13 Scanning for Instruments 5 17 Figure 5 14 Instrument Properties 5 18 Figure 5 15 Multi Power Supply Connection to RS 485 Bus 5 19 ...

Page 18: ... Removing Chassis Member From Slides D 8 Figure D 8 Attaching Front and Rear Bracket To Cabinet Section D 9 Figure D 9 Mounting Cabinet Section Into Rack D 10 Figure D 10 Installing Chassis D 11 Figure E 1 Configuring the Network Connection of the Computer E 2 Figure E 2 LAN Properties Dialog Box E 3 Figure E 3 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties Dialog Box E 4 Figure E 4 DeviceInstaller Setup Wiz...

Page 19: ...d J6 1 5 3 Table 5 2 DB 9 Pinouts 5 4 Table 5 3 RJ 45 Pinouts 5 4 Table 5 4 DB 25 Pinouts 5 5 Table 5 5 DB 9 Pinouts 5 7 Table 5 6 RJ 45 Plug Pinouts 5 7 Table 5 7 RJ 45 Plug on Slave Unit 5 8 Table 5 8 GPIB Pin Description J2 5 15 Table 5 9 Rules for Multichannel Responses 5 27 Table 5 10 Status Byte Summary Register 5 32 Table 5 11 Standard Event Status Register 5 36 Table 5 12 OPERation Status ...

Page 20: ...fic Error List B 5 Table B 4 Query Error List B 6 Table C 1 XG 850 Watt Electrical Specifications for 6 V to 600 V Models C 2 Table C 2 XG 1500 Watt Electrical Specifications for 6 V to 600 V Models C 4 Table C 3 XG 1700 Watt Electrical Specifications for 6 V to 600 V Models C 6 Table C 4 Remote Operation Programming C 8 Table C 5 Output Performance Specifications C 9 Table D 1 Table Rack Mount Op...

Page 21: ...1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction describes the features of the XG Family Programmable DC Power Supply ...

Page 22: ...ion output setting Active Power Factor Correction PFC reduces input current and input current harmonics Automatic crossover system allowing the power supply to switch between Constant Current Constant Voltage and Constant Power available in version 2 21 and higher operating modes Parallel or series connection among multiple units to produce greater diversity or to use in higher power applications ...

Page 23: ...al Table 1 1 XG 850 Watt Series Voltage and Current Ranges Model Output Voltage Output Current 6 110 0 6 V 0 110 A 8 100 0 8 V 0 100 A 12 70 0 12 V 0 70 A 20 42 0 20 V 0 2 A 33 25 0 33 V 0 25 A 40 21 0 40 V 0 21 A 60 14 0 60 V 0 14 A 80 10 5 0 80 V 0 10 5 A 100 8 5 0 100 V 0 8 5 A 150 5 6 0 150 V 0 5 6 A 300 2 8 0 300 V 0 2 8 A 600 1 4 0 600 V 0 1 4 A ...

Page 24: ...0 V 0 25 A 80 19 0 80 V 0 19A 100 15 0 100 V 0 15 A 150 10 0 150 V 0 10 A 300 5 0 300 V 0 5 A 600 2 6 0 600 V 0 2 6 A Table 1 3 lists the models in the XG 1700 Watt series covered by this Manual Table 1 3 XG 1700 Watt Series Voltage and Current Ranges Model Output Voltage Output Current 6 220 0 6 V 0 220 A 8 200 0 8 V 0 200 A 12 140 0 12 V 0 140 A 20 84 0 20 V 0 84 A 33 50 0 33 V 0 50 A 40 42 0 40...

Page 25: ...ion M370430 01 Rev F 1 5 1 Front Panel Figure 1 1 XG Front Panels Half Rack above Full Rack below not to scale Item Description 1 Front panel power switch 2 Front panel display see Figure 1 2 3 Air Intake Vents ...

Page 26: ...control 2 Constant Voltage CV Mode LED green 3 Model Identification Label 4 Output Voltage Display 5 Constant Current CC Mode LED green 6 Output Current Display 7 Alarm Indicator LED red 8 OUTPUT ENABLE Main button 9 OUTPUT ENABLE Aux button 10 9 Position Mode Control For detailed information see Configuring Settings from the Front Panel on page 3 2 ...

Page 27: ... M370430 01 Rev F 1 7 1 Rear Panel Connectors on 850 Watt Models Figure 1 3 XG 850 Watt Units 6 V to 40 V Models Figure 1 4 XG 850 Watt Units 60 V to 150 V Models Figure 1 5 XG 850 Watt Units 300 V to 600 V Models ...

Page 28: ...rs Negative 6 5 mm hole diameter 300 V 600 V Models DC Output Connectors Negative 6 5 mm hole diameter 3 J2 Ethernet ENET or GPIB Connector optional 4 J4 RS 232 RS 485 Connector In Port 5 AC Input Connector IEC Type 6 Chassis Ground Stud 7 J1 Analog Programming APG Connector For pin information see page 4 5 8 J3 AUX Output and Isolated Analog Programming ISOL Connector For pin information see page...

Page 29: ...Introduction M370430 01 Rev F 1 9 1 Rear Panel Connectors on 1500 and 1700 Watt Models Figure 1 6 XG 1500 and 1700 Watt Units 6 V to 40 V Models ...

Page 30: ...tive 8 5 mm hole diameter 60 V 600 V Models DC Output Connectors Negative 3 J2 Ethernet ENET or GPIB Connector optional 4 J4 RS 232 RS 485 Connector In Port 5 AC Input Terminal 6 Chassis Ground Stud 7 J1 Analog Programming APG Connector For pin information see page 4 5 8 J3 AUX Output and Isolated Analog Programming ISOL Connector For pin information see page 4 20 9 J5 USB Connector 10 J6 RS 485 C...

Page 31: ...2 Installation Chapter 2 Installation provides information and procedures for inspecting installing and testing the power supply ...

Page 32: ...htop or rack mount Ensure adequate ventilation Step 2 Location and Mounting on page 2 4 3 Connect Input Power Connect AC input power Step 3 Connecting AC Input Power on page 2 5 4 Select Wires Select wires that are correctly rated for the maximum DC output current Step 4 Selecting Load Wires on page 2 8 5 Te s t Perform functional tests for voltage mode operation current mode operation and front p...

Page 33: ... m power cord supplied with the XG 850 W model only 3 If you see external damage or suspect internal damage contact the carrier immediately Periodic Cleaning The power supply only requires periodic cleaning not routine servicing Whenever a unit is removed from operation clean the metal surfaces with naptha or an equivalent solvent and clean the front panel with a weak solution of soap and water Us...

Page 34: ...Contact Customer Service see Contact Information on page i about purchasing the Rack Mount Kit options For a list of the part numbers see Appendix D Rack Mount Kit Options Installation information for the different rack mount options are provided with the rack mount kits For product support visit www programmablepower com and navigate to the DC Power Supplies page Ventilation Whether operating the...

Page 35: ...ector Ensure that the power supply is connected to a grounded AC outlet with the recommended AC input cord configured for the available line voltage as described in this section WARNING Shock hazard The AC input cord is the disconnect device for the power supply The plug must be a non locking plug which is readily identifiable by and accessible to the operator The input cord must be no longer than...

Page 36: ...he recommended AC input wire size You must also purchase and install the correctly rated non locking plug for your installation Make sure that the wiring of the product and the AC plug comply with the applicable local code for your installation If you require a special cord contact Customer Service see Contact Information on page i Table 2 2 XG 1500 and 1700 Watt Recommended AC Input Wire higher p...

Page 37: ... onto the base 3 Slide the helix shaped body onto the AC cable Insert the stripped wires through the strain relief base until the outer cable jacket is flush with the edge of the base Tighten the body to the base while holding the cable in place The cable is now securely fastened inside the strain relief 4 Route the AC wires to the input connector terminals as required For AC input terminal locati...

Page 38: ...rrent carrying capacity greater than the output rating of the power supply to ensure that the load wiring will not be damaged if the load is shorted Table 2 3 shows the maximum current rating for various gauges of wire rated for 105 C operation based on a maximum current density of 450 A cm2 Operating at the maximum current rating shown in Table 2 3 results in an approximately 30 C temperature ris...

Page 39: ...2 Maximum Load Wire Length for 1 V Line Drop Noise and Impedance Effects To minimize noise pickup or radiation use shielded twisted pair wiring of the shortest possible length for load sense wires Connect the shield to the power supply chassis Where shielding is impossible or impractical simply twisting the wires together will offer some noise immunity ...

Page 40: ...sure that the front panel power switch is in the Off position 2 Ensure that the AC line voltage is within operating range 3 Connect the line cord to a grounded AC outlet 4 Turn the front panel power switch to the On position After a short power on delay illuminates on the output voltage and current displays followed by After approximately 1 second the display returns to normal status To power off ...

Page 41: ... current mode operation turn the 9 position mode control to AMPS position Verify that the current set point is blinking in the output current display 6 Adjust the current to 1 A 7 Press the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button to turn On 8 Turn the front panel power switch to the Off position 9 Turn the front panel power switch to the On position 10 Connect a short circuit across the output terminals Use lea...

Page 42: ...ain relief DC Output Connectors WARNING Shock hazard Disconnect the AC input before making any connections A shock hazard may be present at the output terminals Allow 15 seconds after the AC power has been removed before making any connections 6 V 40 V Models The 6 V 40 V models are equipped with output terminals as shown in Figure 1 3 and Figure 1 6 60 V 150 V Models The 60 V 150 V models are equ...

Page 43: ...an the power supply s output voltage and have a current rating greater than or equal to the power supply s output rating Connect the cathode to the positive output and the anode to the return Where positive load transients such as back EMF from a motor may occur connect a Transient Voltage Suppressor TVS or a varistor across the output to protect the power supply The breakdown voltage rating for t...

Page 44: ...ng feature See Step 7 Connecting Remote Sensing on page 2 15 for more information Figure 2 4 Connecting Single Loads Connecting Multiple Loads The proper connection of distributed loads is an important aspect of power supply use The common method of connection is a radial load connection Power is connected to each load individually from a single pair of terminals designated as the positive and neg...

Page 45: ...tribution terminals Use shielded twisted pair wiring of 20 to 26 AWG for best noise performance Make sure that the shielded twisted pair wiring insulation is rated higher than the maximum output voltage of the power supply If possible one end of the shield of the sense lines should be attached to the chassis ground of the power supply Figure 2 5 Remote Sense Connection To connect the remote sense ...

Page 46: ...the power supply regulates the voltage at the output terminals CAUTION Equipment damage Do not operate the power supply with sense lines connected to the load without also connecting the load power leads to the output terminals CAUTION Reverse polarity Avoid reversing positive and negative sense connections When using remote sense to compensate for load line losses ensure that the positive sense l...

Page 47: ... the procedures for local front panel operation such as Configuring settings Operating in constant voltage mode constant current mode and constant power mode available in version 2 21 and higher Using the protection features Using multiple power supplies ...

Page 48: ... control to configure settings in local operation See Figure 1 2 Front Panel Display and Controls on page 1 6 for location of the front panel features Using the 9 position mode control select one of nine modes VOLTS AMPS FLD PRT SAV RCL CAP and VAP See Figure 3 1 and Table 3 1 for detailed information on the nine modes Figure 3 1 9 Position Mode Control Using the Rotary Adjust Enter Control The ro...

Page 49: ...ycle to the next setting AMPS Current Programming Select the current set point in coarse or fine adjustment modes See Constant Current CC Mode Operation on page 3 12 Set the value selected and cycle to the next setting FLD Foldback Select Foldback option CC CV or none See Setting Foldback Mode on page 3 25 Set the value selected and cycle to the next setting PRT Protection Select the OVP set point...

Page 50: ...ach value using the rotary Adjust Enter control When the value has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the updated value Additional values may become available depending on the setting that is being configured Setting VOLTS and AMPS Modes The only exceptions to the select and set model are the VOLTS and AMPS modes which do not allow the selection of tracking and select an...

Page 51: ...h will update in the non blinking display 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to enter fine adjust tracking mode The set point blinks faster when the unit is in fine adjust tracking mode 4 Use the rotary Adjust Enter control to fine tune the set point 5 Once the set point has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to exit tracking mode and return to normal display mode To access t...

Page 52: ...ws the output voltage and current values If a timeout occurs before the changes made to the value have been set the changes will not be saved and you will have to re enter the changes The inactivity timeout is variable from 1 to 20 seconds and can only be changed using the SCPI command The SCPI command s for these instructions are SYSTem channel FPANel TIMeout Important Each user memory setting lo...

Page 53: ...Local Operation M370430 01 Rev F 3 7 3 RE 485 RE CHAN LOCL LOC CURR SHAR RE 485L CSAR CONT SLA LOCON OFF ADDR 1 31 RE 485 None CP CP W SLP LOOP ON OFF ON OFF Figure 3 2 Front Panel Menu System ...

Page 54: ...s On Power Up Positive Polarity Alternating Current RS 485 Address Analog Programming Power On Autostart Auxiliary Autostart Current Analog Programming Clear Constant Current Controller 1 Constant Power Constant Voltage Coarse Current Pre set Mode Coarse Voltage Pre set Mode Current Share same as CUrrShAr Current Current Share same as CShr Fold Delay Done Error debug Foldback Fail Fan Flash Fine C...

Page 55: ...ramming Recall Preset Remote Programming Interface Non Isolated Resistive Analog Programming Controller current share controller Share current share Multichannel Remote Interface Soft reset Save Preset Shutdown Slave current share slave Sleep Mode Isolated Analog Voltage Programming Non Isolated Analog Voltage Programming USB Interface Under Voltage protection coarse adjustment Under Voltage prote...

Page 56: ...gnored This feature is often used to lock out the front panel while a user is controlling the power supply from a remote location The output of the power supply has three modes of operation Constant Voltage Constant Current and Constant Power available in version 2 21 and higher All three of the operating modes are available regardless of which control method local or remote is used Operating Mode...

Page 57: ...to enabling the output Initially the unit will operate in CV mode which is the default mode As the voltage and current rise to meet the requirements of the load the set point that is reached first based on the RI either VSET or ISET will determine which mode the power supply will remain in The operating mode is indicated by either the CC mode LED or the CV mode LED one of which will illuminate on ...

Page 58: ...d current start to rise At this time the unit is operating in CV mode default operational mode As the load current drawn reaches the value of the output current setting the unit will switch to CC mode and not allow any additional current to be drawn above the value of ISET The unit is now operating in CC mode The voltage will still vary to meet any changes in required output voltage resulting from...

Page 59: ...roportion to the decrease in the load resistance until the load current drawn reaches the current set point At this point further decreases in load resistance increased load current requirements will cause the unit to cross over into CC mode where the output voltage will vary with changing load resistance and the load current will remain at the ISET value The reverse operating mode change can also...

Page 60: ...ol circuits have been designed to allow you to set the output voltage up to 105 over the model rated maximum value The power supply will operate within these extended ranges but full performance to specification is not guaranteed Quick Tip Remote operation uses these SCPI commands See page 5 1 The SCPI command s for these instructions are SOURce channel VOLTage LEVEl IMMediate AMPLitude Important ...

Page 61: ...nter control to commit the setting Important The control circuits have been designed so that output current can be set up to 105 over the model rated maximum values The power supply will operate within these extended ranges but full performance to specification is not guaranteed The SCPI command s for these instructions are SOURce channel CURRent LEVEl IMMediate AMPLitude ...

Page 62: ...tage See Using Over Voltage Protection OVP on page 3 27 for the adjustment procedure Enabling the Output Enabling the output on will also turn off the ALARM LED if the ALARM LED has been latched on due to an alarm triggering and automatically clearing See Alarms and Errors on page 3 20 To enable the output power Press the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or enter the SCPI command The O...

Page 63: ...in J3 2 or Pin J3 6 COM ISOLATED See also AUX Output and Isolated Analog Programming ISOL Connector on page 4 20 for more details The SCPI command s for these instructions are OUTPut channel AUXiliary STATe Output Auto Start Mode Auto Restart The Auto Start mode establishes the state of the output of the power supply after recovery from a complete power cycle all front panel LEDs are not illuminat...

Page 64: ...tant power set point This mode is intended primarily for loads with response time greater than approximately 100ms In order to provide additional protection for the load voltage and current limits may be set while in the constant power mode If the unit cannot regulate to the Constant Power setting due to load conditions it will regulate at either the voltage or the current limit depending on the l...

Page 65: ... position mode control is already at the FLD position 2 FLD is displayed on the output voltage display and the output current display shows the Constant Power mode CP 3 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control until NONE is displayed in the output current display 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the setting once the desiredvalue has been set The SCPI command s for these instructions a...

Page 66: ...gain immediately Fix the reason for the alarm before you clear it Table 3 4 Alarm Order of Precedence Alarm Precedence Output Latch Maskable Display AC Fail 1 Highest Yes No Over Temperature Protection OTP 2 Yes No OtP Over Temperature Protection OTP Slave 1700 Watt only 3 Yes Yes OtP Fan 4 No Yes Fan Slave 1700 Watt only 5 No Yes Interlock 6 No No In Loc Over Voltage Protection OVP 7 Always No Ov...

Page 67: ...ng a Flash Failure Alarm The Flash Failure alarm is the only exception for clearing alarms If a flash failure occurs at boot time it can only be cleared by a soft reset key combination press see Resetting the Power Supply on page 3 42 or by power cycling the unit If a checksum error is detected when recalling a user slot no modification of settings will occur and an error will be pushed to the SCP...

Page 68: ... XG was temporarily blocked causing a Fan alarm then the blockage was cleared and the fans restarted the alarm would clear The output voltage and current displays would be in normal mode but the ALARM LED would be illuminated See Front Panel ALARM LED on page 3 22 for information on other events that affect the ALARM LED Alarms status is tracked in the SCPI status registers For more details on how...

Page 69: ...t in the alarm being masked disabled For Example If you wanted to enable the OTP Foldback and UVP alarms you would take the foldback value of 256 and the UVP value of 1024 to get a mask of 1280 This is the value you would send with the SCPI command Control of the alarm mask is only available using the SCPI command The SCPI command s for these instructions are SYSTem channel PROTection MASK The mas...

Page 70: ...ble 3 6 and sum them together The result is the alarm last mask which you should send with the SCPI command For Example If you wanted to enable latching for OTP and Foldback you would take the OTP value of 2 and add it to the foldback value of 256 to get a mask of 258 This is the value you would send with the SCPI command The output latches are accessible through the SCPI command The SCPI command ...

Page 71: ...C or CV mode the foldback delay timer will start on a transition into the selected mode If the mode selected is none foldback is not enabled 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control when the desired mode has been selected The FLD LED will illuminate and will be displayed in the output voltage display 4 Adjust the desired delay time using the rotary Adjust Enter control The range can be set from 0 5...

Page 72: ...ck MODE OUTPut channel PROTection FOLDback LATCh Important If you set foldback while the output is enabled and the trigger you select is the same as the current operating mode the foldback timer will begin counting immediately after the delay time has been set Resetting Activated Foldback Protection To reset activated and latched foldback protection press and hold the rotary Adjust Enter control f...

Page 73: ...e OVP while setting up the firmware will prevent the OVP set point from being less than 105 of the voltage set point when in local set point control mode When the XG is in VAP mode for defining voltage set point the set point limitation will be based on the VAP input signal level The user should note it is possible to trip OVP in this mode if the OVP is configured when the analog programming sourc...

Page 74: ...n PrO OVP is displayed 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control 5 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to set the upper limit protection See Coarse and Fine Adjustment Modes on page 3 3 Important The OVP range is variable from VSET 5 to VMAX 25 6 Once the desired value has been set press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the setting The SCPI command s for these instructions are SOURce chann...

Page 75: ...ote Operation Programming on page C 8 on the row called Up prog Response Time 0 Vmax Since the rise time is based on a purely resistive load the user should be aware that UVP triggering might be possible in capacitive or rectifier loads due to the rise time being longer In these cases it is recommended that the user mask the UVP alarm until the rise time has elapsed and then unmask the alarm to al...

Page 76: ...the output current exceeds the OCP set point Because the OCP alarm is a firmware based alarm it has a latency before detection of the condition can occur The user should be aware of this latency and take this into consideration when relying on OCP to protect a sensitive load The maximum period for detecting an OCP condition is 300 ms OCP is fixed at 110 of rated current ...

Page 77: ...n alarm that will auto recover when the temperature falls back into normal bounds Defining the OTP Mode To define the OTP lock 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the PRT position PrO OUP is displayed 2 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control until is displayed 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to display 4 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to change to On or Off 5 Press the rotary Adjust ...

Page 78: ...le with the use of dry contacts where a short is logic low and an open is logic high The input lines of the shutdown circuit are fully optically isolated See page C 8 for specifications Once the External Shutdown has been triggered the display will blink the Controlling the External Shutdown Function The external shutdown circuit accepts a voltage or dry contact control high or low logic level to ...

Page 79: ...sed The SCPI command s for these instructions are OUTPut channel POLarity Loop Protection version 2 21 and higher The Loop Protection feature can be used to enable or disable multiple units in daisy chain configuration through the AUX Output and Isolated Analog Programming Connector J3 Up to four units example Units 1 through 4 can be configured in Loop Protection if one of the units is experienci...

Page 80: ...t loop protection is illustrated as follows To enable or disable Loop Protection 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the PRT position PRO OVP is displayed 2 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control until LOOP PRO is displayed 3 Press the rotary Adjust control to display LOOP ON or OFF 4 Press the rotary Adjust control to change the setting to ON or OFF 5 Press the rotary Adjust control to accept the...

Page 81: ...rgency shutoff switch or a door switch Connect the switch between pins J3 14 and J3 15 on the AUX Output and Isolated Analog Programming Connector Defining the Interlock Mode The Interlock mode is controlled via SCPI commands There is no front panel access for enabling or disabling the Interlock functionality See Interlock Enable Disable on page 5 69 The SCPI command for setting the Interlock mode...

Page 82: ...l PON ENAble VOLTage ON OFF Programming Current Output Preset To Enable Disable automatic reset to 0 Amps 1 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to PRT and press 2 Turn again until is displayed 3 Press to display 4 Turn to display or 5 Press to commit the selected setting Important This single front panel operation affects both power on and output enable However when using SCPI there is a separate...

Page 83: ...C fail Current Loop Protection Over Voltage Protection OVP Under Voltage Protection UVP Over Current Protection OCP Over Temperature Protection OTP Foldback Protection Interlock Output Off Shutdown activated rear panel shutdown Internal hardware malfunction Fan failure Hardware Malfunction Alarms The power supply will turn off the output An error message will be displayed in the event that OVP tri...

Page 84: ...nt Voltage Output Protection Current Output Protection Over Voltage Protection OVP Under Voltage Protection UVP Over Temperature Protection OTP Autostart OUTPUT ENABLE Main Autostart OUTPUT ENABLE Aux Foldback Mode Foldback Delay Shutdown Logic Voltage Analog Programming VAP Mode Voltage Analog Programming VAP Level Current Analog Programming CAP Mode Current Analog Programming CAP Level Remote Pr...

Page 85: ...values that are stored in each user setting memory location Table 3 8 User Accessible Saved Recalled Settings Voltage Setpoint Voltage Setpoint Current Setpoint Voltage Output Protection Current Output Protection Over Voltage Protection OVP Over Temperature Protection OTP Autostart OUTPUT ENABLE Main Autostart OUTPUT ENABLE Aux Foldback Mode Foldback Delay Shutdown Logic Voltage Analog Programming...

Page 86: ...etting Memory Locations This feature recalls settings that were previously saved To load user setting memory locations 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the RCL position is displayed on the output voltage display with a number indicating a preset position on the output current display 2 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to select a preset position from 1 to 3 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter...

Page 87: ...output current display 2 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control until the display shows 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control 4 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control until the display shows 5 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control Local lockout has been enabled The SCPI command s for these instructions are SYSTem REMote STATe Disabling Local Lockout To disable local lockout 1 Turn the 9 position mod...

Page 88: ...If the flash fail alarm triggers it is also possible to reset the power supply The front panel should display 3 Once a reset has been triggered the output voltage display shows for 1 second The model number will be displayed for 1 second and then return to normal mode After executing a reset the power supply s settings are restored to the default settings but retain the calibration data Table 3 9 ...

Page 89: ... latches enabled Alarms Mask 2047 0 x 7FF all enabled Interlock Disabled Voltage Analog Programming Off Voltage APG Scale 10 V Current Analog Programming Off Current APG Scale 10 V Voltage Output Protection Off except M10 Option always On Current Output Protection Off except M10 Option always On ...

Page 90: ... power supply CAUTION Equipment damage Do not connect power supplies from different manufacturers in parallel or in series CAUTION Equipment damage The remote programming inputs are internally referenced to the power supply s negative output Do not connect remote programming ground lines to the power supply s positive output You can operate power supplies of the same model with the outputs in seri...

Page 91: ...Local Operation M370430 01 Rev F 3 45 3 Figure 3 4 Split Supply Operation Power Supply Power Supply Common Load ...

Page 92: ... output voltage and current across the output Connect the cathode to the positive output and the anode to return Where positive load transients such as back EMF from a motor may occur a second diode in series with the output is recommended to protect the power supply BLOCKING and FREE WHEELING DIODES The Peak Reverse Voltage ratings should be a minimum of 2 3 times the power supply maximum output ...

Page 93: ...Local Operation M370430 01 Rev F 3 47 3 Figure 3 5 Series Operation ...

Page 94: ...line should connect to the positive terminal of the load or distribution point Its return sense line should connect to the connection between the two units at the same spot as the negative supply s positive sense line The return sense line of the negative supply should be connected to the return of the load See Figure 3 6 CAUTION Equipment damage Do not connect sense lines through relays Figure 3 ...

Page 95: ...dback using any of the monitoring methods front panel display user monitor lines or SCPI measure commands of each unit master or slave will provide individual unit status not system status Important If current sharing is not being used the unit must be configured as a controller Failure to do so will result in unpredictable operation Setting up the Controller Unit Set the output voltage of the mas...

Page 96: ...he output voltage display 2 Turn the Adjust Enter conrol to select and press the Adjust Enter control is displayed on the output voltage display 3 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to select in the output current display 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the setting The SCPI command s for these instructions are SOURce channel COMBine CSHare MODE Important The slave unit discusse...

Page 97: ...e unit s output to zero volts Connecting to the Load in Local Sensing Mode Parallel Control Method Connect the power supplies in parallel to obtain a single output supply with a higher output current set point Set all of the outputs to the same voltage before connecting the positive and negative terminals in parallel The total current available is the sum of the maximum currents of each power supp...

Page 98: ...30 01 Rev F Connecting to the Load in Remote Sensing Mode Parallel Control Method Figure 3 8 Load Connections in Remote Sensing Mode Parallel Control Method MASTER PSU To other slaves SLAVE PSU Shielded Twisted Pair Out Out LOAD ...

Page 99: ...Local Operation M370430 01 Rev F 3 53 3 ...

Page 100: ...Local Operation 3 54 M370430 01 Rev F ...

Page 101: ...amming APG and Isolated Analog Programming ISOL Chapter 4 Analog Programming APG and Isolated Analog Programming ISOL provides information and procedures for analog and isolated analog programming of the power supply ...

Page 102: ... range For example if you set the programming scale to 10 V voltage source and apply 5 V to the programming pins the power supply will be programmed to 50 of the output capability for your power supply While analog programming mode is configured you will not be able to make adjustments to the set points from the front panel or through the remote interfaces The front panel will display AnPr in the ...

Page 103: ...e 4 1 Monitor Lines Related APG Mode Reference Line Name Connector Non Isolated Voltage Analog Programming VOL_MON J1 13 Isolated Voltage Analog Programming IS_MON_VOL J3 5 Non Isolated Current Analog Programming CUR_MON J1 14 Isolated Current Analog Programming IS_MON_CUR J3 10 Important Analog control monitor lines will reflect the output of the power supply even when the unit is not set to oper...

Page 104: ... also has the ability to Autostart at power up See Output Auto Start Mode Auto Restart on page 3 17 and Auxiliary Auto Start Mode on page 3 18 for details on controlling this feature Table 4 2 provides a summary of the options available for programming output voltage and current set point using an analog source Table 4 2 Remote Programming Options Control of Programming Scale 1 For more info Outpu...

Page 105: ...s and Functions J1 Pin Reference Function J1 1 SNS Positive Sense J1 2 LS Positive Local Sense J1 3 NC J1 4 NC J1 5 LS Negative Local Sense J1 6 SNS Negative Sense J1 7 COM Analog Common Same as power supply negative sense SNS J1 8 COM Analog Common Same as power supply negative sense SNS J1 9 VOL_PR Analog Voltage Programming Input J1 10 CUR_PR Analog Current Programming Input J1 11 VOL_RES_PR Vo...

Page 106: ...is output and when in CC mode logic low is output Logic is TTL CMOS compatible J1 16 CSH Current Share Used to hook up units for current sharing Output from master unit Slave units should be left open J1 17 REF_I Current Reference Input Slave input from current share output on the master unit J1 18 NC 1 Important Non isolated monitor lines are only valid in local control digital remote and non iso...

Page 107: ...e Program monitor signal and return are internally connected to the power supply negative output S Do not attempt to bias these away from that potential To connect the output wires to the APG and DC output connector 1 Insert a 3 32 inch slot head screwdriver into the orange colored box of the connector until the end of the spring is reached See Figure 4 2 2 Hold the connector open and insert the a...

Page 108: ...e maximum output voltage of the power supply For example select TEW 105 C 600 V wiring for use with a 600 V 1 4 Amp or 2 8 Amp power supply For most connectors and jumpers use any suitable wire such as 20 to 26 AWG stranded wire For lowest noise performance use shielded twisted pair wiring of 20 to 26 AWG of the shortest length possible Ground the shield to pin J1 7 analog common on the Analog Pro...

Page 109: ... on page 1 9 CAUTION Equipment damage The program monitor signal and return are internally connected to the power supply s negative output Do not attempt to bias these away from that potential See Making Control Connections on page 4 7 Analog Programming With External Voltage Source The pin numbers are described in Table 4 3 on page 4 5 Figure 4 4 Programming Output Voltage using an External Volta...

Page 110: ... connector 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating APG Voltage Mode To deactivate the APG voltage mode 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the VAP position or press t...

Page 111: ...is complete Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current APG mode 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to select the APG mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display APG level 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the APG mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the A...

Page 112: ...just Enter control to commit the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Select the input source level using the rotary Adjust Enter control 5 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating APG Current Mode To deactivate the APG current mode 1 Turn the 9 position mode ...

Page 113: ...is complete Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current APG mode 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to select the APG mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display APG level 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the APG mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the A...

Page 114: ...4 14 M370430 01 Rev F Analog Programming With External Resistor The pin numbers are described in Table 4 3 on page 4 5 Figure 4 6 Programming Output Voltage using an External Resistor APG Connector Figure 4 7 Programming Output Current using an External Resistor ...

Page 115: ... to commit the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Select the input source level using the rotary Adjust Enter control 5 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating APG Voltage Mode To deactivate the APG voltage mode 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the VAP...

Page 116: ...s complete Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current APG mode 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to select the APG mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display APG level 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the APG mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the AP...

Page 117: ...ss the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating APG Current Mode To deactivate the APG current mode 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the CAP position or press the rotary Adjust...

Page 118: ...s complete Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current APG mode 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to select the APG mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display APG level 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the APG mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the AP...

Page 119: ...d Analog Programming ISOL M370430 01 Rev F 4 19 4 Voltage and Current Readback The pin numbers are described in Table 4 3 on page 4 5 Figure 4 8 Voltage Readback Using APG Connector J1 Figure 4 9 Current Readback Using APG Connector J1 ...

Page 120: ...or are electrically isolated from the output of the power supply The AUX Output and ISOL Connector provides access to the following functions Function XG1500 and 1700 XG850 Auxiliary 5 V and 15 V outputs standard standard OUTPUT ENABLE Aux standard standard Power On Status output optional standard SD Shutdown input standard standard Interlock standard standard ISOL programming and monitoring optio...

Page 121: ... to the value of the Voltage Analog Programming Level J3 11 AUX 22 15 V Isolated Output J3 12 SD Shutdown Input to power supply to disable output This input has user selectable negative logic operation via front panel or remote digital input output J3 13 PS_GOOD PS_GOOD Power supply output enabled J3 14 INTER_LOCK 1 Interlock Dry contact type Shorting pins J3 14 and J3 15 while the interlock funct...

Page 122: ...d jumpers use any suitable wire such as 22 AWG stranded wire For lowest noise performance use shielded twisted pair wiring of 22 AWG Use the shortest leads possible 5 V and 15 V Auxiliary Output reference to pin 2 and 6 isolated common on the ISOL Connector ISOL Programming With External Voltage Source The pin numbers are described in Table 4 4 on page 4 21 ISOL Connector Figure 4 11 Programming O...

Page 123: ...ary Adjust Enter control to commit the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Select the input source level using the rotary Adjust Enter control 5 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating ISOL Voltage Mode To deactivate the ISOL voltage mode 1 Turn the 9 positi...

Page 124: ...te Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current ISOL mode 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to select the ISOL mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display ISOL level 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the ISOL mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the ISOL v...

Page 125: ...the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Select the input source level using the rotary adjust Enter control 5 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating ISOL Current Mode To deactivate the ISOL current mode 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the VAP position...

Page 126: ...ete Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current ISOL mode 3 Press the rotary adjust Enter control to select the ISOL mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display ISOL level 4 Press the rotary adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the ISOL mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the ISOL ...

Page 127: ...7 4 Analog Programming With External Resistor The pin numbers are described in Table 4 4 on page 4 21 ISOL Connector Figure 4 13 Programming Output Voltage using an Isolated External Resistor ISOL Connector Figure 4 14 Programming Output Current using an Isolated External Resistor ...

Page 128: ...ary adjust Enter control to commit the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Select the input source level using the rotary adjust Enter control 5 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating ISOL Voltage Mode To deactivate the ISOL voltage mode 1 Turn the 9 positi...

Page 129: ...lete Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current ISOL mode 3 Press the rotary adjust Enter control to select the ISOL mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display ISOL level 4 Press the rotary adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the ISOL mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the ISOL...

Page 130: ...it the selected mode is displayed on the output voltage display 4 Select the input source level using the rotary Adjust Enter control 5 Once the desired level has been selected press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the change The display will return to the normal display Deactivating ISOL Current Mode To deactivate the ISOL current mode 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to the CAP posit...

Page 131: ...lete Otherwise do not rotate the rotary Adjust Enter control to keep the current ISOL mode 3 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to select the ISOL mode The output voltage display should read and the output current display will display ISOL level 4 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to return to normal mode 5 If the ISOL mode was modified in step 2 execute the procedure to deactivate the ISOL...

Page 132: ...in Table 4 4 on page 4 21 ISOL Connector Figure 4 15 Isolated Voltage Monitoring ISOL Connector Figure 4 16 Isolated Current Monitoring Query Remote Control Source State Quick Tip Remote operation uses these SCPI commands See page 5 1 The SCPI command for these instructions are SYSTem channel REMote SOURce VOLTage SYSTem channel REMote SOURce CURRent ...

Page 133: ...5 Remote Operation Chapter 5 Remote Operation describes the remote operation of the XG power supply via the communication ports ...

Page 134: ...SB and GPIB See SETTING UP LAN ETHERNET in Section 6 Communications Options Command Line Interface and SCPI explains how to send commands to the power supply using the SCPI commands and the theory behind SCPI Hardware and Connection Setup This section provides information on setting up the hardware and is organized into setup for each hardware type Once the setup has been successfully completed da...

Page 135: ...2 Input RS 232 J4 2 TX 232 Output RS 232 J4 3 RXD Input RS 485 receiving J4 4 RXD Input RS 485 receiving J4 5 TXD Output RS 485 transmitting J4 6 TXD Output RS 485 transmitting J4 7 GND Ground J4 8 NC J6 9 NC J6 10 NC J6 11 RXD Input RS 485 receiving J6 12 RXD Input RS 485 receiving J6 13 TXD Output RS 485 transmitting J6 14 TXD Output RS 485 transmitting J6 15 GND Ground J6 16 NC 1 All references...

Page 136: ...the power supply The cable length should be 9 84 feet 3 m orless Table 5 2 DB 9 Pinouts Pin Name Description 1 NC No connection 2 RX Receive data Twisted pair 3 TX Transmit data 4 NC No connection 5 GND Ground 6 7 8 9 NC No connection Table 5 3 RJ 45 Pinouts Pin Name Description 1 RX Receive data Twisted pair 2 TX Transmit data 3 4 5 6 NC No connection 7 GND Ground 8 NC No connection ...

Page 137: ...h DB 25 pinout male on the PC side and RJ 45 shielded connector on the power supply The cable length should be 9 84 feet 3 m or less Figure 5 3 DB 25 Pinout Table 5 4 DB 25 Pinouts Pin Name Description 1 NC No connection 2 TX Receive data Twisted pair 3 RX Transmit data 4 5 6 NC No connection 7 GND Ground 8 9 NC No connection DB 9 Pinout DB 9 connector on PC RJ 45 plug GND ...

Page 138: ...leting the Setup To complete the setup Configure the XG to use the 232 remote interface and set up the terminal that will be used on the connected PC See the sections entitled Selecting the Appropriate Communication Port on page 5 24 and Terminal Configuration on page 5 21 for more details GND RX TX ...

Page 139: ...anual of your communication card before wiring the cable Table 5 5 DB 9 Pinouts Pin Name Description 1 GND Ground 2 3 NC No connection 4 RXD Receive data Twisted pair 5 RXD Transmit data 6 7 NC No connection 8 TXD Transmit data Twisted pair 9 TXD Transmit data Table 5 6 RJ 45 Plug Pinouts Pin Name Description 1 2 NC No connection 3 TXD Transmit data Twisted pair 4 TXD Transmit data 5 RXD Receive d...

Page 140: ...Table 5 7 Table 5 7 RJ 45 Plug on Slave Unit Pin Name Description 1 2 NC No connection 3 RXD Receive data Twisted pair 4 RXD Receive data 5 TXD Transmit data Twisted pair 6 TXD Transmit data 7 GND Ground 8 NC No connection Master unit J6 Slave unit J4 Figure 5 6 RS 485 Communication Cable from Master to Slave Unit Completing the Setup To complete the setup Configure the XG to use the 485 remote in...

Page 141: ...to Serial Converter and Serial Port To set up the USB connection you ll need to download the latest driver from Future Technology Devices International Ltd or from www programmablepower com To download and install a virtual COM port VCP driver 1 Go to www programmablepower com and navigate to the XG product web page 2 Click the download link to download the driver 3 Download the appropriate virtua...

Page 142: ...ev F Figure 5 7 Found New Hardware Wizard 7 Click Next 8 On the Install Hardware Device Driver screen select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next See Figure 5 8 Figure 5 8 Install Hardware Device Drivers ...

Page 143: ... New Hardware Wizard This completes the first part of the installation during which the USB to serial converter is installed The second part involves the installation of a serial port which should follow automatically once the converter installation is complete Installation of the serial port does not require any user intervention Verifying Installation Once the installation of the serial port has...

Page 144: ...n the View menu select Devices by Type 3 To change the virtual COM port properties select the USB Serial Port and then Click Properties This allows you to change serial port properties such as data rate bps and data bits You are also able to change the COM port which is assigned to your device 4 Click the Port Settings tab then click Advanced Figure 5 10 Device Manager ...

Page 145: ... In the COM port list scroll to the required COM port Figure 5 12 Completing the new hardware wizard 6 Click OK Ensure that you do not select a COM port which is already in use This selection is particularly useful for programs such as HyperTerminal which only work with COM1 through to COM4 ...

Page 146: ...tup To complete the setup Configure the XG to use the USB remote interface and set up the terminal that will be used on the connected PC See Selecting the Appropriate Communication Port on page 5 24 and Terminal Configuration on page 5 21 for more details ...

Page 147: ...of Identify Control 6 DAV Data Valid Handshake 7 NRFD Not Ready for Data Handshake 8 NDAC No Data Accepted Handshake 9 IFC Interface Clear Control 10 SRQ Service Request Control 11 ATN Attention Control 12 Shield Chassis 13 DIO5 DIO5 Data 14 DIO6 DIO6 Data 15 DIO7 DIO7 Data 16 DIO8 DIO8 Data 17 REN Remote Enable Control 18 DAV Return Chassis 19 NRFD Return Chassis 20 NDAC Return Chassis 21 IFC Ret...

Page 148: ...ct the desired address between 1 to 30 For the purpose of this example 10 will be selected 5 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control to commit the new address 6 Click Scan For Instruments on the GPIB Explorer toolbar so that the power supply will be found see Figure 5 13 Important This section uses the National Instruments MAX program to communicate with the power supply This is for demonstration pu...

Page 149: ...Remote Operation M370430 01 Rev F 5 17 5 Figure 5 13 Scanning for Instruments 7 In the right window click on Instrument 0 and review the device properties See Figure 5 14 ...

Page 150: ...f the NI 488 2 Communicator window type IDN and click the Query button Important If you press Enter while typing the string to be sent the NI 488 2 Communicator program will exit 10 The String Received window in the lower half of the NI 488 2 Communicator window will show the ID string for the instrument The ID string indicates the model serial number firmware version as well as the GPIB card firm...

Page 151: ...able Cat 5 Multiple Power Supply Connections to RS 485 Bus Up to 30 units may be connected to the RS 485 bus The first unit master unit connects to the controller via any appropriate port and the other units slave units are connected with the RS 485 bus via the J6 connector All units connected together should also have unique multichannel addresses A standard straight through RJ 45 Ethernet networ...

Page 152: ...n with the Master and follow the setup instruction in this chapter Slave Setup 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to PGM is displayed in the output voltage display 2 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to select 485L if the master is using LAN mode otherwise select and press the control to enter the setting 3 Set a unique address See Multichannel Address Setting on page 5 25 ...

Page 153: ...Feed ASCII 10 0x0A character HyperTerminal The HyperTerminal program is a standard windows program and can be found in Start All Programs Accessories Communications Hyper Terminal Setting up a HyperTerminal connection To set up a HyperTerminal connection 1 When HyperTerminal opens it will immediately enter the New Connection wizard If you don t already have a connection saved continue If you do cl...

Page 154: ...See Data Format on page 5 21 for details 7 Set up the Hyper terminal you will need to configure the properties 8 Click File Properties to bring up the connection properties dialog and click on the Settings tab Figure 5 16 USB Settings 9 Fill out the following selections in the connection properties dialog Terminal keys Ctrl H Space Ctrl H On the Emulation list select ANSI 10 Click on the ASCII Set...

Page 155: ...s with line feeds Echo typed characters locally Append line feeds to incoming line ends Wrap lines that exceed terminal width 12 Change the Line delay to 30 milliseconds 13 Click OK in the ASCII Setup window 14 Click OK in the Properties window HyperTerminal has now been configured to communicate with the XG ...

Page 156: ...lock setting was activated will still be available for remote control while the front panel is locked Data Rate Setting Kbps The data rate setting is available for RS 232 and RS 485 protocols only Four optional rates are possible 9 6 default 19 2 38 4 and 57 6 kilo bits per second Kbps To select the desired rate 1 Turn the 9 position mode control to PGM is displayed in the output voltage display 2...

Page 157: ... communication port as described in Selecting the Appropriate Communication Port on page 5 24 If more than one unit has the same multichannel address when connected through the RS 485 connector then collisions are possible resulting in garbled responses to queries 2 Press the rotary Adjust Enter control is displayed on the output voltage display 3 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to select the...

Page 158: ...t responses see Table 5 9 To change the selected device simply issue the adr or SYST channel COMM MCH ADDR command with a different multichannel address The previously selected device will be deselected and the new device will be selected From that point on all messages without a multichannel address will be destined for the newly selected device It is possible to deselect all devices by using the...

Page 159: ...esponses will be sent according to the conditions set out in Table 5 9 Table 5 9 Rules for Multichannel Responses Condition Response Example No multichannel address used Only the device selected using the adr or SYST address COMM MCH ADDR commands will respond SYSTem VERSion Single multichannel address specified The device addressed in the command will respond regardless of if it has been selected...

Page 160: ...s that require identical configurations The SCPI Commands for these instructions are root command ALL addr1 addr2 addr3 command parameter For example sour1 2 3 7 volt 4 5 syst4 5 6 oper enab 255 sourALL volt 5 output0 stat on Note ALL and 0 do not work for querry commands ie SOURALL VOLT MEAS VOLT SOUR CURR MEAS CURR ...

Page 161: ...equirements for a SCPI compliant device Throughout this chapter figures are used to explain the relationship between the registers enable disabling register and their summary bits The figures use four logical symbols to demonstrate the relationship between the register The block represents logical not or complement of the input signal The block represents the logical AND operator The block represe...

Page 162: ...ng SETTing RANGing SWEeping MEASuring Waiting for TRIGger Summary Waiting for ARM Summary CORRecting Available to designer Available to designer Available to designer Available to designer Available to designer INSTrument Summary PROGram Running Not Used Operation Complete Request Control Query Error Device Dependent Error Execution Error Command Error User Request Power On Available to designer A...

Page 163: ...mary bits Figure 5 19 shows the details on the relationship between the mask enable registers and the summary bits Sections describing the bits for both registers will follow Figure 5 19 Figure 5 19 IEEE 488 2 Register Model Error Event Queue Status Flag QUEStionable SCPI Register Summary Bit OPERational SCPI Register Summary Bit Standard Event Status Register SESR SESR Summary Bit SERS Enable Reg...

Page 164: ...us Register QSR Set if any bits are set in the Questionable Status Event register 4 16 Message Available MAV Indicates whether the output queue is empty MAV is TRUE if the device is ready to accept a request from the controller 5 32 Standard Event Status Bit Summary ESB A summary of the Standard Event Status Register 6 64 Request Service RQS Master Status Summary MSS Not Implemented MSS indicates ...

Page 165: ...aused by one of the following Status Byte bit 0 AND Service Request Enable Register bit 0 Status Byte bit 1 AND Service Request Enable Register bit 1 Status Byte bit 2 AND Service Request Enable Register bit 2 Status Byte bit 3 AND Service Request Enable Register bit 3 Status Byte bit 4 AND Service Request Enable Register bit 4 Status Byte bit 5 AND Service Request Enable Register bit 5 Status Byt...

Page 166: ...f the Service Request Enable Register This will cause the Summary bit of the Questionable Status register bit 3 in the Status Byte to generate a service request message whenever it gets set See Status Byte on page 5 32 for details Command SRE Service Request Enable SRE The SCPI equivalent for multichannel use STATus channel SREQuest ENABle status enable STATus channel SREQuest ENABle Query the Sta...

Page 167: ...l sum of all values for the events that you to be reported and send this parameter in decimal format See Table 5 11 for values for the events to be enabled in status enable parameter For example sending ESE 16 sets bit 4 of the Standard Event Status Enable Register This will cause the Event Summary bit ESB in the Status Byte to be set whenever the Execution Error bit bit 4 in the Standard Event St...

Page 168: ...pabilities Suggests that a valid program message could not be properly executed due to some power supply condition See Execution Error List on page B 4 for a list of possible error codes and descriptions 5 32 Command Error CME Set if an IEEE488 2 syntax error has been detected by the parser an unrecognized header was received or a group Execute Trigger was entered into the input buffer inside an I...

Page 169: ... complete message in the Standard Event Status Register when all pending operations have been finished See bit 0 in Table 5 11 for more details Command OPC OPC Wait to Continue Command The Wait to Continue command prevents the power supply from executing any further commands or queries until the no operation pending flag is TRUE Command WAI ...

Page 170: ... registers this structure will be condensed down into a single block to simplify the figures The simplified block will show a 16 bit register and the summary bit See Figure 5 21 for details on the structure used for each standard SCPI register Figure 5 21 SCPI Register Model Positive Transition Mask Condition Register Condition Source Event Register Enable Register Summary Bit Negative Transition ...

Page 171: ...ation Status Register Fanout STATus OPERation SHUTdown PROTection STATus OPERation SHUTdown STATus OPE Ration STATus OPE Ration CSH are Over VOLTage Under VOLTage Over CURRent Not Used AC Off Over TEM Perature Not Used Foldback Fan Failure Not Used Not U sed Not U sed Not U sed Not Used Not Used Not Used MASTer SLAve Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used ...

Page 172: ... the SHUTdown Sub Register 10 1024 Local Lockout Front panel lockout 11 2048 Current Share Summary Reflects the summary of the CSHare Sub Register 12 4096 Constant Voltage Mode Reflects the output mode of the supply 13 8192 Constant Current Mode Reflects the output mode of the supply 14 16384 Program Running Indicates if an Autosequence program is currently running The operation shutdown status re...

Page 173: ...r supply is shut down by External Shutdown signal Table 5 14 OPERation SHUTdown PROTection Status Register Bit Bit Weight Bit Name Description 0 1 OVP Over Voltage protection has tripped 1 2 UVP Under Voltage protection has tripped 2 4 OCP Over Current protection has tripped 3 8 Not Used Not Used 4 16 AC Off AC failure protection has tripped 5 32 OTP Over Temperature protection has tripped 6 64 No...

Page 174: ...ant If current sharing is not being used the unit must be configured as a controller Failure to do so will result in unpredictable operation The SCPI command s for these instructions are SOURce COMBine CSHare MODE Table 5 15 OPERation CSHare Status Register Bit Bit Weight Bit Name Description 0 1 CONTroller The power supply is configured to be a Current Share CONTroller 1 2 SLAVe The power supply ...

Page 175: ...us channel OPERation CONDition Enable Operation Status Register SCPI command STATus channel OPERation ENABle status enable Query Format STATus channel OPERation ENABle Set Operation Status Positive Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel OPERation PTRansition status enable Query Format STATus channel OPERation PTRansition Set Operation Status Negative Transition Filter SCPI command STATus ch...

Page 176: ...ister SCPI command STATus channel OPERation CSHare ENABle statusenable Query format STATus channel OPERation CSHare ENABle Set Current Share Positive Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel OPERation CSHare PTRansition status enable Query format STATus channel OPERation CSHare PTRansition Set Current Share Negative Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel OPERation CSHare NTRansition st...

Page 177: ...I command STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown ENABle status enable Query format STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown ENABle Set Shutdown Positive Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown PTRansition status enable Query format STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown PTRansition Set Shutdown Negative Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown NTRansition status ena...

Page 178: ...el OPERation SHUTdown PROTection ENABle status enable Query format STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown PROTection ENAB le Set Protection Positive Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown PROTection PTRa nsition stats enable Query format STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown PROTection PTRa nsition Set Protection Negative Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel OPERation SHU...

Page 179: ...t the output of the supply is of undesirable or questionable quality The Questionable Status data structure consists of a questionable status register and two sub registers representing the status of the voltage outputs and temperature Figure 5 23 gives an overview of the Questionable Status data structure The represents the logical summation of bits in a register Table 5 16 Table 5 17 and Table 5...

Page 180: ... Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used STATus QUEStionable STATus QUEStionable TEMPerature Over Temperature Protection OTP Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used VOLTage Not Used Not Used Not Used TEMPerature Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used Not Used No...

Page 181: ...ot Implemented 3 8 POWer Not Implemented 4 16 TEMPerature Summary of Temperature Register 5 32 FREQuency Not Implemented 6 64 PHASe Not Implemented 7 128 MODulation Not Implemented 8 256 CALibration Not Implemented 9 512 Not Used Not Used 10 1024 Not Used Not Used 11 2048 Not Used Not Used 12 4096 Not Used Not Used 13 8192 Not Used Not Used 14 16384 Not Used Not Used 15 32768 Not Used Not Used ...

Page 182: ...erature Measurements Internal temperatures are measured by the channels of a fan controller The XG 850 has one fan controller Fan0 with two channels 0 and 1 that each control a fan and measure temperature The XG 1700 has two fan controllers Fan0 with two channels 0 and 1 and Fan1 with two channels 0 and 1 four fans total The SCPI command s for these readings are DIAGnostic MEMory FAN n READ h0 n E...

Page 183: ...tionable Status Register SCPI command STATus channel QUEStionable ENABle status enable Query Format STATus channel QUEStionable ENABle Set Questionable Status Positive Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel QUEStionable PTRansition status enable Query Format STATus channel QUEStionable PTRansition Set Questionable Status Negative Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel QUEStionable NT...

Page 184: ...er SCPI command STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage ENABle status enable Query Format STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage ENABle Set Voltage Status Positive Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage PTRansition status enable Query Format STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage PTRansition Set Voltage Status Negative Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel QUEStionable VO...

Page 185: ...Tus channel QUEStionable VOLTage TEMPerature ENABle status enable Query Format STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage TEMPerature ENABle Set Temperature Status Positive Transition Filter SCPI command STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage TEMPerature PTRansition status enable Query Format STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage TEMPerature PTRansition Set Temperature Status Negative Transition Filter SCPI c...

Page 186: ... event_description followed by optional Device dependent info text Each Error event_number has a unique and fixed Error event_description associated with it The maximum string length of Error event_description plus Device dependent_info is 255 characters As errors and events are detected they are placed in a queue This queue is first in first out If the queue overflows the last error event in the ...

Page 187: ...l be the numeric error code only no additional description will be given The error queried will be removed from the queue Command SYSTem ERRor CODE EVENt Example SYST ERR CODE SYST ERR CODE EVENT Responses might be 102 0 Querying For the Number of Errors in the Queue To query the device for the number of errors currently stored in the error queue you should use the following command Command SYSTem...

Page 188: ...ge 3 42 2 Force the device into the OCIS state see IEEE 488 2 standard section 12 5 2 3 Force the device into the OQIS state see IEEE 488 2 standard section 12 5 3 The reset command explicitly shall NOT affect the following 1 The state of the IEEE 488 1 interface 2 The selected IEEE 488 1 address of the device 3 The Output Queue 4 The Standard Status Register Enable setting 5 The Standard Event St...

Page 189: ...eration M370430 01 Rev F 5 57 5 Clear All Status Registers Clear Status Command Clears all Event Registers including the Status Byte the Standard Event Status and the Error Queue Command CLS STATus channel CLEar ...

Page 190: ...ll 1s and the transition filter register to report only positive transitions For the SCPI mandatory status data structures the PRESet command sets the transition filter registers to recognize only positive transitions and sets the enable register to 0s The following will not be affected by this command Service Request Enable Register Parallel Poll Enable Register the memory register associated wit...

Page 191: ...s implemented No single line will be longer than 80 characters long The full path for every command and query shall be returned separated by line feeds A SCPI header is defined as It shall contain all the nodes from the root The SCPI program mnemonic contains the node in standard SCPI format The short form shall use uppercase characters while the additional characters for the long form shall be in...

Page 192: ...TPut AUXilliary PON STATe MEASure SCALar VOLTage DC qonly MEASure SCALar CURRent DC qonly MEASure SCALar APRogram VOLTage DC qonly MEASure SCALar APRogram VOLTage ISOLated DC qonly MEASure SCALar APRogram CURRent DC qonly MEASure SCALar APRogram CURRent ISOLated DC qonly INITiate IMMediate nquery CALibration RESTore nquery CALibration VOLTage PROTection OVER DATA nquer y CALibration OUTPut VOLTage...

Page 193: ...by page basis No single line will be longer than 80 characters and each page will be 23 lines long The full path for every command and query shall be returned separated by line feeds After a full page of headers has been displayed you will be prompted to press any key to continue or the ESC key to stop any further listing of the command headers Command SYSTem channel HELP LEGacy For example SYST2 ...

Page 194: ...e only SYST REM STAT LOC Front panel is unlocked SYST REM STAT Query for status Auto Sequence Programming Auto Sequence programming lets you execute a program stored in the power supply s memory The program that can be stored in memory can be composed of any of the SCPI commands described in this Manual For example Auto Sequence programming allows you to set the timer to turn the power output of t...

Page 195: ... Program Loading a program into memory is done by using the PROGram channel RECord STARt command After the start command has been issued the XG will record all subsequent commands into the auto sequence program buffer The commands will be recorded into the buffer until the PROGram channel RECord STOP command is issued Commands PROGram channel RECord STARt PROGram channel RECord STOP Important If t...

Page 196: ...pen the file which you captured the Auto Sequence program to 7 Remove the first line which should read PROG channel READ and the first blank line This makes the first line of the program the first line of the file 8 Save the file and exit the text editor The Auto Sequence program has now been stored and can be sent to any unit See Reloading an Auto Sequence Program on page 5 65 for details Readbac...

Page 197: ...R 0 25 IDN PROG STOP Reloading an Auto Sequence Program The following procedure will demonstrate how to store a command beyond a power cycle of the unit Important This functionality is only available through USB RS 232 and RS 485 It is not possible to reload an auto sequence program over the GPIB and ENET cards To reload Auto Sequence program from file 1 Set the data rate of the device to be 1200 ...

Page 198: ... it will continue running until completion and then repeat the number of times specified by the repeat command The default at power on is to have repeat set to 1 Commands TRG INITiate channel IMMediate PROGram channel STATe RUN STOP PAUSe Where RUN causes the program to begin execution STOP causes the program to stop execution PAUSe causes the program to stop executing at the current command If a ...

Page 199: ...be changed using the PROGram channel REPeat command If a program is running or pause the PROGram channel REPeat command will not work Commands PROGram channel REPeat count INFinity Where count is the repeated count from 1 to 65 534 INFinity is the character mnemonic for repeating without end For Example PROG STAR IDN IDN PROG STOP PROG REP 2 PROG STAT RUN The output after the last command might be...

Page 200: ...utput is enabled with no load attached open circuit the unit will operate in constant voltage mode and the foldback counter will begin counting If the CC mode was set and the output was enabled with no load connected the unit will operate in CV mode and the foldback counter will not trigger To set the foldback mode send the command Command OUTPut channel PROTection FOLDback CC CV NONE Where NONE i...

Page 201: ...ed The default is to have the flag cleared Loop Protection Enable Disable The Loop Protection is described in Loop Protection on page 3 33 Enabling Loop Protection LOOP PRO on front panel will allow the Loop Protection feature to trigger based on the conditions described in Loop Protection page 3 33 This feature can be controlled by either front panel operation or SCPI command as shown below The d...

Page 202: ...nterlock Function on page 3 35 This feature can only be controlled using a SCPI command as there is no front panel equivalent The default value of the interlock is set to Disabled Important The Interlock alarm cannot be masked or latched through the alarm protection mechanisms It can only be enabled or disabled using the following command Commands SENSe channel PROTection INTerlock STATe ON OFF Wh...

Page 203: ... corresponds to the setting to be operated on Set Analog Programming Level Setting the analog programming level is used to define the range from 0 to the level that will be input into the analog programming lines to control the output The command is equivalent to the procedure described in Analog Programming Mode on page 4 9 Commands SYSTem channel COMMunicate APRogram LEVel VOLTage ISOLated level...

Page 204: ...l REMote SOURce VOLTage LOCal AVOLtage ARESistive SYSTem channel REMote SOURce CURRent LOCal AVOLtage ARESistive Where LOCal indicates the value is controlled by the set point AVOLtage is used to set the output to be controlled by an analog voltage input ARESistive is used to set the output to be controlled by a resistor circuit IAVoltage is used to set the output to be controlled by the isolated ...

Page 205: ...OTection MASK mask Where mask is the bit mask for disabling the alarms See Table 5 20 for details Table 5 20 Alarms Bit Mask Bit Bit Weight Bit Name Description 0 1 AC Fail Not used Always 1 1 2 OTP Not used Always 1 2 4 Fan Slave Fan on the slave board 1500W and 1700W models only 3 8 Fan Stop Fan on the main board 4 16 OTP Slave Over Temperature protection on the slave board 1500W and 1700W model...

Page 206: ... in order for Sleep Mode to engage The output of the power supply and auxiliary outputs must be off standby The Sleep Mode must be enabled on To enable Sleep Mode Set a time delay for the duration of inactivity to elapse before entering Sleep Mode This time sleep hold off delay can be set from the Protection menu under the SLP entry The sleep hold off delay can be set from 1 to 24 hours To disable...

Page 207: ...s Options Chapter 6 Communications Options contains information and procedures for setting up and programming power supply models with the MEB option for LAN Ethernet Interface Appendix E has information regarding MEA ...

Page 208: ... MEB option for operation through a LAN Ethernet connection For the MEA version of LAN interfaces please refer to Appendix E The following diagram will assist users in determining whether their power supply has the MEA or MEB version of LAN interfaces The information presented here will guide you in making the connections necessary to control your power supply remotely ...

Page 209: ...configuration and maintenance of devices on the network It provides information for connecting and configuring the power supply with the MEB option Basics Communication Cable Requirements Use a standard RJ 45 see Figure 6 1 and RJ 45 cross cable see Figure 6 2 Figure 6 1 Computer or HUB Plug Figure 6 2 Power Supply Plug Figure 6 3 RJ 45 Plug ...

Page 210: ...und 8 Gnd Ground 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TX TX RX RX Figure 6 4 Scheme of ENET Cross Cable ENET Connector The XPort ENET connector is located on the rear panel of the power supply See Figure 6 5 At the top left corner is the link LED and at the top right corner of the connector is the activity LED See Table 6 2 for a description of their colors and what each indicates Figure 6 5 XPort ENET...

Page 211: ...tion is installed specified at the time of order The ENET LAN interface which operates with auto detection only supports 100Base T Using LAN allows remote communication with the instrument it is fast simple and the LAN from your PC does not require any additional proprietary software or cards Media Access Control MAC Address Each power source with the LAN option installed has a unique network addr...

Page 212: ...and Gateway address If DHCP is not enabled see the section on SETTING LAN PARAMETERS in this chapter or contact your network administrator Direct to PC Connection Connect the instrument directly to a PC LAN port with a crossover cable similar to an Ethernet cable but wired differently to enable direct connection rather than through a network Next establish an IP address for the instrument You can ...

Page 213: ...To check the PC s IP address run the ipconfig exe program from the command prompt The screen on a private network should look as follows Microsoft R Windows DOS C Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990 2001 C ipconfig Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection Connection specific DNS Suffix IP Address 169 254 0 208 Subnet Mask 255 255 0 0 Default Gateway To determine what IP address to...

Page 214: ... Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 WAN Address 10 11 27 86 Figure 6 7 PC on Same Side of Router as Power Supply The simplest case is when they are both on the same side as in Figure 6 7 In this example the router has assigned addresses to the power supply 192 168 1 101 and to the PC 192 168 1 100 using DHCP To connect to the power supply by a Web browser simply enter the power supply s router assigned add...

Page 215: ...may need to click the refresh button in order to locate the supply But if it is reachable from your PC then it will display the power supply You can double click on the power supply to automatically bring up a Web browser that will open to the power supply s Home page Figure 6 9 shows a screen capture of the LXI Discovery Browser locating a power supply Figure 6 9 AMETEK LXI Discovery Browser ...

Page 216: ...ss 10 11 1 1 Router IP Address 192 168 1 1 Network Power Supply IP Address 192 168 1 101 Gateway Address 192 168 1 1 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 WAN Address 10 11 27 86 Figure 6 10 Power Supply Hidden Behind a Router In order to send messages from the PC to the power supply it is necessary to instruct the router to perform port forwarding This will instruct the router to forward messages it sees on ...

Page 217: ...ave a PC connected on the same side of the router as the power supply then you can usually do this by pointing your Web browser to the address of 192 168 1 1 Most Linksys routers use this address for the router You should get a home page similar to the following Figure 6 11 Router Home Page ...

Page 218: ...be able to find the router s address Now you should be able to connect to the power supply from the original PC the one not behind the router using the router s address Socket Port Number Now that a connection has been verified you can develop your application code If you are using one of the Microsoft environments the Winsock protocol which is part of the Windows operating system can be used Simi...

Page 219: ...wnload AMETEK LXI DISCOVERY BROWSER The AMETEK LXI Discovery Browser is a software tool provided by AMETEK This tool can be used to automatically locate LXI compliant devices on your network This is especially helpful if any of them are using DHCP In this case the IP address of the device is not known at power up since it is being automatically set by the network s DHCP server The AMETEK LXI Disco...

Page 220: ...Communications Options 6 14 M370430 01 Rev F ...

Page 221: ...Communications Options M370430 01 Rev F 6 15 6 5 Click Next and view any last minute release information in the README file ...

Page 222: ...munications Options 6 16 M370430 01 Rev F 6 Click Next which takes you to the Customer Information window 7 Enter your user name and organization as well as your installation preference and then click Next ...

Page 223: ...0 01 Rev F 6 17 6 8 Either accept the automatic Destination Folder by clicking Next or choose another Destination Folder by clicking the Change button and navigating to your preferred installation directory once selected click Next ...

Page 224: ...Communications Options 6 18 M370430 01 Rev F 9 In the Setup Type window choose Typical and click Next ...

Page 225: ...Communications Options M370430 01 Rev F 6 19 6 10 Check that your Settings are correct and then click Install ...

Page 226: ...Communications Options 6 20 M370430 01 Rev F 11 If the installation was successful a window similar to the following will appear ...

Page 227: ...etwork If there are multiple power supplies connected their identifying information will also appear in the LXI Discovery Browser window Select the specified power supply and double click it to launch a Web browser that will open the LXI homepage of the selected power supply Clicking the Refresh button in the lower right corner of the window will cause the AMETEK LXI Discovery Browser to rescan th...

Page 228: ...nding SCPI commands to a device and receiving its responses over the Ethernet Installing the AMETEK EnetTest Utility The utility software can be downloaded from the AMETEK Programmable Power website 1 Go to the folder for LXI Discovery Browser and ENet Test Utility 2 From there go to the EnetTest directory 3 Go to the Disk1 directory 4 In the Disk1 directory select the Setup application A window s...

Page 229: ...Communications Options M370430 01 Rev F 6 23 6 5 Click Next and view any last minute release information in the README file ...

Page 230: ...munications Options 6 24 M370430 01 Rev F 6 Click Next which takes you to the Customer Information window 7 Enter your user name and organization as well as your installation preference and then click Next ...

Page 231: ...0 01 Rev F 6 25 6 8 Either accept the automatic Destination Folder by clicking Next or choose another Destination Folder by clicking the Change button and navigating to your preferred installation directory once selected click Next ...

Page 232: ...Communications Options 6 26 M370430 01 Rev F 9 In the Setup Type window choose Typical and click Next ...

Page 233: ...Communications Options M370430 01 Rev F 6 27 6 10 Check that your Settings are correct and then click Install 11 After a brief installation process the utility should be available ...

Page 234: ... the port has been changed it defaults to 5025 The AMETEK LXI Discovery Browser may be useful in this step to determine the power supply s IP Address For example the following diagram shows the AMETEK LXI Web Browser on the left and the parameters properly filled out on AMETEK Ethernet Test Utility on the right In this case the AMETEK LXI Discovery Browser was used to locate the power supply and d...

Page 235: ...ial or USB port or through the Web interface Setting LAN Parameters via Ethernet Use the GetAssignIPAddress exe Windows utility program that is distributed on the CD ROM with every power source This utility uses the network connection to set parameters on the power source therefore the power source and the PC will have to be connected to the same network through a hub or to each other using a cros...

Page 236: ...Web Interface Follow the instructions in the section on CONNECTING TO A NETWORK in this chapter to reach the Web page interface Click on the Configuration tab This should bring up the following page By default the user name and password are both admin Entering admin in both fields will bring up the IP Address Configuration page see next ...

Page 237: ...Communications Options M370430 01 Rev F 6 31 6 From this page the various LAN parameters can be set The following table provides a list of the LAN parameters and their descriptions ...

Page 238: ... displayed is corrupted or does not match the serial tag there may have been a problem retrieving the LAN port settings This can happen if a static IP was set that conflicts with another device on the network To recover turn on power to the unit while holding down the SET key This will allow the unit to boot without attempting to collect the IP settings You can then set the required IP values See ...

Page 239: ... to 5025 SCPI to support the built in Web page This value can be changed with the port number command SYST COMM LAN PORT number For example to set the tcp port to 5025 the command would be SYST COMM LAN PORT 5025 Any change to this value will NOT take effect until after power on the unit has been cycled LAN Default Lan factory default settings are entered by setting the right knob to the PGM locat...

Page 240: ...s is found it will look like this Microsoft R Windows DOS C Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990 2001 C ping 100 10 1 63 Pinging 100 10 1 63 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 100 10 1 63 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 64 Reply from 100 10 1 63 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 64 Reply from 100 10 1 63 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 64 Reply from 100 10 1 63 bytes 32 time 1ms TTL 64 Ping statistics for 100 10 1 63 Packets Sent 4 Recei...

Page 241: ...ld of the Ethernet Test Utility The Port field should be set to the default of 5025 As you can see the power supply was initially in DHCP mode due to the response of my query SYST COMM LAN ADDR being 0 0 0 0 To set a static IP address use the following command SYST COMM LAN ADDR N where N will be the IP address of your choice Query the command SYST COMM LAN ADDR to verify the static IP address has...

Page 242: ...to follow the directions for Setting Up the PC to Use the USB Connection on page 5 9 Once you ve done that and you have a USB connection from the power supply to a PC verify the port through the Device Manager From the front panel controls verify the communication port is set to USB and the desired address 1 31 ...

Page 243: ...uses the National Instruments MAX program to communicate with the XG This is for demonstration purposes only Any software that is capable of addressing a serial device and sending and receiving text could be used in its place Boot up NI MAX and click the Serial Parallel section You should be able to see the port from which you referenced the Device Manager earlier Verify the settings are the same ...

Page 244: ...Communications Options 6 38 M370430 01 Rev F ...

Page 245: ...onfiguration for Serial Settings and Flow Control Settings should be the same as the above figures In the I O settings check the Enable Termination Character and choose Carriage Return r in the drop down menu for Termination Character Click Apply Changes ...

Page 246: ...hat you are also using the correct termination character which in this case is r Before starting communicating with the power supply you need to first set the address from what you set the unit to via front panel controls using the command ADR N where N is the address In this case the address was set to 1 so the command ADR 1 was sent ...

Page 247: ...Rev F 6 41 6 Send an identification query to the unit using IDN to verify communication Your response should be the identification string of the unit To verify the IP address of the power supply send the command query SYST COMM LAN ADDR ...

Page 248: ...ur response to that query is 0 0 0 0 that means the unit is in DHCP mode and it received that address from a DHCP server that provided it To set a Static IP Address use the command SYST COMM LAN ADDR N where N is the desired IP address you want to set ...

Page 249: ... M370430 01 Rev F 6 43 6 To verify the IP address was set query the command using SYST COMM LAN ADDR and the response to your query should be the IP address you had set Following these steps the static IP address is now set ...

Page 250: ...controls verify the communication port is set to RS232 the baud rate is set to 9 6 and the desired address 1 31 Note the factory default Baud rate is set to 9600Baud Connect the PC to the power supply using a serial commucation cable and verify the port through the Device Manager ...

Page 251: ...uses the National Instruments MAX program to communicate with the XG This is for demonstration purposes only Any software that is capable of addressing a serial device and sending and receiving text could be used in its place Boot up NI MAX and click the Serial Parallel section You should be able to see the port from which you referenced the Device Manager earlier Verify the settings are the same ...

Page 252: ...Communications Options 6 46 M370430 01 Rev F ...

Page 253: ... Configuration for Serial Settings and Flow Control Settings should be the same as above figures In the I O settings check the Enable Termination Character and choose Carriage Return r in the drop down menu for Termination Character Click Apply Changes ...

Page 254: ... that you are also using the correct termination character which in this case is r Before starting communicating with the power supply you need to first set the address from what you set the unit to via front panel controls using the command ADR N where N is the address In this case I set the address to 1 so I send the command ADR 1 ...

Page 255: ...Communications Options M370430 01 Rev F 6 49 6 Send an identification query to the unit using IDN to verify communication Your response should be the identification string of the unit ...

Page 256: ...01 Rev F To verify the IP address of the power supply send the command query SYST COMM LAN ADDR If your response to that query is 0 0 0 0 that means the unit is in DHCP mode and it received that address from a DHCP server that provided it ...

Page 257: ...Communications Options M370430 01 Rev F 6 51 6 To set a Static IP Address use the command SYST COMM LAN ADDR N where N is the desired IP address you want to set ...

Page 258: ...s 6 52 M370430 01 Rev F To verify the IP address was set query the command using SYST COMM LAN ADDR and the response to your query should be the IP address you had set Following these steps the static IP address is now set ...

Page 259: ...twork Connection Setting must be added to the query The default value is 0 0 0 0 Command Syntax SYSTem COMMunicate LAN ADDRess NRF Parameters ddd ddd ddd ddd IP address Example SYST COMM LAN ADDR 255 255 167 2 Query Syntax SYST COMM LAN ADDR SYST COMM LAN ADDR NCON Returned Parameters CRD SYSTem COMMunicate LAN APPLy This command will apply the changes in LAN setting The controller will go to rese...

Page 260: ...SCription This command will set the user description The description is limited to 24 characters Command Syntax SYSTem COMMunicate LAN DESCription SRD Parameters SRD Example SYST COMM LAN DESC EVAL UNIT Query Syntax SYST COMM LAN DESC Returned Parameters SRD SYSTem COMMunicate LAN GWADdress This command will set the LAN Gateway address The query format returns the Gateway address set To query the ...

Page 261: ...Sword SRD Parameters SRD Example SYST COMM LAN PASS admin Query Syntax SYST COMM LAN PASS Returned Parameters SRD SYSTem COMMunicate LAN PORT This command will set the socket port number The query format returns the port number set The default value is 5025 Command Syntax SYSTem COMMunicate LAN PORT NRF Parameters 0 65535 Example SYST COMM LAN PORT 5025 Query Syntax SYST COMM LAN PORT Returned Par...

Page 262: ...LED is off If there is a connection the LED is on While the unit is attempting to make a connection the LED blinks This same LED also blinks when clicking Identify Device On on the Web interface to identify which power supply the user is communicating with LAN LXI Reset In order to return to the factory default settings Table 6 4 a LAN reset may be performed To do this 1 Set the 9 position mode co...

Page 263: ...amically Configured Link Local Addressing If there is no DHCP server available the unit will use the Dynamically Configured Link Local Addressing protocol to assign itself a link local address This is useful for cases when a network is down or unavailable but the user still wants to connect to the power supply DHCP The unit can obtain a dynamic address using the DHCP protocol Static IP The unit ca...

Page 264: ... Open Network Consortium RPC is designed to facilitate distributed programming In the case of power supplies it allows for a program running on a computer to communicate to any number of power supplies over the network Drivers LXI compliant devices are required to provide an IVI Specific Driver ...

Page 265: ...7 Calibration and Troubleshooting Chapter 7 Calibration and Troubleshooting contains information and procedures for calibrating and troubleshooting the power supply ...

Page 266: ... items need to be calibrated Programmed voltage Voltage readback Programmed current Current readback Non isolated voltage monitoring Isolated voltage monitoring Non isolated current monitoring Isolated current monitoring Isolated source for analog programming Non isolated source for analog programming Over voltage protection system CAUTION Equipment damage Calibration procedures should only be per...

Page 267: ...ine Offset error is the magnitude of the measured value when the programmed value is zero Calibrating one will affect the other so an iterative calibraton procedure is used For best results iterative calibration of gain and offset will be required After first calibration of both repeat gain calibration for 90 of maximum value and offset calibration for 10 of maximum value Repeat as neccesay Measur...

Page 268: ...p 1 Gain Calibration Adjust the gain so that the real line and ideal line intersect at a programmed value of 90 Step 2 Offset Calibration Measured Value Programmed Value Programmed Value Figure 7 3 Calibration Step 2 Offset Calibration Adjust the offset so that the real and ideal lines intersect at a programmed value of 10 Measured Value Measured Value ...

Page 269: ...t calling this command the new calibration will be lost after a power cycle If desired the unit may be returned to its calibration state when it shipped from the factory To do this the CAL REST command may be issued Important sThe CAL REST command will cause the nonvolatile memory of the supply to be overwritten with the factory calibration state Command Description CALibration STORe Saves calibra...

Page 270: ... from the load 2 Connect the output terminals to a precision voltmeter 3 Turn both the power supply and the voltmeter to On 4 Set the current set point to maximum Set the supply output to 90 of the nominal voltage level 5 Turn on the output power 6 Read the voltage value on voltmeter display 7 Type the SCPI command with voltage value as parameter data For example type CAL OUTP 138 3 if you had an ...

Page 271: ...connect the power supply from the load 2 Connect the output terminals to a load representing a short circuit using a precision ammeter 3 Turn both the power supply and the load On 4 Set the voltage set point to maximum Set the supply output to 90 of the nominal current level 5 Turn on the output power 6 The power supply starts up in Constant Current mode 7 Read the current value on the ammeter dis...

Page 272: ...ou would type CAL OUT P CURR 0 50 if you had an XG 150 5 6 calibrating with the current set point set to 0 56 A and the actual current measured was 0 50A After performing offset calibration it is highly recommended that you repeat gain calibration Important For best results both calibrations may be repeated several times To maintain the high current accuracy of the XG family of power supplies user...

Page 273: ...int to be 90 of the model voltage and the current to be 10 of the model current 4 Turn on the main power output 5 Execute the OVP calibration SCPI command CAL PROT 6 The power supply will enter into self calibration mode The output voltage display blinks OVP CAL After several seconds the calibration will complete and the display will return to normal operation with output off Calibration of the po...

Page 274: ... voltage monitoring output lines J1 13 J1 7 3 Set the Voltage APG level to 4 V Send the SCPI command SYST COMM APR LEV 4 4 Set the input source as Local Send the SCPI command SYST REM SOUR LOC 5 Set the main output voltage to 100 by sending the command SOUR VOLT ModelVolt or use the rotary adjust Enter control 6 Turn the main output On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel o...

Page 275: ...command SYST COMM APR LEV CURR 4 4 Set the input source as Local 5 The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR CURR LOC 6 Set the main output voltage to 100 by sending the command SOUR VOLT ModelVolt or use the rotary adjust Enter control 7 Turn the main output On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will illuminate 8 Enter in...

Page 276: ... APG level to 4 V Send the SCPI command SYST COMM APR LEV 4 4 Set input source voltage to 4 000 V 5 Set the input source as Voltage Non Isolated for Voltage Programming The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR AVOL 6 Turn the main output to On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will illuminate 7 Enter the interactive cali...

Page 277: ... voltage and voltage programming J1 9 J1 11 and J1 7 3 Set the resistive APG level to 4kΩ The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV 4 4 Set the input source as Resistive Non Isolated for Voltage Programming The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR ARES 5 Turn the main output On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will illumina...

Page 278: ... programming J1 10 J1 7 3 Set the Voltage APG level to 4 V The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV CURR 4 4 Set the input source voltage to 4 000 V 5 Set the input source as Voltage Non Isolated for Current The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR CURR AVOL 6 Turn the main output On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will i...

Page 279: ...rent J1 12 and voltage programming of current J1 10 and the other terminal to the common J1 7 3 Set the resistive APG level to 4 kΩ The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV CURR 4 4 Set the input source as Resistive Non Isolated for Current Programming The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR CURR ARES 5 Turn the main output to On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the comm...

Page 280: ... V The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV 4 4 Set the input source to local for voltage analog programming The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR LOC 5 Set the main output voltage to 100 by sending the command SOUR VOLT ModelVolt or use the rotary adjust Enter control 6 Turn the main output to On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE M...

Page 281: ... 4 4 Set the input source to local for voltage analog programming the SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR CURR LOC 5 Set the main output voltage to 100 by sending the command SOUR VOLT ModelVolt or use the rotary Adjust Enter control 6 Turn the main output to On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will illuminate 7 Enter ...

Page 282: ...he Voltage APG level to 4 V The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV 4 4 Set the input source voltage to 4 000 V 5 Set the input source as Voltage Isolated for Voltage The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR AVOL 6 Turn the main output to On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will illuminate 7 Enter the interactive calibrat...

Page 283: ... voltage programming of voltage J3 3 and the other to common J3 2 3 Set the resistive APG level to 4 kΩ The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV 4 4 Set input source as Resistive Isolated for Voltage Programming The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR IAR 5 Turn the main output to On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will ...

Page 284: ... 3 Set the Current APG level to 4 V The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV CURR 4 4 Set the input source voltage to 4 000 V 5 Set the input source as Voltage Isolated for Current The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR CURR IAV 6 Turn the main output to On by pressing the OUTPUT ENABLE Main button on the front panel or send the command OUTP ON The OUTPUT ENABLE Main button will illuminate 7 Enter the int...

Page 285: ...ming of current J3 3 and the other to common J3 2 3 Set the Resistive APG level to 4 kΩ The SCPI command is SYST COMM APR LEV CURR 4 4 Set the input source as Resistive Isolated for Current Programming The SCPI command is SYST REM SOUR CURR IAR 5 Turn the main output On or send the command OUTP ON 6 Enter the interactive calibration mode by sending the SCPI command CAL OUTP ANAL CURR RES ISOL 7 Pr...

Page 286: ...ut to 90 of the nominal voltage level in this case 3 6 V 6 Turn the output power on 7 The power supply starts up in Constant Voltage mode 8 Read the input voltage value from the voltmeter connected in step 1 9 Type the SCPI input Voltage calibration command with voltage noted in step 8 as the parameter data For example you would type CAL INP ANAL 3 53 if you were reading 3 53 volts from the voltme...

Page 287: ...hort across the power supply output 2 Connect a voltmeter and a DC voltage source to the non isolated current APG input lines J1 10 and J1 7 3 Turn the power supply On 4 Set the Current APG level to 4 V Send the SCPI command SYST COMM APR LEV CURR 4 5 Set the input source as Voltage analog APG Send the SCPI command SYST REM SOUR CURR AVOL 6 Set the voltage source attached to the non isolated curre...

Page 288: ...minal current level in this case 0 400 V 2 Turn the output power on 3 Read the input voltage value from the voltmeter connected in step 2 of the gain calibration 4 Type SCPI input current calibration command with voltage noted in step 3 as the parameter data For example you would type CAL INP ANAL CURR 0 43 After performing offset calibration it is highly recommended that you repeat gain calibrati...

Page 289: ...his can be useful when recalibrating the unit to a specific load but causes ALL calibration values to return to default values All types of calibration must be done to restore the unit to fully functional condition It is strongly recommended that the calibration coefficients be saved before using this command The SCPI Command s for these instructions are CALibration DEFault User Diagnostics If you...

Page 290: ... power supply OFF immediately 2 Disconnect the power supply from the load and external programming 3 Test the power supply with no load running the tests in Step 5 Performing Functional Tests on page 2 10 4 If the tests show that the power supply is functioning normally check all load programming and monitoring connections and circuits 5 Check the AC input for correct voltage and frequency If the ...

Page 291: ...peration If you require any further troubleshooting assistance call your service technician See Contact Information on page i Table 7 1 Troubleshooting Symptom Check Further Checks and Corrections The power supply is not operating is displayed Flash memory check sum error Do a reset See page 3 42 Important The power supply will boot with default options and calibration values ...

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Page 293: ...ENDIX A SCPI Command Reference Appendix A SCPI Command Reference provides a summary of the Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments SCPI that are supported by the XG Family Programmable DC Power Supply ...

Page 294: ...implements all IEEE 488 2 requirements SCPI Requirements The power supply conforms to the following SCPI requirements SCPI mandated commands Questionable Status Register QSR Condition Event Enable Operation Status Register OSR Condition Event Enable Status Byte Register SBR Standard Event Status Register SESR IEEE 488 2 SCPI Syntax and Style Parameters Units of Measure and Multipliers Refer to IEE...

Page 295: ...ts or nodes which are the building blocks of SCPI subsystems An example of a common root is CALibration and some of the commands that reside in the CALibration subsystem are CALibration OUTPut VOLTage DATA NR1 CURRent DATA NR1 CALibration is the root keyword of the command OUTPut is a second level keyword and VOLTage and DATA are third level keywords A colon is used to separate a command keyword f...

Page 296: ... with the string other markings are used to identify different elements of the command syntax and are not sent with the string The following punctuation is sent with the command string Colons separate command keywords from lower level keywords For example CAL CURR STAT Blank spaces separate command keywords from parameter values For example CURR 0 1 Commas separate parameters from each other when ...

Page 297: ...Using Minimum and Maximum In the following example Minimum and Maximum are offered as alternative choices to declaring a specific parameter value CAL CURRent LEVel current MIN MAX The string CAL CURR LEV MIN sets the current calibration level to the minimum model value Using Queries A question mark lets you query the present value for most parameters For example to query the current calibration st...

Page 298: ...root level Common Commands The IEEE 488 2 standard includes a set of common commands for functions such as reset and self test These common commands always start with an asterisk contain 4 or 5 characters and may have one or more parameters The command is always separated from the parameter by a blank space Multiple commands sent in the same string are separated by a semi colon The following is an...

Page 299: ...entations such as decimal points optional signs and scientific notation Values such as MINimum and MAXimum are accepted as substitutes for numbers When DEFault is provided as a parameter the machine selects the default value automatically No units suffix should be included with the parameter only support for defaults units is available In cases where specific numeric values are accepted the power ...

Page 300: ...g command start at the CALibration root node go through the OUTPut node and then move down past the VOLTage and CURRent nodes which appear at that level to the ANALog node and then move through the optional VOLTage node to the ISOLated node Thus the command would then be CALibration OUTPut ANALog VOLTage ISOLated All commands can be formed by looking at this tree and taking the unique path from th...

Page 301: ...ISOLated RESistive ISOLated CURRent ISOLated RESistive ISOLated VOLTage PROTection OVER RESTore DEFault INITiate IMMediate MEASure AProgram VOLTage DC ISOLated DC CURRent DC ISOLated DC SCALar VOLTage DC CURRent DC OUTPut PROTection CLEar FOLDback MODE DELay ...

Page 302: ... F LATch POLarity POWer STATe PowerON STATe AUXilliary STATe PowerON STATe PROGram READback STATe RECord STARt STOP DELete ALL REPeat STEP DWELl SOURce COMBine CSHare MODE VOLTage LEVEl IMMediate AMPLitude PROTection OVERvoltage LEVel UNDer LEVel CURRent ...

Page 303: ... SENSe PROTection INTerlock STATe TEMPerature LATCh STATus PRESet QUEStionable EVENt ENABle CONDition PTRansition NTRansition VOLTage EVENt ENABle CONDition PTRansition NTRansition TEMPerature EVENt ENABle CONDition PTRansition NTRansition OPERation EVENt ENABle CONDition PTRansition ...

Page 304: ...re EVENt ENABle CONDition PTRansition NTRansition SHUTdown EVENt ENABle CONDition PTRansition NTRansition PROTection EVENt ENABle CONDition PTRansition NTRansition STANdard EVENt ENABle CLEar SBYTe EVENt SREQuest ENABle SYSTem FPANel TIMeout PROTection LATCh MASK RESet WAIT ...

Page 305: ...ev F A 13 A TEST RESet IDENtify REMote STATe SOURce VOLTage CURRent COMMunicate APRogram LEVel VOLTage ISOLated CURRent ISOLated MCHannel ADDRess PON VOLT CURR ENA VOLT CURR SAVE RECall VERSion ERRor NEXT CODE NEXT COUNt HELP HEADers SYNTax LEGacy ...

Page 306: ...spond with an error if queried Table A 1 IEEE 488 2 Commands Function SCPI Command Description Parameter and Range Query Select Address ADR Select the power supply unit to communicate with Address 1 30 Yes Clear Status CLS STATus channel CLEar Clears all the status data structures N A Query the Error Queue ERR Query the Error Queue for the oldest error event Standard Event Status Enable Query ESE ...

Page 307: ...uery Yes Recall RCL OR SYSTem channel RECall setting_location Recall a User Memory Setting See SAV below Setting Index 1 5 N A Reset RST SYSTem channel RESet Resets all values to default state excluding calibration data N A Save User Settings SAV SYSTem channel SAVE setting location Save a User Memory Setting N A Query Service Request Enable SRE STATus channel SREQuest ENABle Service Request Enabl...

Page 308: ...back output voltage at the output terminals Yes Read APG Input Voltage MEASurement SCALar APRogram VOLTage DC Measure and readback the voltage being input to the non isolated voltage analog programming input pin Yes Read Isolated APG Input Vo lt a g e MEASurement SCALar APRogram VOLTage ISOLated DC Measure and readback the voltage being input to the isolated voltage analog programming input pin Ye...

Page 309: ...AXimum MINimum Yes Set Constant Power1 Set point SOURce POWer LEVel Set constant power set point immediate Power Set Point Yes Set Constant Power Mode1 SOURce POWer MODe Set constant power mode Enable Disable ON OFF Yes Set Immediate Voltage Set point SOURce channel VOLTage LEVel IMMediate AMPLitude Change voltage set point immediate Voltage Set Point MAXimum MINimum Yes Set Over Voltage Protectio...

Page 310: ...the over voltage protection OVP Voltage Set in Volts No Enter Output Voltage Data CALibration channel OUTPut VOLT age Sets the voltage output calibration level Voltage set in volts No Enter Output Current Data CALibration channel OUTPut CURR ent Sets the current output calibration level Current set in amps No Calibrate the Voltage controlled Non Isolated Voltage APG feature CALibration channel MON...

Page 311: ... mode Yes Calibrate the Voltage APG Input CALibration INPut ANALog VOLTage Calibrates the isolated and non isolated VA P measurement commands NR1 Yes Calibrate the Current APG Input CALibration INPut ANALog CURRent Calibrates the isolated and non isolated CAP measurement commands NR1 Yes Calibrate the Voltage controlled Non Isolated Voltage APG feature CALibration channel OUTPut ANAL og VOLTage Ca...

Page 312: ...ode Yes Calibrate the Resistive controlled Non Isolated Voltage APG feature CALibration channel OUTPut ANAL og VOLTage RESistive Calibrate the Resistive controlled voltage analog programming system NR1 nothing for interactive mode Yes Calibrate the Resistive controlled Isolated Voltage APG feature CALibration channel OUTPut ANAL og VOLTage RESistive ISOLated Calibrates the Resistive controlled vol...

Page 313: ...ibration channel OUTPut ANAL og CURRent RESistive ISOLated Calibrates the Resistive controlled current analog programming system NR1 nothing for interactive mode Yes Table A 5 SCPI Commands to Clear All Protection Mechanisms Function SCPI Command Description Parameter and Range Query Clear Output Protection OUTPut channel PROTection CLEar Clears the currently set alarms N A ...

Page 314: ... SCPI Command Description Parameter and Range Query Set Output Foldback Delay OUTPut channel PROTection FOLDb ack DELay Set the delay time seconds before foldback protection is triggered Delay 0 5 50 Yes Set Output Foldback Mode OUTPut channel PROTection FOLDb ack MODE Select condition for foldback CV CC NONE Yes ...

Page 315: ...N OFF Yes Power On Main Output Control OUTPut POWer PON STATe Control Main Output Autostart State Enable Disable ON OFF Yes Aux Output Control OUTPut AUXilliary STATe Control Aux Output State Enable Disable ON OFF Yes Power Auxiliary Output Control OUTPut AUXilliary PON STATe Control Aux Output Autostart State Enable Disable ON OFF Yes Table A 8 SCPI Commands for Triggering Function SCPI Command D...

Page 316: ... N A Self Test SYSTem channel TEST Perform unit Self test returns 0 if pass non zero value for failure Yes ID Query SYSTem channel IDENtify Query device ID string Yes Save User Preset SYSTem channel SAVE Save the user preset values Select any slot from 0 3 Setting Index 0 3 No Recall User Preset previously saved SYSTem channel RECall Load the user preset values Select any slot from 0 3 Setting Ind...

Page 317: ...m Yes Select Current Analog Programming Input Voltage Input Level Range SYSTem channel COMMunicate APRo gram LEVel CURRent ISOLated Select level for Current APG Level can be between 2 10 volts Level 2 10 MAXimum MI Nimum Yes Select the address to communicate with SYSTem channel COMMunicate MCHannel ADDRess Select the current device to receive the commands The parameter for this command is the addr...

Page 318: ...e current set point to zero when the power is turned on ON OFF Yes Output Enable Voltage Low SYSTem channel PON ENAble VOLTag e Set the voltage set point to zero when the output enable button is pressed ON OFF Yes Output Enable Current Low SYSTem channel PON ENAble CURRen t Set thecurrent set point to zero when the output enable button is pressed ON OFF Yes Query SCPI Ve r s i on SYSTem channel VE...

Page 319: ...PERation CONDit ion Query the Operations Condition Register See Table 5 11 on page 5 36 Yes Set Operation Status Enable Register STATus channel OPERation ENABle Access the Operations Enable Register See Table 5 11 on page 5 36 Enable Flags 0 65535 Yes Query Operation Status Event Register STATus channel OPERation EVENt Query the Operations Event Register See Table 5 11 on page 5 36 Yes Set Operati...

Page 320: ...e Table 5 13 on page 5 41 Query the Operation Shutdown Condition Register Yes Set Operation Status Shutdown Enable Register STATus channel OPERation SHUTdo wn ENABle Access the Operation Shutdown Enable Register See Table 5 13 on page 5 41 Enable Flags 0 65535 Yes Query Operation Status Shutdown Event Register STATus channel OPERation SHUTdo wn EVENt See Table 5 13 on page 5 41 Query the Operation...

Page 321: ...otection Condition Register See Table 5 12 on page 5 40 Yes Set Operation Status Shutdown Protection Enable Register STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown PROTection ENABle Access the Operation Shutdown Protection Enable Register See Table 5 12 on page 5 40 Enable Flags 0 65535 Yes Query Operation Status Shutdown Protection Event Register STATus channel OPERation SHUTdown PROTection EVENt Query the Op...

Page 322: ...us Enable Register STATus channel OPERation CSHare ENABle Access the Operations Enable Register See Table 5 11 on page 5 36 Transition Flags 0 65535 Yes Query Operation Status Condition Register STATus channel OPERation CSHare CONDition Query the Operations Condition Register See Table 5 11 on page 5 36 Yes Set Operation Status Positive Transition Register STATus channel OPERation CSHare PTRansiti...

Page 323: ...ister Yes Set Questionable Status Enable Register STATus channel QUEStionable ENABle status enable Access the Questionable Status Register Yes Query Questionable Status Condition Register STATus channel QUEStionable CONDition Query the Questionable Status Register Condition Yes Set Questionable Status Negative Transition Register STATus channel QUEStionable NTRansition Access the Questionable Nega...

Page 324: ...ion Register STATus channel QUEStionable TEMPerature CONDition Query the Questionable Temp Conditions Register See Table 5 15 on page 5 42 Yes Set Questionable Status Temperature Enable Register STATus channel QUEStionable TEMPerature ENABle Access the Questionable Temp Enable Register See Table 5 15 on page 5 42 Enable Flags 0 65535 Yes ...

Page 325: ...ble 5 15 on page 5 42 Transition Flags 0 65535 Yes Set Questionable Status Temperature Positive Transition Register STATus channel QUEStionable TEMPerature PTRansition Access the Questionable Temp Positive Trans Filter Register See Table 5 15 on page 5 42 Transition Flags 0 65535 Yes Query Questionable Status Voltage Condition Register STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage CONDition See Table 5 15 o...

Page 326: ...Set Questionable Status Voltage Positive Transition Register STATus channel QUEStionable VOLTage PTRansition Access the Questionable Voltage Positive Trans Filter Register See Table 5 15 on page 5 42 Transition Flags 0 65535 Yes Query the Standard Event register ESR STATus channel STANdard EVENt See Table 5 10 on page 5 32 Same as ESR Query the Standard Event Status Register SERS Yes Enable the St...

Page 327: ... interlock functionality SENSe channel PROTection INTerlo ck STATe Control the Enable Disable state of the Interlock System ON OFF Yes Table A 12 Auto Sequence Commands Function SCPI Command Description Parameter and Range Query Delete all sequences PROGram channel DELete ALL Erases the sequence currently in memory N A Change Auto Sequence operating state PROGram channel STATe Access to the run st...

Page 328: ...old sequence N A Stop Recording Auto Sequence Program PROGram channel RECord STOP Stop recording the auto sequence program Sequence ready to run N A Set the Program Command Execution Delay Time PROGram channel STEP DWEL1 Sets the amount of time to delay between commands in a Sequence Dwell time in seconds Yes Read the current contents of the Autosequence programming buffer PROGram channel READback...

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Page 331: ...B APPENDIX B Error Messages Appendix B Error Messages provides information on the error messages which may appear Errors are placed in a queue as they are detected ...

Page 332: ...ut FIFO basis If the queue overflows the last error in the queue is replaced with error 350 Queue Overflow When all errors have been read from the queue further error queries return 0 No error The error queue is cleared when any of the following occur IEEE 488 2 section 11 4 3 4 Upon receipt of a CLS command Upon reading the last item from the queue ...

Page 333: ... 0 1 is not allowed 109 Missing Parameter Fewer parameters were received than required for the header for example the SAV common command requires one parameter so receiving SAV is not allowed 110 Command header error An error was detected in the header 113 Undefined header The header is syntactically correct but it is undefined for this specific device for example XYZ is not defined for any device...

Page 334: ...lict Indicates that a legal program data element was parsed but could not be executed due to the current power supply state The following list is not exhaustive but does cover some of the more common conditions that may contribute to this error OVP UVP Set Points The OVP and UVP limit the setting of the voltage set point so that you cannot accidentally trigger these alarms by changing the set poin...

Page 335: ...ss causes the device specific error bit bit 3 in the Event Status Register to be set Table B 3 Device Specific Error List Error Code Error Message Description 300 Device specific error Indicates that the power supply could not complete the operation due to some condition of the power supply 313 Calibration Memory Lost 314 Save Recall Memory Lost 315 Configuration Memory Lost 350 Queue Overflow A s...

Page 336: ...ed a problem with the message exchange protocol described in IEEE 488 2 chapter 6 The occurrence of any error in this class causes the query error bit bit 2 in the Event Status Register to be set Table B 4 Query Error List Error Code Error Message Description 400 This is the generic query error for the power supply used only when the other types of errors do not apply ...

Page 337: ... Supplies These specifications are represented over the full operating temperature range Nominal line input voltage should be assumed unless otherwise stated All sense lines are configured for local operation by default Except where otherwise noted specifications apply to single unit operation only Specifications are subject to change without notice ...

Page 338: ...4 mV 2 6 mV 3 0 mV 3 7 mV 4 mV 5 mV 6 mV 7 mV 9 5 mV 17 mV 32 mV Current7 0 02 of rated output current 4 mA 26 mA 24 mA 18 mA 12 4 mA 9 mA 8 2 mA 6 8 mA 6 1 mA 5 7 mA 5 1 mA 4 6 mA 4 3 mA Output Ripple rms 300 kHz Voltage 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 10 mV 25 mV 50 mV Current8 200 mA 180 mA 120 mA 75 mA 60 mA 45 mA 35 mA 25 mA 20 mA 16 mA 10 mA 6 mA Output Noise p p 20 MHz Voltage ...

Page 339: ...100 output voltage and full output current 9 When using remote sense the total of the load voltage and the load line drops must not exceed the rated output of the power supply For example for an XG 6 110 in an application with 1 V of load line loss 0 5 V Line the maximum available load voltage would be 6 1 5 V Note The unit may operate at higher output voltages than this but there is no guarantee ...

Page 340: ...mV 2 4 mV 2 62 mV 3 0 mV 3 5 mV 4 mV 5 mV 6 mV 7 mV 9 5 mV 17 mV 32 mV Current7 0 02 of rated output current 5 mA 49 mA 42 5 mA 29 mA 20 2 mA 15 mA 12 6 mA 10 mA 8 8 mA 8 mA 7 mA 6 mA 5 5 mA Output Ripple rms 300 kHz Voltage 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 10 mV 25 mV 50 mV Current8 400mA 319mA 206mA 136mA 120mA 81mA 63mA 45mA 35mA 29mA 18mA 11mA Output Noise p p 20 MHz Voltage 50 mV ...

Page 341: ...ipple is measured at 10 100 output voltage and full output current 9 When using remote sense the total of the load voltage and the load line drops must not exceed the rated output of the power supply For example for an XG 6 220 in an application with 1 V of load line loss 0 5 V Line the maximum available load voltage would be 6 1 5 V Note The unit may operate at higher output voltages than this bu...

Page 342: ...mV 2 4 mV 2 6 mV 3 0 mV 3 7 mV 4 mV 5 mV 6 mV 7 mV 9 5 mV 17 mV 32 mV Current7 0 02 of rated output current 5 mA 49 mA 45 mA 33 mA 22 mA 15 mA 13 mA 10 6 mA 9 21 mA 8 4 mA 7 2 mA 6 1 mA 5 6 mA Output Ripple rms 300 kHz Voltage 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 8 mV 10 mV 25 mV 50 mV Current8 400 mA 340 mA 240 mA 150 mA 120 mA 90 mA 70mA 50 mA 40 mA 32 mA 20 mA 12 mA Output Noise p p 20 MHz V...

Page 343: ...ripple is measured at 10 100 output voltage and full output current 9 When using remote sense the total of the load voltage and the load line drops must not exceed the rated output of the power supply For example for an XG 6 220 in an application with 1 V of load line loss 0 5 V Line the maximum available load voltage would be 6 1 5 V Note The unit may operate at higher output voltages than this b...

Page 344: ...ack Accuracy 1 of range full scale 0 2 of rated output current Power Readback Accuracy 0 3 of rated output power Isolation Prog and Readback Lines With respect to chassis potential 500 V With respect to chassis potential 600 V negative or positive main output 1500 V Voltage and Current Programming Resolution 0 012 of full scale Power Programming Resolution OVP Programming Resolution Voltage and Cu...

Page 345: ...nimum guaranteed 0 72A typically available Overcurrent protection each output is automatic non latching When OCP is tripped the aux voltage folds back and will recover to nominal condition when the over current condition is removed typ 0 2A To protect external circuits attached to the aux outputs it is recommended that customers use an appropriately rated fuse in series with the aux outputs being ...

Page 346: ...010 1 Mechanical Specifications XG 850 Watt W H D XG 1500 Watt and 1700 Watt WxHxD 8 4 1 7 19 0 inch 214 43 6 483 mm 16 8 1 7 19 0 inch 428 43 6 483 mm We i g ht XG 850 Watt XG 1500 Watt and 1700 Watt 11 lb 5kg 20 lb 9 5 kg Cooling Forced air cooling by internal fans Regulatory Approvals Safety CSA 22 2 No 61010 1 and UL61010 1 Marked with cCSAus CE EN61010 1 EMC Complies with EN61326 1 Complies w...

Page 347: ...APPENDIX C Specifications M370430 01 Rev F C 11 Figure C 1 XG 850 Watt Mechanical Dimensions 6 to 40 V Models Optional DC output cover ...

Page 348: ...APPENDIX C Specifications C 12 M370430 01 Rev F Figure C 2 XG 850 Watt Mechanical Dimensions 60 V to 600 V Models ...

Page 349: ...APPENDIX C Specifications M370430 01 Rev F C 13 Figure C 3 XG in Full Rack Mechanical Dimensions 6 V to 40 V Models ...

Page 350: ...APPENDIX C Specifications C 14 M370430 01 Rev F Figure C 4 XG in Full Rack Mechanical Dimensions 6 V to 40 V Models DC Output Cover ...

Page 351: ...APPENDIX C Specifications M370430 01 Rev F C 15 Figure C 5 XG in Full Rack Mechanical Dimensions 60 V to 600 V Models ...

Page 352: ...APPENDIX C Specifications C 16 M370430 01 Rev F Figure C 6 XG in Full Rack Mechanical Dimensions 60 V to 600 V Models w DC Output Cover ...

Page 353: ...APPENDIX C Specifications M370430 01 Rev F C 17 Figure C 7 XG850 with Full Rack and Foot Options Front Side and Rear Views either or both options available Figure C 8 XG850 Standard in Full Rack Option ...

Page 354: ...APPENDIX C Specifications C 18 M370430 01 Rev F Figure C 9 XG850 Low Voltage Model Dimensions Top Side and Rear ...

Page 355: ...APPENDIX C Specifications M370430 01 Rev F C 19 Figure C 10 XG850 Medium and High Voltage Models Dimensions Top and Rear ...

Page 356: ...APPENDIX C Specifications C 20 M370430 01 Rev F Figure C 11 XG850 with Front Panel Output Voltage Option Top Side and Rear Please contact Factory to special order this option ...

Page 357: ...M370430 01 Rev F D 1 D APPENDIX D Rack Mount Options and Installation Instructions Appendix D provides information on rack mount kit options and instructions for XG half rack and full rack mounting ...

Page 358: ...ption B Rack Mount with Slides XG Single RM S XG1 Fig D 1 left and RM XG1 RM S XG1 Table D 2 page D 7 XG Dual RM D XG1 Fig D 1 right and RM XG1 RM D XG1 Table D 2 page D 7 XG Single Half Rack and Dual Full Rack Figure D 1 shows the rack mount kit options for installing the XG into a half rack and Figure D 2 for a full rack Note that the 850 Watt units are the only units that can be installed in ei...

Page 359: ...nation Cool The ambient air temperature should be between 0 C 50 C 32 F 122 F for best performance Ventilated Whether operating the power supply in a rack or on a bench allow air to reach the ventilation inlets on the front and rear of the unit for cooling The direction of airflow is from the front to the back of the unit Ventilation space at the top bottom or sides of the power supply is not requ...

Page 360: ...in the specified dimensions 2 Find the 1U space in which you wish to install your power supply in the specific rack 3 Place the lower plain flange of the RM XG1 rail at the lowest point of the 1U space If it is placed correctly a hole on the inner flange of the vertical rack will line up to the oval mounting slot in the rail 4 Using the carpenter s level for accuracy install the rail using two 10 ...

Page 361: ...APPENDIX D Rack Mount Options and Installation Instructions M370430 01 Rev F D 5 Figure D 3 RM XG1 Rack Rails ...

Page 362: ...fers a wide variety of manufactured slides to allow the easy installation and removal of the power supply assemblies into all rack sizes Follow these steps to find the Jonathan product that suits your needs To install a single power supply in an equipment rack 1 Find your rack depth D which is the distance between the front and back flanges See Figure D 4 Figure D 4 Finding Rack Depth ...

Page 363: ... for Rail Type 4 Front Rear Front Rear Less than 20 XG Chassis will not fit within cabinet depth of unit 19 25 20 22 5 375QD 18 SPO 622 SPO 683 2 SPO 857 SPO 857 20 25 5 375QD 18 SPO 622 SPO 683 SPO 857 SPO 857 20 27 5 375QD 18 SPO 622 SPO 683 1 SPO 857 SPO 857 20 30 375QD 18 SPO 683 SPO 683 SPO 857 SPO 683 20 34 375QD 18 SPO 683 1 SPO 683 1 SPO 857 SPO 683 12 25 5 27 5 375QD 26 SPO 622 SPO 622 SP...

Page 364: ...ch are not supplied See Figure D 7 Figure D 7 Removing Chassis Member From Slides Important Figure D 6 shows the chassis member for slide 375QD 18 The chassis member will be longer for Jonathan slide 375QD 26 28 5 Attach front and rear brackets to cabinet section see Figure D 8 using the following materials supplied with the slides 4 8 0 375 Flat Head Countersunk Screws SST 4 8 Lock Washers 4 8 Re...

Page 365: ...hten hardware completely 6 Mount cabinet section into rack between upright rails using 4 Bar nuts SPO 623 sold separately 6 10 0 375 flat head countersunk Phillips SST screw not supplied by Jonathan Two for each side See Figure D 9 Important The hardware used will change depending on the type of mounting hole available in your equipment rack Ensure rails are level ...

Page 366: ...M370430 01 Rev F Figure D 9 Mounting Cabinet Section Into Rack 7 Install chassis 8 Cycle chassis twice push in and out two times Ensure that rollers are engaged and the lock functions properly 9 Remove chassis and securely tighten hardware from step 4 See Figure D 10 ...

Page 367: ...APPENDIX D Rack Mount Options and Installation Instructions M370430 01 Rev F D 11 Figure D 10 Installing Chassis ...

Page 368: ...APPENDIX D Rack Mount Options and Installation Instructions D 12 M370430 01 Rev F ...

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Page 371: ...PPENDIX E Lantronix Procedures for MEA Option Appendix E provides information for reference only on the Lantronix procedure for connecting configuring and troubleshooting power supplies with the MEA option ...

Page 372: ... are presented here for reference only Setting Up the Computer To set up the computer 1 Open Explorer on the main computer go to Control Panel Network Connections Local Area connections See Figure E 1 Figure E 1 Configuring the Network Connection of the Computer 2 Right click on the mouse button and click on Properties The Local Area Connection Properties window appears See Figure E 2 ...

Page 373: ...structions M370430 01 Rev F E 3 Figure E 2 LAN Properties Dialog Box 3 Click the Internet Protocol TCP IP check box and click Properties as shown in the above figure The Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties Dialog Box appears See Figure E 3 ...

Page 374: ...network is configured using DHCP 5 Click OK Software Installations To set up the ENET option card the Lantronix DeviceInstaller program needs to be installed on your PC DeviceInstaller is an all in one utility for setting up various Lantronix devices on a network Device Installer auto detects any devices on the network and allows for configuration of network settings As a management tool the Devic...

Page 375: ... CD into the CD ROM drive The CD should launch automatically If you need to manually launch the CD click the Start button on the Task Bar and select Run Enter the CD drive letter for example D Launch exe The DeviceInstaller Setup Wizard opens to guide the installation process See Figure E 4 Figure E 4 DeviceInstaller Setup Wizard ...

Page 376: ...the installation is finished 4 Click Close to exit Configuring the Device Using DeviceInstaller The DeviceInstaller displays a list of the XG units with the ENET option that are on the network When the DeviceInstaller initially starts the device list is empty Devices may be added by performing a search for the devices on the network or by adding them manually Selecting a Network Adapter After the ...

Page 377: ...tor as seen in Figure E 6 If this prompt does not appear click Tools Options to bring up the Options window shown in Figure E 7 3 Verify that the network adaptor that is connected to the network that you are running your XG unit s on is selected Important Only network adaptors that are enabled and have an Ethernet cable connected will be shown in this list If one of your networks adaptors is not s...

Page 378: ...le power supply configuration To assign an IP address to the power supply unit 1 Click OK to dismiss the Auto IP warning message If you do not intend to use an Auto IP debug your network connection at this time The Lantronix DeviceInstaller window appears See Figure E 9 2 Click Search to get a list of all the XG devices that can be reached from the network adaptor that you previously selected If y...

Page 379: ...thod that the XG unit is using to obtain this address is correct stop here and exit close this window Otherwise continue to step 4 4 Expand the Local Area Connection tree if necessary expand further until the IP address of the XG unit is displayed Then left click the IP address the screen should display as shown in Figure E 10 Figure E 10 IP Address Details Window Important Do NOT use the Assign I...

Page 380: ...ill open a new window See Figure E 11 Figure E 11 Entering the Lantronix Interface 6 Next to the Address field click the green Go button 7 You will be prompted for user name and password ignore these fields leave blank and click OK This brings up the Lantronix XPort interface Figure E 12 Figure E 12 Lantronix XPort Interface ...

Page 381: ... IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway fields 10 Click OK at the bottom of the page to complete the task 11 Repeat this procedure for every power supply Every device must have a unique fixed IP address Selecting ENET as the Communication Port Once the XG unit with the ENET option has the option card configured you ll need to configure the XG to use the ENET option card as the active communica...

Page 382: ...set it up using the parameters from the following sections If you wish to use HyperTerminal see Setting Up a HyperTerminal Connection below for instructions Data Format Serial data format is 8 bit one stop bit No parity bit Flow control none End of Message The end of message is the Carriage Return character ASCII 13 0x0D The power supply ignores the Line Feed ASCII 10 0x0A character Setting Up a H...

Page 383: ... Installation Instructions M370430 01 Rev F E 13 Figure E 14 HyperTerminal Connection 2 Click New to create a new connection The Connection Description window appears See Figure E 15 Figure E 15 Connection Description Window ...

Page 384: ... Dialog Box 5 In the Connect using box select TCP IP Winsock 6 In the Host address box enter the IP address obtained in the section entitled Assigning an IP Address to the Power Supply Unit that starts on page E 8 7 In the Port number box enter 10001 as the value 8 Click OK To specify the terminal connection properties 1 Click Disconnect if necessary and click Properties in the main HyperTerminal ...

Page 385: ...Mount Options and Installation Instructions M370430 01 Rev F E 15 Figure E 17 Main Terminal Window 2 In the ENET Properties window click on the Settings tab See Figure E 18 Figure E 18 ENET Properties Window ...

Page 386: ...e Properties dialog box appears See Figure E 19 Figure E 19 ENET Properties Dialog Box 3 Click the ASCII Setup button The ASCII Setup dialog box will appear as shown in Figure E 20 4 Verify that the ASCII Sending and ASCII Receiving boxes are checked as shown inFigure E 20 ...

Page 387: ...p and connection for various network topologies involving multiple power supplies Network Topology 1 Simple LAN The simple LAN topology is the most common configuration for setting up the ENET option on the XG The topology follows the typical star topology provided by a HUB and multiple XGs with the ENET option and one or more computers Figure E 21 shows this configuration ...

Page 388: ...ple power supplies and two computers 1 Set up your computer as described in Setting Up the Computer on page E 2 Repeat the procedure for each computer hooked up to the system 2 Install the DeviceInstaller software on the PC you wish to use to configure the XG unit s with See the instructions for Software Installations on page E 4 3 Configure each XG unit with an ENET option See the instructions fo...

Page 389: ...ish to use The configuration is complete You are now ready to use your system Controlling Your System For every connected XG unit create a separate terminal session Also open a separate HyperTerminal session for each XG unit that you wish to control An example of two units in a system is shown in Figure E 22 Figure E 22 HyperTerminal Session There are two HyperTerminal windows for controlling two ...

Page 390: ...ower supply s own address may be arbitrary Network Topology 2 ENET and RS 485 Bus Up to 30 units may be connected to the RS 485 bus The first unit connects to the controller via ENET and the other units are connected with the RS 485 bus Figure E 24 shows the system of a unit with the ENET option and several units connected via the RS 485 bus Each power supply must have its own address defined from...

Page 391: ... 485 RS 485 Power Supply 1 Power Supply 30 Power Supply 2 Figure E 24 ENET and RS 485 Bus Figure E 25 HyperTerminal Window Figure E 25 shows the HyperTerminal session for the combined configuration which is an ENET and RS 485 network This figure also shows access to power supplies 2 and 10 sequentially Setting Up Your System To set up your system 1 Connect your system as shown in Figure E 24 and t...

Page 392: ...ayed in the output voltage display 8 Turn the rotary Adjust Enter control to select SLA and press the rotary Adjust Enter control 9 Set a unique address and press the rotary Adjust Enter control Once all slave units have been setup proceed with the next step 10 Set up the fixed IP address for the first unit using DeviceInstaller as described in Assigning an IP Address to the Power Supply Unit on p...

Page 393: ...as a slave unit RS 485 or the address has not been set correctly Turn the power supply ON Check that the RS 485 bus is selected as the communication interface and the address is correct Sequentially several units are not responding e g from 21 to end RS 485 communication is disconnected at the first unit that is not responding Check your RS 485 communication Try switching the cable linking this un...

Page 394: ...cted to and ping the computer you are trying to use DeviceInstaller on If no response is seen then contact your network administrator and find out if ICMP requests are being filtered on the network and a possible reason for not being able to contact the computer See Selecting a Network Adapter on page E 6 Found device is not reachable Your network is not configured properly Contact your network ad...

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Page 397: ...g parameters 6 25 command string punctuation not sent A 5 command string punctuation blank spaces A 4 colons A 4 commas A 4 semicolons A 4 constant current mode described 3 13 constant voltage mode described 3 13 current configuration memory settings 3 35 current share command 3 46 current sharing defined 3 42 D DC output connector illustrated 4 7 short circuit protection of 1 2 DC output connecto...

Page 398: ... 3 5 setting VOL and CUR modes 3 5 N Normal display mode described 3 7 O offset calibration effect of 6 6 offset error described 6 3 P parameter types A 7 boolean A 7 discrete A 7 numeric A 7 string A 7 parameters units of measure and multipliers A 2 S SCPI A 4 command hierarchy A 3 command structure A 3 command summary A 14 command tree A 8 common commands A 6 conformance information A 2 describe...

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