Agilent Technologies Agilent 3499B Quick Reference Manual

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Quick Reference Guide

Front-Panel Menu Reference (SCPI Mode)

• Turn the knob to select an item at the current menu level.

• Press

Enter

• Press the to move to the next level in the menu.

same

menu key again to return to the previous menu level.

View MENU

View

ERROR

á

SCAN LIST

á

RELAY CYCLES

S.List MENU

S.List

ADD TO SCAN

á

CONFIG SCAN

á

DELAY TIME

SELECT ARM Source SET ALL

á

SET CH

COUNT: nnnnn nnnnn.nnn SECS SELECT CH

TRIG Source nnnnn.nnn SECS

Mode MENU

A. Select a Slot

Mode

If MUX Installed : If DIO Installed :

CONFIG MUX CONFIG DIO

FUNCTION MODE

CONT POL POS

á

CONT POL NEG

FLAG POL POS

á

FLAG POL NEG

I/O POL POS

á

I/O POL NEG

B. Select a DIO Port

DATA POLARITY

á

DISP FORMAT

DECIMAL

á

BINARY

POS POLARITY

á

NEG POLARITY

Menu MENU

Menu

CARD PAIR

á

CONF EXT TRIG

á

INTERFACE

á

SELFTEST

á

SYST MODE

á

REV INFO

á

SERIAL NO

FIRST SLOT n TRIG SLOT n

SECOND SLOT n ENABLE

á

DISABLE GPIB/488

á

RS-232

ADDRESS

SRQ ON

á

SRQ OFF

BAUD RATE

á

PARITY

á

FLOW

SCPI

á

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Front-Panel Menu Reference (3488 Mode)

• Turn the knob to select an item at the current menu level.

• Press

Enter

to move to the next level in the menu.

• Press the

same

menu key again to return to the previous menu level.

View MENU

View

ERROR

á

SCAN LIST

á

RELAY CYCLES

S.List MENU

S.List

ADD TO SCAN

á

DELAY TIME

SELECT nnnnn.nnn SECS

Mode MENU

A. Select a Slot

Mode

CONFIG DIO

MODE

CONT POL POS

á

CONT POL NEG

FLAG POL POS

á

FLAG POL NEG

I/O POL POS

á

I/O POL NEG

B. Select a DIO Port

DATA POLARITY

á

DISP FORMAT

DECIMAL

á

BINARY

POS POLARITY

á

NEG POLARITY

Menu MENU

Menu

CARD PAIR

á

CONF EXT TRIG

á

INTERFACE

á

SELFTEST

á

SYST MODE

á

REV INFO

á

SERIAL NO

FIRST SLOT n

SECOND SLOT n

TRIG SLOT n

ENABLE

á

DISABLE GPIB/488 SCPI

á

HP 3488A

ADDRESS

SRQ ON

á

SRQ OFF

Note:

You can operate the 3499A/B/C in either the SCPI mode or the 3488A mode.

• In the

SCPI

mode, you can operate the instrument from the front panel or over the remote interface (GPIB or RS-232) using SCPI commands.

• In the

3488A

mode, you can operate the instrument from the front panel or over the remote interface (GPIB only) using 3488A commands.

2


SCPI Commands Quick Reference

• Square brackets ([ ]) indicate optional keywords or parameters.

• Angle brackets (< >) enclose parameters for which you must specify a value.

Default parameters are shown in

bold

.

• A vertical bar ( | ) separates multiple parameters.

Channel numbers have the form (

@

snn

), where

s

is the slot number and is the channel number. Examples are shown below.

nn

ROUT:CLOS ( @ 111)

ROUT:CLOS ( @ 111,112,203,204)

ROUT:CLOS (

@

101:111)

Switch Commands

[ROUTe:]

CLOSe <

channel_list

>

CLOSe? <

channel_list

>

CLOSe:STATe?

OPEN <

channel_list

>|ALL

OPEN? <

channel_list

>

Specific Plug-in Commands

[ROUTe:]

CPAir <

slot1

>,<

slot2

>|-1

CPAir?

FUNCtion <

slot

2

FUNCtion? <

slot

>

WIRE2

INPut

:ATTenuation[:LEVel] <

port

>,<

dB

>

:ATTenuation[:LEVel]?

|BIWIRE2|WIRE4>

Scan List Commands

[ROUTe:]

SCAN[:LIST] <

scan_list

>

SCAN[:LIST]?

SCAN CLEar

SCAN:SIZE?

Scanning Commands

INITiate

ABORt

TRIGger[:IMMediate]

*TRG

3


Scan Configuration Commands

ARM

:SOURce <BUS|EXTernal|

IMMediate

|TIMer|MIX|HOLD>

:SOURce?

:COUNt <

number

>|MIN|

MAX

|INFinity

:COUNt? [MIN|MAX|INFinity]

:TIMer <

seconds

>|

MIN

|MAX

:TIMer? [MINimum|MAXimum]

TRIGger

:SOURce <BUS|EXTernal|

IMMediate

|TIMer|MIX|HOLD>

:SOURce?

:TIMer <

seconds

>|

MIN

|MAX

:TIMer? [MIN|MAX]

[ROUTe:]

[CHANnel:]DELay <

seconds

>,<

channel_list

>|ALL

[CHANnel:]DELay? <

channel_list

>

CONFigure

:EXTernal[:TRIGger]:SOURce <

slot

>

:EXTernal[:TRIGger]:SOURce?

:EXTernal[:TRIGger][:OUTPut] < |1|

OFF

|ON>

:EXTernal[:TRIGger][:OUTPut]?

State Storage Commands

*SAV <

mem

>

*RCL <

mem

>

SYSTem:STATe:DELete <

mem

>|ALL

Valid Memory Locations

01 - 10 (Rev 1.0, 2.0, 3.0)

01 - 50 (Rev 4.0)

Digital Input Commands

SENSe:DIGital:DATA

:BIT? <

bit_port

>

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>][:VALue]? <

port

>

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>]:BLOCK? <

port

>,<

size

>

Digital Output Commands

SOURce:DIGital:DATA

:BIT <

bit_port

>,<0|1|POS|NEG>

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>][:VALue] <

port

>,<

data

>

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>]:BLOCK <

port

>,<

block_data

>

4


Digital Configuration Commands

SOURce:DIGital

:MODE <

slot

>,<

mode

>

:MODE? <

slot

>

:CONTrol:POLarity <

slot

>,<0|1|POS|NEG>

:CONTrol:POLarity? <

slot

>

:FLAG:POLarity <

slot

>,<0|1|POS|NEG>

:FLAG:POLarity? <

slot

>

:IO:POLarity <

slot

>,<0|1|POS|NEG>

:IO:POLarity? <

slot

>

SOURce:DIGital:DATA

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>]:POLarity <

port

>,<0|1|POS|NEG>

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>]:POLarity? <

port

>

SOURce:DIGital:DATA

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>]:TRACe <

port

>,<

sys_mem_name

>

SOURce:DIGital:TRACe

:DEFine <

sys_mem_name

>,<

size

>[,<

fill

>]

:DEFine? <

sys_mem_name

>

:DEFine:CATalog?

[:DATA] <

sys_mem_name

>,<

block_data

>

:DELete[:NAME] <

sys_mem_name

>

:DELete:ALL

SENSe:DIGital:DATA

[:<

BYTE

|WORD|LWORD>]:TRACe <

port

>,<

sys_mem_name

>

SENSe:DIGital:TRACe

[:DATA]? <

sys_mem_name

>

5


Status System Commands

STATus

:OPERation:CONDition?

:OPERation:ENABle <

unmask

>

:OPERation:ENABle?

:OPERation[:EVENt]?

:PRESet

*CLS

*ESE <

value

>

*ESE?

*SRE <

value

>

*SRE?

*STB?

SCPI Status System

6


System Information Commands

*IDN?

SYSTem

:CTYPE? <

slot

>

:ERRor?

:VERSion?

DIAGnostic

[:RELay]:CYCLes? <

channel_list

>

[:RELay]:CYCLes:MAX? <

slot

>

[:RELay]:CYCLes:CLEar <

channel_list

>

System-Level Control Commands

*OPC

*OPC?

*RST

*TST?

*WAI

SYSTem:CPON <

slot

>|ALL

DIAGnostic

:DISPlay[:INFOrmation] <

message

>

:DISPlay:STATe <0| |OFF|

ON

>

:DISPlay:STATe?

:MONitor <

slot

>|<

channel

>|<

port

>|-1

:MONitor?

SYSMODE < |1|

SCPI

|HP3488>

SYSMODE?

RS-232 Commands

SYSTem

:LOCal

:REMote

:RWLock

7


3488 Commands Quick Reference

Channel numbers have the form

snn

, where

s

is the slot number and the channel number. Examples are shown below.

nn

is

CLOSE 111

CLOSE 111,112,203,204

CLOSE 101-111

3488A Standard Commands

CLOSE <

channel_address

>[,<

channel_address

>

...

]

OPEN <

channel_address

>[,<

channel_address

>

...

]

VIEW <

channel_address

>

CTYPE <

slot

>

CRESET <

slot

>[,<

slot

>,

...

]

SLIST <

channel_address

>[(,

or

-)<

channel_address

>

...

]

STEP

CHAN [<

channel_address

>]

CMON <

slot

>

DELAY [<

time in milliseconds

>]

3488A Digital Commands

DMODE <

slot

>[,<

mode

>][,<

polarity

>][,<

EI

>]

DWRITE <

slot

><

port

>,<

data

>[,<

data

>

...

]

DREAD <

slot

><

port

>[,<

number of times to read

>]

DELAY [<

time in milliseconds

>]

DBW <

slot

><

port

>,#I<

block data

>

DBR <

slot

><

port

>[,<

number of times to read

>]

3488A System Commands

SYSMODE <0|1|SCPI|HP3488A>

SYSMODE?

RESET

TEST

ID?

STATUS

STORE <1-40>

RECALL <1-40>

ERROR

MASK [<

decimal value

>]

OLAP <1|0>

EHALT <1|0>

DISP <

ASCII character string

>

DON/DOFF

LOCK <1|0>

8


Error Messages

See Chapter 6 in the 3499A/B/C User's Manual for more information.

Execution Errors (SCPI Mode)

-101 Invalid character

-102 Syntax error

-103 Invalid separator

-105 GET not allowed

-108 Parameter not allowed

-109 Missing parameter

-112 Program mnemonic too long

-113 Undefined header

-121 Invalid character in number

-123 Exponent too large

-124 Too many digits

-128 Numeric data not allowed

-131 Invalid suffix

-134 Suffix too long

-138 Suffix not allowed

-148 Character data not allowed

-151 Invalid string data

-158 String data not allowed

-161 Invalid block data

-168 Block data not allowed

-178 Expression data not allowed

-222 Data out of range

-223 Too much data

-224 Illegal parameter value

-310 System error

-350 Queue overflow

-410 Query INTERRUPTED

-420 Query UNTERMINATED

-430 Query DEADLOCKED

-440 Query UNTERMINATED after indefinite response

+0 PASSED

+1 ROM test failed

+2 GPIB test failed

+3 RS-232 test failed

+4 Front panel test failed

Instrument Errors (3488A Mode)

100 Number of SAV/RCL out of range

101 Unable to recall - scan is running

102 Unable to recall - memory is empty

103 Unable to recall - modules were changed

104 Unable to store - scan is running

110 Slot number out of range

111 Data out of range

112 Not able to perform requested operation

113 Block name not exist

114 Block name already exist

115 Two Blocks already exist

116 Channel number out of range

201 Scan list is empty

202 Scan initiated

203 Scan init ignored

204 Trig ignored

206 Too many channels

207 Card in use

208 N2282A execution error

300 Unable to execute this command in local mode

501 RS232 data receiving error

502 Internal command error

503 RS232 only - unable to execute on GPIB

Error Conditions (3488A Mode)

In 3488A mode, you can query the error queue when the ERROR annuciator is on. The value returned is equal to the sum of the values of the possible error conditions:

1

2

4

8

16

Syntax Error

Execution Error which include:

a b c

Parameter out of range

Module type mismatch

Attempt to access a non-existent stored state or scan list

Hardware Trigger too fast

Logical Failure

Power Supply Failure

Note:

If the string “+00000” is returned by the

ERROR command, the error queue is empty.

If this is the case, “0000” is displayed on the front panel.

9


Factory Default and Reset States (SCPI Mode)

Input/Output Configuration

Interface

GPIB Address

System Mode

Baud Rate (RS-232)

Parity (RS-232)

Flow Control (RS-232)

Module-Related Operation

Switching Channels

Digital I/O Ports

Card Pair

System-Related Operation

Display State

Stored State

Error Queue

Scan-Related Operation

Scanning

Scan List

ARM SOURce

ARM TIMer (seconds)

ARM COUNt

TRIGger SOURce

TRIGger TIMer (seconds)

Channel Delay (seconds)

Trigger Out Pulse

Factory Default State

GPIB

09

SCPI

9600

Odd (7 Data Bits)

XON/XOFF


Open

Input

None


On

Empty

Empty


None

Empty

IMMediate

0

1

IMMediate

0

0

Disabled

Reset State

Keep current setting






Reset State

Open

Input

None

Reset State

On


Empty

Reset State

Stop scan in progress

Empty

IMMediate

0

1

IMMediate

0

0

Disabled

Factory Default and Reset States (3488A Mode)

Input/Output Configuration

Interface

GPIB Address

System Mode

Module-Related Operation

Switching Channels

Digital I/O Ports

Card Pair

System-Related Operation

Display State

Stored State

Error Queue

Scan-Related Operation

Scanning

Scan List

Factory Default State

GPIB

09

SCPI


Open

Input

None


On

Empty

Empty


None

Empty

Reset State




Reset State

Open

Input

None

Reset State

On


Empty

Reset State

Stop scan in progress

Empty

10


Plug-In Module Selection Guide

Multiplexer Modules

Module Description

N2260A 40-Channel

N2266A 40-Channel

Max

Voltage

200 V

200 V

Max Current

Per Channel

# Slots Terminal Blocks/Cables

1 A

0.5 A

1 Slot N2290A Screw Terminal

N2297A DIN96-to-Twin D50 Cable

N2299A DIN96-to-Quad D25 Cable

N2290A Screw Terminal

1 A

2 A

2 A

1 Slot

2 Slots N2320A Crimp-and-Insert Kit

1 Slot

1 Slot



44480A Screw Terminal

44480B Screw Terminal

N2270A 10-Channel

44470A 10-Channel

44470D 20-Channel

Module Description

N2261A 40-Channel

N2267A 8-Channel

44471A 10-Channel

44471D 20-Channel

44477A 7-Channel

Matrix Modules

Module Description

N2262A 4x8 Matrix

44473A 4x4 Matrix

1000 V

250 V

250 V

General-Purpose Relay Modules

Max

Voltage

200 V

250 V

250 V

250 V

250 V

Max

Voltage

200 V

250 V

Max Current

Per Channel # Slots Terminal Blocks/Cables

1 A 1 Slot N2291A Screw Terminal



N2327A Crimp-and-Insert Kit 8 A

2 A

1 A

2 A

1 Slot

1 Slot

1 Slot

1 Slot


44481D Screw Terminal


Max Current


1 A

2 A

1 Slot

1 Slot


N2298A DIN96-to-D25 Cable


Digital I/O Modules

Module Description

N2263A 32-Bit TTL

44474A 16-Bit TTL

Max

Voltage

42 V

30 V

Max Current


0.6 A

0.125 A

1 Slot

1 Slot





Breadboard Module

Module Description

44475A Provides space for customized circuitry

# Slots Terminal Block

1 Slot 44485A Screw Terminal

Continued on next page

á

11


Module Selection Guide (cont'd)

Multifunction Modules

Module Description

N2264A 12-Chan GP

3-Chan GP

16-Bit DIO

N2265A 4x4 Matrix

16-Bit DIO

Max

Voltage

200 V

125 V

42 V

200 V

42 V

Max Current

Per Channel

1 A

5 A

0.6 A

1 A

0.6 A

# Slots Terminal Blocks/Cables

1 Slot N2294A ScrewTerminal



1 Slot N2295A ScrewTerminal



Optical Multiplexer Modules

(typical specs)

Module Description

N2280A Quad 1x2

N2281A Dual 1x4

N2282A Single 1x8

Insertion

Loss

0.5 dB

0.5 dB

0.5 dB

Stability# Slots Connectors

± 0.03 dB

± 0.03 dB

± 0.02 dB

2 Slots SC/APC Connectors on Module



RF and Microwave Modules

Module Description

N2268A Dual 1x4

N2272A Single 1x9

N2276A Dual 1x6

Dual 1x4

Insertion

Loss

<0.35 dB

<0.5 dB

<0.36 dB

<0.36 dB

Cross Talk

<-64 dB

<-75 dB

<-100dB

<-100dB N2276A/

Opt 204

N2276B Supports 2 external microwave switches or attenuators (sold separately).

44472A

44478A

44478B

44476A

44476B

Technical specifications vary depending on external switch selection.

Dual 1x4

Dual 1x4

Dual 1x4

Triple 1x2

<0.75 dB

<1.1 dB

<1.1 dB

<0.25 dB

<-85 dB

<-70 dB

<-70 dB

<-90 dB

Supports 2 external microwave switches

(sold separately). Technical specifications vary depending on external switch selection.

# Slots Connectors

1 Slot SMA Connectors on Module

1 Slot BNC Connectors on Module

3 Slots SMA Connectors on Module

3 Slots SMA Connectors on Module

3 Slots Typically SMA Connectors on external switches

1 Slot BNC Connectors on Module

1 Slot BNC Connectors on Module (50 W )

1 Slot

BNC Connectors on Module (75 W )

1 Slot SMA Connectors on Module

1 Slot Typically SMA Connectors on external switches

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Printed in Malaysia

November 2002 E1102

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We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins

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for more information on price quotations, drivers, technical specifications, manuals, and documentation

Contact us:

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Agilent Technologies Agilent 3499B Quick Reference Manual

Artisan Technology Group is your source for quality new and certified-used/pre-owned equipment

Quick Reference Guide

Front-Panel Menu Reference (SCPI Mode)

View MENU

S.List MENU

Mode MENU

Menu MENU

Front-Panel Menu Reference (3488 Mode)

View MENU

S.List MENU

Mode MENU

Menu MENU

SCPI Commands Quick Reference

Switch Commands

Specific Plug-in Commands

Scan List Commands

Scanning Commands

Scan Configuration Commands

State Storage Commands

Digital Input Commands

Digital Output Commands

Digital Configuration Commands

Status System Commands

SCPI Status System

System Information Commands

System-Level Control Commands

RS-232 Commands

3488 Commands Quick Reference

3488A Standard Commands

3488A Digital Commands

3488A System Commands

Error Messages

Factory Default and Reset States (SCPI Mode)

Factory Default and Reset States (3488A Mode)

Plug-In Module Selection Guide

Module Selection Guide (cont'd)

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