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HP E1364A Form C Switch Module User's Manual

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reader Comment Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1. Getting Started with the HP E1364A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instrument Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Switch Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Typical Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Programming the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Specifying SCPI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Switch Card Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Switch Channel Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Initial Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2. Configuring the HP E1364A Form C Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting User Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Typical Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Purpose Relay Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Relay Control Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Digital Output Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Changing Form C Switch Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Module Front Panel Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3. Using the HP E1364A Form C Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Form C Switch Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Switching Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Switching Channels Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Scanning Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Scanning Channels Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4. Understanding the HP E1364A Form C Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Scanning Channels Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using Scanning Trigger Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Scanning With External Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using the Scan Complete Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Special 488.2 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39



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Storing States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Recalling States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SCPI Error Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

5. HP E1364A Form C Switch Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Command Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Common Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SCPI Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Command Separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Abbreviated Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Implied Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Linking Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SCPI Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ABORt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
:COUNt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
DISPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MONitor:CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
MONitor[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
INITiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
:CONTinuous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
:CONTinuous? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
OUTPut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
[ROUTe:] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CLOSe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CLOSe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
OPEN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SCAN:MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
STATus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
:OPERation[:EVENt]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
:OPERation:ENABle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SYSTem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
:ERRor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
:CDEScription? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
:CTYPe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
:CPON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
TRlGger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
:SOURce? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60



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IEEE 488.2 Common Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

A. HP E1364A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Relay Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
End of Life Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacement Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

B. HP E1364A Form C Switch Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Register Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Addressing the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Reading the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ID/Device Type Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Status/Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Channel Enable Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Writing to the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Channel Enable Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

C. HP E1364A Form C Switch Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69




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Certification
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Packard further certifies that its calibration measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology (formerly National Bureau of Standards), to the extent allowed by that organization's calibration facility, and to the calibration
facilities of other International Standards Organization members.

Warranty
This Hewlett-Packard product is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years from date of ship-
ment. Duration and conditions of warranty for this product may be superseded when the product is integrated into (becomes a part of)
other HP products. During the warranty period, Hewlett-Packard Company will, at its option, either repair or replace products which
prove to be defective.
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properly installed on that product. HP does not warrant that the operation of the product, or software, or firmware will be uninterrupted
or error free.
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The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance by Buyer, Buyer-supplied prod-
ucts or interfacing, unauthorized modification or misuse, operation outside of the environmental specifications for the product, or im-
proper site preparation or maintenance.
The design and implementation of any circuit on this product is the sole responsibility of the Buyer. HP does not warrant the Buyer's
circuitry or malfunctions of HP products that result from the Buyer's circuitry. In addition, HP does not warrant any damage that oc-
curs as a result of the Buyer's circuit or any defects that result from Buyer-supplied products.
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MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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