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L4411A Getting Started Guide

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L4411A Software Installation and Configuration

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Figure 2-4. Agilent Connection Expert “Add Instrument Window”.

In the example of Figure 2-5, two instruments were located on the LAN switch.

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Page 2: ...Agilent Technologies Agilent L4411A 6 Digit Multimeter Getting Started Guide Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 3: ...ormation contained herein Should Agilent and the user have a separate written agreement with warranty terms covering the material in this document that conflict with these terms the warranty terms in...

Page 4: ...gainst fire replace the current protection fuse only with a fuse of the speci fied type and rating WARNING IEC Measurement Category II The HI and LO input terminals may be connected to mains in IEC Ca...

Page 5: ...The Protec tion Limit is 200 Vpk for all of the terminal pairings D in the figure LO sense to LO input HI sense to LO input HI sense to LO sense Note The 200 Vpk limit on the sense termi nals is the...

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Page 8: ...Network Connections 15 Site Network Connections 16 Using the GPIB and USB Interface 17 Applying Power 17 Using the Web Enabled Instrument Interface 19 Browser Configuration 19 Instrument Identificatio...

Page 9: ...5 GPIB Configuration 46 Starting Agilent Connection Expert 46 Adding Instruments to the GPIB Configuration 46 The GPIB Address String 49 The Web Enabled Instrument Interface and Interactive IO 49 Chan...

Page 10: ...C 63 Visual Studio NET Visual Basic 7 0 64 Agilent IntuiLink 65 Using the Tool Bar Add ins with Microsoft Excel and Word 66 Additional Information 67 4 Rack Mounting 69 Rack Mounting the L4411A 70 Rac...

Page 11: ...10 L4411A Getting Started Guide Contents Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 12: ...an acronym for LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation is an instrumentation standard for devices that use the Ethernet LAN as their primary communications interface The 1U 1 2 rack reference refers to th...

Page 13: ...ng the L4411A in standard 19 inch EIA racks No Manuals There are three manuals that ship with the L4411A Agilent L4411A Getting Started Guide p n L4411 90001 Agilent 34410A 11A User s Guide p n 34410...

Page 14: ...porated and that the multimeter has thermally stabilized before turning on the instrument Electrical Requirements The L4411A operates at line voltages from 100V to 240V and line frequencies of 50 60 o...

Page 15: ...o the instrument is limited to users on the private network as opposed to users on a site network that could locate and access the instrument from any location Private networks can reduce the possibil...

Page 16: ...ents When using a site LAN consult your IT department regarding LAN configuration and security issues Connecting the LAN Cable LAN cables are connected between the LAN terminals on the instrument and...

Page 17: ...work connections Do not use the crossover cable Site Network Connections Figure 1 2 shows typical LAN cable connections for a site network Figure 1 2 Typical Site LAN Network Connections On site netwo...

Page 18: ...s the on stand by button on the front panel The L4411A power on sequence plus other instrument sequences are described in Table 1 1 NOTE In stand by mode line power continues to drive the L4411A inter...

Page 19: ...y reading w units xxx xxx xx xxx Power on sequence is complete The LAN connection is established and the L4411A IP address is displayed Identifying reading w units identifying Identifies the instrumen...

Page 20: ...A Following the power on sequence note the IP address displayed on the L4411A front panel 3 Open the Internet browser on your PC In the browser Address window type http followed by the IP address of t...

Page 21: ...cific L4411A is to turn on the instrument s identification indicator This can be done from the welcome page Figure 1 3 by clicking on NOTE Selecting Help with this Page on any Web interface window pr...

Page 22: ...interface select the Browser Web Control tab on the welcome page Figure 1 3 Once the web control page is displayed select Allow Full Control and close the the Monitor DMM and Control DMM windows Figur...

Page 23: ...e data or by Write ing Read ing the command using the Write Read button Click to open time out setting window NOTE If the SCPI Command interface window is used to send the self test TST command to the...

Page 24: ...nt Technologies L4411A MY00099999 2 31 2 28 0 00 46 09 The contents of the string include Company Name Agilent Technologies Product Number L4411A Serial Number MY00099999 Firmware Revision 2 31 Recove...

Page 25: ...ttings Selecting Modify Configuration opens the configuration window shown in Figure 1 7 From this window the L4411A LAN settings can be changed and stored within the instrument click to open configur...

Page 26: ...ly to either the rear or optional front terminals NOTE Pressing the recessed LAN Reset button on the rear panel of the L4411A resets the LAN interface settings to their factory set values Refer to Pow...

Page 27: ...ve to ground This is Protection Limit B above As is implied by the above limits the Protection Limit for the HI input terminal is a max imum of 1500 Vpk relative to ground The current input I terminal...

Page 28: ...ons for DC voltage including thermocouple measurements and DC current measurements are shown in Figures 1 9 and 1 10 Figure 1 9 DC Voltage Measurement Connections Figure 1 10 DC Current Measurement Co...

Page 29: ...ents The connections for AC voltage and AC current measurements are shown in Figures 1 11 and 1 12 Figure 1 11 AC Voltage Measurement Connections Figure 1 12 AC Current Measurement Connections Artisan...

Page 30: ...nce measurements including thermistors and RTDs measurements and DC current measurements are shown in Figures 1 13 and 1 14 Figure 1 13 2 Wire Resistance Measurement Connections Figure 1 14 4 Wire Res...

Page 31: ...measurements is shown in Figure 1 15 Figure 1 15 Frequency and Period Measurement Connections Capacitance Measurements The connection for capacitance measurements is shown in Figure 1 16 Figure 1 16...

Page 32: ...This chapter contains information on IO libraries and drivers required to program the L4411A from selected development environments Refer to this chapter for information on development environments a...

Page 33: ...evelopment Environment IO Driver Recommendations LAN Web enabled instrument interface SCPI Command Interface window None LAN GPIB USB Agilent Connection Expert Interactive IO window Agilent IO Librari...

Page 34: ...ROM The IO librar ies also include the Configuration Expert utility described later in this chapter The IO Libraries are contained on the Agilent Automation Ready CD or may be downloaded from the Agi...

Page 35: ...later Web Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 01 or greater recommended Available Memory 128 MB 256 MB or greater recommended Available Disk Space 225 MB required for installation 160 MB for Microso...

Page 36: ...rivers Interchangeable Virtual Instrument IVI drivers are available for program ming the L4411A using Microsoft development environments Agilent VEE or National Instruments LabVIEW see Table 2 1 Inser...

Page 37: ...ate driver based on the development environment you are using Accept all default directories specified during installation if prompted Setup type Typical is applicable for most users As previously not...

Page 38: ...e Connection Expert utility by clicking the Agilent IO Control icon and selecting Agilent Connection Expert from the pop up menu as shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 Starting Agilent Connection Expert NO...

Page 39: ...yed in the right column Properties pane Figure 2 3 Agilent Connection Expert ACE Opening Window To search the network for instruments click on Add Instrument located on the Connection Expert tool bar...

Page 40: ...lation and Configuration 2 Figure 2 4 Agilent Connection Expert Add Instrument Window In the example of Figure 2 5 two instruments were located on the LAN switch Artisan Technology Group Quality Instr...

Page 41: ...ess and click on OK in the Search for Instru ments on the LAN window This opens the LAN Instrument window shown in Figure 2 6 NOTE The Find Instrument function of Agilent Connection Expert is supporte...

Page 42: ...to the PC via a LAN switch with no DHCP server present Thus the host name is not registered and access to the instrument is through its IP address Click on Test Connection or Identify Instrument to t...

Page 43: ...and Automatic IP are enabled on the L4411A when shipped from Agi lent This allows the instrument to automatically obtain an address on the net work If there is a DHCP server on the network the server...

Page 44: ...inst0 INSTR or host name TCPIP0 A L4411A 12345 agilent com inst0 INSTR Using Interactive IO The Connection Expert Interactive IO utility provides another method Table 2 1 of sending commands to the L...

Page 45: ...on line by clicking on the Agilent IO Control icon and then selecting Documentation IO Libraries Suite Getting Started NOTE If the Interactive IO window is used to send the self test TST command to t...

Page 46: ...he Instrument Web Interface GPIB and USB Configuration Standard interfaces on the L4411A also include GPIB and USB The following information describes how instruments on the GPIB and USB interfaces ar...

Page 47: ...and GPIB extenders are available from Agilent under part number E2078 62101 or 1252 6133 Starting Agilent Connection Expert Start Connection Expert by clicking the Agilent Control icon and selecting...

Page 48: ...nts to the GPIB Interface In the configurable properties window Figure 2 11 select the L4411A s GPIB address note factory set address 22 and click OK Figure 2 11 Specifying the GPIB Address when Addin...

Page 49: ...GPIB configured instruments Figure 2 12 Figure 2 12 The L4411A Configured for the GPIB Interface instrument configured for use over GPIB NOTE If the L4411A GPIB address is unknown the address can be q...

Page 50: ...ion Changing the GPIB Address The L4411A GPIB address can only be changed programmatically The com mand used to set the GPIB address is SYSTem COMMunication GPIB SELF ADDRess address The command can b...

Page 51: ...ar panel The first time the L4411A is connected to the PC via the USB cable a hard ware wizard utility within the PC may start and prompt you for an installa tion CD that came with the product There i...

Page 52: ...ck the USB interface USB0 and then select Refresh This Interface Figure 2 14 Figure 2 14 Adding the L4411A to the USB Interface Connection Expert will attempt to establish a communication path to the...

Page 53: ...as shown below USB0 2351 2391 MY00099999 0 INSTR To simplify addressing during programming a VISA alias can be assigned and used in place of the complete address To assign an alias from Connection Ex...

Page 54: ...nteractive IO The Web enabled instrument interface is not available from the USB interface The Connection Expert Interactive IO utility can be used to send SCPI com mands from the L4411A command set t...

Page 55: ...page is displayed click on Technical Support under the heading More Details From the Technical Support window scroll to Drivers and Software and select L4411A Firmware Update Revision revision number...

Page 56: ...indow shown in Figure 2 17 appears Figure 2 17 Firmware Update Utility File Selection Window 2 Using the Browse button specify the path to the firmware file Once speci fied the instrument model number...

Page 57: ...date process Figure 2 18 Specifying the Instrument Address The firmware update takes a few moments to complete The L4411A will reboot once the update is complete NOTE The Applicable Model window lists...

Page 58: ...arts with L Download Agilent drivers for instruments that start with L Agilent L4411A Digital Multimeter 6 5 Digit Select Download to install the driver Additional information is provided by the More...

Page 59: ...58 L4411A Getting Started Guide 2 L4411A Software Installation and Configuration Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 60: ...nk 65 This chapter contains information on the example programs and the Agilent IntuiLink Software that are included on the Agilent 34410A 11A L4411A Product Reference CD ROM p n 34410 13601 Refer to...

Page 61: ...cting Install next to 34410A 11A L4411A IVI COM Driver installs the driver AND the example programs in the examples directory structure below C Program Files IVI Drivers Agilent34410 Examples The sub...

Page 62: ...structure is C Program Files Agilent 34410A examples The sub directories are identical to those created when the IVI COM driver is installed previous page with the addition of a directory containing N...

Page 63: ...he instrument The following sections provide instructions for editing the programs based on the development environment Visual Studio 6 0 Visual Basic To modify Visual Basic 6 0 examples open the exam...

Page 64: ...the instrument address is changed Figure 3 3 Changing the Instrument Address String Visual C Visual Studio Net C To modify the Visual C examples open the example by double clicking the example name w...

Page 65: ...s open the example by double clicking the example name with the vbproj extension Once the development environment opens select the example source code file vb extension of the same name Figure 3 5 sho...

Page 66: ...nd Microsoft Windows applications These add ins allow high level instrument control plus transfer of configuration settings and measurement data between the instrument and the Excel Word applications...

Page 67: ...desk top are also created Excel Intuilink for Multimeters Toolbar Addin Word Intuilink for Multimeters Toolbar Addin Using the Tool Bar Add ins with Microsoft Excel and Word Start the Microsoft Excel...

Page 68: ...rmation See the tool bar help file for usage information on the IntuiLink add in Additionally an Agilent IntuiLink for Multimeters software overview can be found under start All Programs Agilent Intui...

Page 69: ...68 L4411A Getting Started Guide 3 Introduction to Programming Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 70: ...nting Rack Mounting the L4411A 70 Rack Mount Kit Contents 70 Procedure 71 This chapter contains information on rack mounting the L4411A in standard EIA racks using the Agilent Y1160A Rack Mount Kit Ar...

Page 71: ...le 4 1 Table 4 1 Y1160A L4411A Rack Mount Kit Contents Item Description Part Number Quantity 1 M4x8 flat head screw 1515 1367 12 2 10 32 pan head dress screw 0570 1577 4 3 10 32 x 0 625 pan head screw...

Page 72: ...rawing of the Y1160A sliding shelf rack mount kit The drawing shows the location usage of the hardware items listed in Table 4 1 Figure 4 1 Y1160A Instrument Rack Mount Kit 2 4 6 8 5 3 1 10 7 9 Artisa...

Page 73: ...helf Rails 1 Select the vertical position in the rack between any two adjacent EIA unit indicators where the L4411A is to be installed Insert clip on nuts item 5 on the three holes between the unit in...

Page 74: ...ter of the rack If the rack has center facing columns Figure 4 3 insert a 10 32 pan head screw through the rail opening and clip nut perpendicular to the front facing column Repeat for the rail on the...

Page 75: ...olumn Install the Sliding Shelf Facing the rack slide the shelf item 7 onto the bottom surfaces of the rail channels The tabs at the back of the shelf pass underneath the channel surface The tabs allo...

Page 76: ...nto the instrument mounting holes 4 Install the second L4411A if present in the shelf area adjacent to the first instrument If only one instrument is installed install a filler panel on the front edge...

Page 77: ...76 L4411A Getting Started Guide 4 Rack Mounting Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 78: ...struments 40 GPIB configuration 45 Interactive IO 43 locating instruments 38 opening the Web enabled interface 45 USB configuration 45 Connection Expert utility LAN configuration 37 current measuremen...

Page 79: ...3 LAN network considerations 13 selecting 13 locating instruments 38 M manuals 12 materials included with L4411A 12 measurement connections 25 capacitance measurements 30 DC voltage and current 27 fre...

Page 80: ...using the GPIB and USB interface general information 17 V voltage measurements 27 AC 28 W Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 5 Web enabled interface 19 browser configuration 19 chang...

Page 81: ...80 L4411A Getting Started Guide Index Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

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