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Appendix E Compatibility
192 Series N6700 User’s Guide
Differences – In General
The following table documents the general differences between the
way Compatibility programming commands work on the Agilent
N6700 MPS and the way they work on the Agilent 662xA series DC
power supplies.
Item Differences
Queries The Agilent N67xxA modules will respond to multiple queries.
It will not allow a space separator between numbers.
It will not allow a user to query information, read back only a portion of the information,
send another command, and finish reading back the information from the original query.
Sending a second query without reading the response to the first will generate an error.
Model number queries will only return the N6700 model number.
Status functions Serial Poll will be controlled by the SCPI status model and will not act like a 662xA serial
poll.
SRQ will be controlled by the SCPI status model.
Parallel poll will not work.
The Agilent N67xxA modules will never set the CC- bit. All other status bits are
translated to the closest 662xA bits.
Settings The full-scale limits will match the Agilent N67xxA module limits.
There is no automatic setting adjustment.
Measurement Measurements use the present settings for points, time interval, etc.
Floating point numbers returned by the instrument may not have exactly the same
syntax or number of digits.
Calibration Calibration must be done in SCPI.
Storage states The Agilent N67xxA modules have 2 non-volatile states and 9 volatile states. The 9
volatile states are only available when using compatibility commands.
Protection
functions OVRST and OCRST will reset all latched protection functions, not just over-voltage or
over-current.