BEHLMAN BL10000 Series, User'S Manual And Technical Reference Manual

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1.3 EIA-232 SERIAL COMMUNICATION
The BL Series Power Supply incorporates an EIA-232 serial communications interface,
which allows all function to be programmed and monitored remotely via a host computer.
The Power Supply receives ASCII encoded command strings via a EIA-232
interface according to MATE System Control Interface Standard No. 2806763
(IEEE-716 CIIL). The AC Power Supply supports all OPCODES, NOUNS, and
MODIFIERS required by the stimulus module. They are as follows:
OPCODES
FNC, FTH, :CHO, SET, SRX, SRN, CLS, OPN, RST, CNF, IST,STA INX,
MODIFIERS
FREQ, VOLT, CURR, VLT0, VLT1
NOUN
ACS
The BL Series Power Supply can be used in point-to-point mode where a host
Computer is connected irectly to One Power Supply.
NOTES:
1. Leading zeroes must be entered for commands.
2. Leading zeroes are blanked in response transmit.
EXAMPLES:
1.4 AC POWER SUPPLY SYNTAX
Setup Command:
FNC ACS :CHO SET VOLT <value>
[ SET FREQ <value>]
[ SRX VOLT <value>]
[ SRN VOLT <value>]
[ SRX FREQ <value>]
[ SRN FREQ <value>]
[SET VLT(0,1)] <cr><lf><eos>
Table 1-1
CIIL SOFTWARE COMMANDS
(cr) =ASCII ‘ carriage return’ code 0D Hex, ISO keyboard ^M
(lf) =ASCII ‘ line feed ’ code 0A Hex, ISO keyboard ^J
(eos) =ASCII ‘carriage return’ code 1A Hex, ISO keyboard ^Z
ASCII file transfer end-of string command