Fluke 522A/6, Operator'S Manual

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Remote Operations
How to Set up the IEEE-488 Port for Remote Control
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IEEE-488 Port Setup Procedure
Complete the following procedure to set up the Calibrator for remote operations using the
IEEE-488 remote control port. The purpose is to select GPIB as the interface and to select
the GPIB address for the interface.
1.
Turn the Calibrator power on. You may operate the Calibrator during warmup, but
specifications are not guaranteed until warmup is complete.
2. Press
S
on the Calibrator front panel.
3. Negotiate the softkey selections shown below. Verify the HOST port selection is
gpib. Select the desired GPIB port address (0 to 30) using the UP/DOWN softkeys.
The factory default is 4.
Select
nn120f.eps
4. Press
P
(not
E
) several times until the message STORE
CHANGES/DISCARD CHANGES appears or, if there were no changes, the reset
display. If you select STORE CHANGES, the gpib and host port setting are saved in
the instrument non-volatile memory.
How to Test the IEEE-488 Port
The procedure below tests IEEE-488 communications between the PC and the Calibrator
using the Win32 Interactive Control utility. This utility is supplied with National
Instruments interface cards for the PC, which are the recommended interfaces. (See