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Page 3: ...imeter SERIAL NUMBERS This manual applies to all instruments with Serial No 2946G00476 and higher ABCDE HP Part No 08153 90011 Printed in Germany Third Edition E0199 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 4: ... HP for use with an instrument will execute its programming instructions when properly installed on that instrument HP does not warrant that the operation of the instrument software or rmware will be uninterrupted or error free Limitation of Warranty The foregoing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance by Buyer Buyer supplied software or interfacing u...

Page 5: ...id hazardous electrical shock do not perform electrical tests when there are signs of shipping damage to any portion of the outer enclosure covers panels etc Line Power Requirements The HP 8153A can operate from any single phase AC power source that supplies between 100V and 240V at a frequency in the range from 40 to 60Hz The maximum power consumption is 55VA with all options installed The fuse u...

Page 6: ...he power cable plug only into a socket outlet provided with a protective earth contact Do not negate this protective action by the using an extension cord without a protective conductor Before switching on the instrument the protective earth terminal of the instrument must be connected to a protective conductor You can do this by using the power cord supplied with the instrument It is prohibited t...

Page 7: ...a new plug it should meet the local safety requirements and include the following features Adequate load carrying capacity see table of speci cations Ground connection Cable clamp Operating Environment Warning The HP 8153A is not designed for outdoor use To prevent potential re or shock hazard do not expose the HP 8153A to rain or other excessive moisture Input Output Signals Caution A maximum of ...

Page 8: ...CFR 1040 10 1 1 1 1 Canada Japan USA Output Power 2dBm 0dBm 0dBm 1dBm Beam Diameter 50 m 9 m 9 m 9 m Numerical Aperture 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 Wavelength 850610nm 1310620nm 1550620nm 1310 1550620nm Note Canada Japan USA The laser safety warning labels are xed on the laser module Note Europe A sheet of laser safety warning labels are included with the laser module You MUST stick the labels in the local la...

Page 9: ...nly to quali ed and authorized personnel Warning Do not enable the laser when there is no ber attached to the optical output connector The optical output connector is at the bottom on the laser module front panel The laser is enabled by pressing the grey button above the optical output connector on the front panel The laser is enabled when the green LED on the front panel of the laser module is li...

Page 10: ...Wellenl ange 850610nm 1310620nm 1550620nm 1310 1550620nm Hinweis Europa Ein Blatt mit Laser Warnaufklebern ist jedem Lasereinschub beigef ugt Die Aufkleber m ussen in der Landessprache f ur den Anwender gut sichtbar an der Aussenseite des Grundger ates angebracht werden Defekte Lasereinsch ube m ussen zur Reparatur oder zur Kalibration an ein HP Service B uro geschickt werden Der Lasereinschub hat...

Page 11: ...h am unteren Teil der Einschubfrontplatte Mit dem dar uberliegenden grauen Druckschalter wird der Laser ein bzw ausgeschaltet Bei eingeschaltetem Laser leuchtet eine gr une Anzeige an der Frontplatte des Einschubes Warnung Wenn der Laser eingeschaltet ist darf unter keinen Umst anden in das Ende des optischen Kabels oder in den Laserausgang am Ger at geschaut werden Der Laserstrahl ist f ur das me...

Page 12: ...D CFR 1040 10 1 1 1 1 Canada Japan USA Puissance de Sortie 2dBm 0dBm 0dBm 1dBm Diam etre du Faisceau 50 m 9 m 9 m 9 m Ouverture Num erique 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 Longueur d Onde 850610nm 1310620nm 1550620nm 1310 1550620nm Remarque Canada Japan USA Les etiquettes de s ecurit e sont a ch ees sur le module laser Remarque Europe Les etiquettes de s ecurit e sont incluses dans le module laser Il est obligatoi...

Page 13: ... e par HP est quali e pour intervenir sur le laser Attention Ne pas mettre le laser sous tension sans s etre assur e qu une bre optique est bien x ee sur le connecteur Le connecteur de sortie optique est situ e au bas de la face avant du module laser La mise en service du laser s e ectu e par la pression du bouton gris situ e au dessus de la sortie optique en face avant du module L illumination de...

Page 14: ... installerar en lasermodul m aste till apparaten bifogas varningsskyltar enligt standard SFS IEC 825 Bruksanvisningar Varning Om apparaten anv ands p a annat s att an vad i bruksanvisningar speci cerats kan anv andaren uts attas f or osynlig laserstr alning av laserklass 3A Vid anv andingen av apparaten b or f oljande varningsanvisningar efterf oljas som p a detta s att garanterar s akerhet Aktive...

Page 15: ...h alla N ar man uppt acker att fel i apparaten har uppst att eller att apparaten ej fungerar felfritt b or apparaten s andas till HP s verkstad f or reparering och service I lasermodulen nns en inbyggd s akerhetskrets som s atter laserstr alningen ur funktion n ar fel uppst ar i apparaten xiii Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 16: ...an em laserl ahde laite on varustettava laserl ahteen mukana toimitettavilla standardin SFS IEC 825 mukaisilla varoitusmerkinn oill a K aytt o Varoitus Laitteen k aytt aminen muulla kuin k aytt oohjeesa mainitulla tavalla saattaa altistaa k aytt aj an luokan 3A n akym att om alle lasers ateilylle K aytt aess asi laitetta noudata seuraavia varo ohjeita jotka takaavat laitteen turvallisen k ayt on a...

Page 17: ...uollettavissa olevia kohteita Laite tulee l ahett a a korjattavaksi ja huollettavaksi HP n huoltokorjaamoon mik ali laite vikaantuu tai sen havaitaan toimivan virheellisesti Laserl ahteess a on my os sis a anrakennettu turvapiiri joka est a a lasers ateen toiminnan laitteen vikaantuessa xv Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 18: ... Quick Reference Guide Local control and remote control programming information Chapters 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9 Reference Data Supporting information of a non operational nature Appendix A B C D E F G H and I Customer Assistance Sales and Service information Appendix J xvi Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 19: ... 1 9 Logging Data 1 11 Examining the Data 1 12 Plotting Data 1 13 2 Measure Mode The Chan Key 2 1 The Mode Key 2 1 The Param Key 2 2 Entry Status 2 2 Default Values 2 2 Parameter List 2 2 2 2 CAL 2 3 T 2 3 REF 2 5 ATT 2 6 AUX 2 7 The Disp Ref Key 2 7 The dB Key 2 8 Using 4dB5 with a Two Sensor Instrument 2 8 Using 4dB5 with a One Sensor Instrument 2 9 Contents 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality In...

Page 20: ...ation 3 2 Running the Loss Application 3 3 The Record Key 3 5 Preparation 3 6 The Stability Application 3 7 T TOTAL 3 8 AUTODUMP 3 8 Running the Stability Application 3 9 The Logging Application 3 10 SAMPLES 3 10 AUTODUMP 3 11 START 3 12 THRESHLD 3 12 Running the Logging Application 3 13 The Manual Logging Application 3 13 Running the Manual Logging Application 3 13 The Plot Application 3 14 AUTOS...

Page 21: ... 3 28 MINIMUM 3 28 DIFF 3 29 AVERAGE 3 29 1 3 29 The Alignment Application 3 29 Preparation 3 29 TYPE 3 30 DELTA 3 31 MAXPOWER 3 31 Running the Alignment Application 3 31 4 System Mode The Mode Key 4 1 The Modify Keys 4 1 The System Key 4 2 RECALL 4 2 The Module Type 4 3 The Location 4 3 The Channel 4 3 STORE 4 4 The Module Type 4 5 The Channel 4 5 The Location 4 5 HPIB 4 5 ADDRESS 4 5 MODE 4 6 Co...

Page 22: ...epted Characters 5 4 HP IB Bus Commands 5 4 HP IB Priority 5 6 TMSL 5 6 Setting the HP IB Address 5 8 Syntax Diagram Conventions 5 9 6 Common Commands Common Status Information 6 1 SRQ The Service Request 6 3 Input Queue 6 3 Output Queue 6 3 Error Queue 6 3 CLS 6 4 ESE 6 5 ESE 6 6 ESR 6 6 IDN 6 7 OPC 6 8 OPC 6 9 OPT 6 9 RST 6 10 SRE 6 11 SRE 6 12 STB 6 13 TRG 6 14 Contents 4 Artisan Technology Gro...

Page 23: ...ETTling LPELTier Node 7 11 The OPERation SETTling HPELTier Node 7 11 The OPERation MEASuring Node 7 11 The OPERation MEASuring POWer Node 7 11 The OPERation TRIGger Node 7 12 The OPERation TRIGger POWer Node 7 12 The OPERation CORRecting Node 7 12 The OPERation CORRecting ZERO Node 7 12 The OPERation AVERaging Node 7 12 The OPERation AVERaging POWer Node 7 12 The OPERation PROGram Node 7 13 The OP...

Page 24: ...ss 8 2 DISPlay BRIGhtness 8 2 DISPlay STATe 8 3 DISPlay STATe 8 3 FETCh Commands 8 4 Specifying the Channel 8 4 FETCh SCALar POWer DC 8 4 INITiate Commands 8 7 Specifying the Channel 8 7 INITiate CONTinuous 8 7 INITiate CONTinuous 8 7 INITiate IMMediate 8 8 READ Commands 8 8 Specifying the Channel 8 8 READ SCALar POWer DC 8 8 SENSe Commands 8 9 Specifying the Channel 8 11 SENSe CORRection COLLect ...

Page 25: ...nal FREQuency 8 23 SOURce POWer ATTenuation 8 24 SOURce POWer ATTenuation 8 24 SOURce POWer STATe 8 24 SOURce POWer STATe 8 25 SOURce POWer WAVElength 8 25 SOURce POWer WAVElength 8 26 SYSTem Commands 8 26 SYSTem DATE 8 27 SYSTem DATE 8 27 SYSTem ERRor 8 27 SYSTem TIME 8 28 SYSTem TIME 8 29 9 HP IB Application Commands Program Commands 9 1 PROGram SELected EXECute 9 2 PROGram SELected NAME 9 2 PRO...

Page 26: ...mperature A 5 Humidity A 5 Instrument Cooling A 5 Input Output Signals A 5 HP IB Interface A 5 Cables and Adapters A 6 Connector A 6 HP IB Logic Levels A 7 Removing and Fitting Modules A 7 How to Remove a Module A 7 How to Fit a Module A 8 Storage and Shipment A 9 Claims and Repackaging A 10 Return Shipments to HP A 10 B Accessories Mainframe B 1 Modules B 2 Connector Interfaces and Other Accessor...

Page 27: ...ule Interface Tests D 4 ANALOG INPUT 8152A IN D 6 P CTRL D 6 IB Function Test using a HP 81530 31 32 or HP 81536A D 6 HP IB Interface Test Optional D 7 E Cleaning Procedures Cleaning Materials E 1 Cleaning Fiber Front Panel Connectors E 2 Cleaning Connector Interfaces E 2 Cleaning Connector Bushings E 3 Cleaning Detector Windows E 3 Cleaning Lens Adapters E 3 Cleaning Detector Lens Interfaces E 4 ...

Page 28: ... Related Errors I 1 Speci c Error Identi ers I 2 Store and Recall Errors I 2 Plot Print Show and Manual Logging Errors I 2 Loss Errors I 2 HP IB Errors I 3 HP IB Error Codes I 3 No Error I 3 Instrument Speci c Errors I 3 Command Errors I 4 Execution Errors I 6 Device Dependant Errors I 7 Query Errors I 8 J Sales and Service O ces K Backdating Instruments with Serial Numbers 2946G00475 and Earlier ...

Page 29: ...Index Contents 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 30: ...ng the Loss of a Device Under Test DUT 3 4 3 3 The Loss Result 3 5 3 4 Setup for a Record Application 3 6 3 5 Selecting an Application Stability 3 7 3 6 Editing an Application Parameter Samples 3 11 3 7 Stability Plot 3 18 3 8 Logging Printout 3 23 3 9 The Window and Refresh Modes 3 26 3 10 Setup for an Alignment Application 3 30 3 11 The Display during the Alignment Application 3 32 4 1 Making a ...

Page 31: ...ring 8 5 8 3 Measurements with TAverage 1 second immediate triggering 8 6 A 1 Line Power Cables Plug Identi cation A 4 A 2 HP IB Connector A 6 A 3 How to Remove a Module A 8 A 4 Fitting a Module A 9 Contents 13 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 32: ...tus Byte Register 6 13 7 1 STATus Command Summary 7 9 7 2 STATus Command Summary 7 15 7 3 STATus Command Summary 7 21 8 1 ABORt Command Summary 8 1 8 2 DISPlay Command Summary 8 2 8 3 FETCh Command Summary 8 4 8 4 INITiate Command Summary 8 7 8 5 READ Command Summary 8 8 8 6 SENSe Command Summary 8 10 8 7 8 15 8 8 SOURce Command Summary 8 22 8 9 SYSTem Command Summary 8 26 9 1 PROGram Command Summ...

Page 33: ...ou operate the instrument The HP 8153A System The central element of the system is the HP 8153A mainframe You customize the instrument using plug in modules and a changeable ber connector interfaces Figure 1 1 The HP 8153A System Getting Started 1 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 34: ...eft slot Channel B corresponds to the module in the right slot 4Mode5 Switch between Measure and Menu Mode Modify Keys 4 5 4 5 Select the digit or character to edit 4 5 4 5 Edit the selected digit or character or the parameter Measure Mode Measure mode is the mode selected automatically when you switch on the instrument In this mode you can set up and make simple measurements In measure mode the b...

Page 35: ...rs for editing 4Prev5 and 4Next5 step through the items in a menu For example these can be di erent types of Record applications or the di erent parameters for the system con guration 4Exec5 to execute an application or to nish editing a change of a system parameter 4Pause5 to pause the running application or to continue a paused application 4System5 Select system parameters This allows you to vie...

Page 36: ...ch sets whether the application starts immediately or only after the power goes above or below a speci ed threshold level THRESHLD Which sets the threshold level to be passed before the application begins Manual Logging takes a sample each time the user presses the 4Exec5 key In addition the plot and print applications allow you to make a graphics plot or a printout from the samples of your record...

Page 37: ...ransfer of optical power The parameters for this application are TYPE Which sets whether the maximum transferred power is determined automatically by the instrument or set manually by the user DELTA Which sets the size of the change in transferred power indicated on the display or by the tone MAXPOWER Which sets expected or required maximum transferred power The 4Pause5 key switches on and o the t...

Page 38: ... 3 Communications Indicator Shows the state of the HP IB communications NNNNNNNNNNN RMT Remote communications are taking place NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN TLK ONLY Talk only selected for the HP IB NNNNNNNNNNN SRQ A service request is pending 4 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Low Batt ery Indicator Indicates that the internal battery voltage is low 1 6 Getting Started Artisan Technology Group Quality Ins...

Page 39: ...L An application has been selected EDIT An application parameter is being edited RUN An application is running PAUSE An application has been temporarily halted 9 NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN Param eter Indicator shows the type of parameter in the character eld Character eld shows wavelength CAL Character eld shows the calibration factor T Character eld shows the averaging time REF Character eld shows the ref...

Page 40: ...tic ber At the start of the session make sure that the instrument is o Switching On and Recalling the Standard Setting 1 Set up the instrument as described above 2 Switch on the instrument All the display lights and then the message SELFTEST shows in the character eld in both channels The following are the default power on conditions The current channel is channel A The instrument is in measure mo...

Page 41: ...character eld 6 Press 4Exec5 to recall the standard setting for channel A The RUN operation indicator shows while the setting is being recalled 7 Press 4 5 The instrument shows the message RECALL 0 B in the character eld 8 Press 4Exec5 to recall the standard setting for channel B 9 Press 4Mode5 to return the instrument to measure mode Making A Power Measurement Note Normally the instrument is left...

Page 42: ... 4 5 and 4 5 to alter the value of this digit Figure 1 6 Editing the Sensor Wavelength 11 Press 4Zero5 to remove any electrical o sets in the circuitry The message ZEROING is shown in the character eld and shows blinking in the result eld 12 Enable the source by pressing the button on its front panel The green LED lights to show that the source is now active 13 The instrument shows the power of th...

Page 43: ... Press 4Menu5 to change to menu mode The mode indicator changes to show MENU MENU is displayed in the character eld Figure 1 8 Going into Menu Mode 15 Press 4Record5 to choose a record application The APPL operation indicator switches on The character eld shows STABILTY Press 4Record5 again so that the character eld shows LOGGING Getting Started 1 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentatio...

Page 44: ...he instrument shows the RUN operation indicator While the application is running the character eld shows the number of the sample that is being taken When the application nishes the RUN indicator goes out Examining the Data After you have run the Logging application you can look at the data that has been recorded You do this using the Show application 21 Press 4More5 The character eld shows the wo...

Page 45: ... When the instrument is in Talk Only mode the NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN TLK ONLY shows at the top of the display If the instrument is not in Talk Only mode use the following procedure to put it into Talk Only mode a Press 4System5 repeatedly until HPIB shows in the character eld b Press 4Edit5 The character eld shows the message ADDRESS and the HP IB address of the HP 8153A c Press 4Next5 The cha...

Page 46: ...the modify keys to enter a comment Use 4 5 and 4 5 to select a character position in your comment Use 4 5 to select a letter and 4 5 to select a number for your comment 33 Press 4Edit5 to get back to the display with PLOT in the character eld 34 Press 4Exec5 to plot the readings The RUN Mode indicator shows while the graph of the results plots When the plot has nished the RUN indicator switches o ...

Page 47: ...nly to the selected channel When the instrument is under remote operation this key acts as 4Local5 That is it returns the instrument to local operation unless Local Lockout is active The Mode Key 4Mode5 changes the operating mode If you press this key in measure mode it changes the instrument into menu mode the next chapter gives a description of menu mode Note The commands described in this chapt...

Page 48: ...n only edit a parameter or a part of a parameter while it is blinking If you do not press any more keys within 10 seconds the blinking stops and you are prevented from editing the value You can enable editing again if you press any of the Modify keys Note The instrument holds the parameter information in memory until you edit it Switching the instrument o does not a ect the parameters Default Valu...

Page 49: ...n dB Limits 200 000dB nnn nnn 200 000dB Resolution 001dB Default 0 000dB When the calibration factor is not set to zero the CAL parameter indicator stays on at half brightness T This is the length of time over which a signal is averaged Longer averaging times increase the accuracy and improve the noise rejection of the measurement Longer averaging times also decrease sensitivity and increase the l...

Page 50: ...ser and Tsample is the time taken by the hardware to make a reading If the measurement conditions are changed for example by a range change in autoranging xold is reset and the averaging starts again This is why the display update seems faster in autoranging Display Format nnn ms s min Values 20 50 100 200 500ms 1 2 5 10 20 30s 1 2 5 10 15 20 30 60min Default 200ms Figure 2 2 Editing the Averaging...

Page 51: ...display is the displayed relative power Pmeasured is the absolute power level see CAL and REF is the reference Logarithmic Units Display Format 6nnn nnn dBm Limits 200 000dBm nnn nnn 200 000dBm Resolution 0 001dBm Default 0 000dBm Linear Units Display Format 5 digits pW nW W mW Limits 0 001pW n 9999 9mW Resolution see Table 2 1 Default 1000 0 W Local Control Measure Mode 2 5 Artisan Technology Gro...

Page 52: ...001pW ATT The amount of power that is output from a source can be controlled This parameter sets the attenuation of an output Poutput Psource 0 ATT dB Where Poutput is the power level at the output of the module Psource is the power level at the output of the source and ATT is the attenuation parameter Display Format 6n n dB Limits 0 0dB n n 6 0dB Resolution 0 1dB Default 0 0dB 2 6 Local Control M...

Page 53: ...esults displayed in dB If the display is in dBm or Watts the measured power level is stored as the reference that is REF Pmeasured Where REF is the reference and Pmeasured is the absolute power level see CAL If the display is in dB this value is converted to dBm or Watts before being stored as a reference that is REFnew Pdisplay dB REFold Where REFnew is the reference after the key press Pdisplay ...

Page 54: ...you use 4Param5 or 4Disp Ref5 Pdisplay dB Pmeasured 0REF Where Pdisplay is the displayed relative power Pmeasured is the absolute power level see CAL and REF is the reference If the result is in dB with respect to the reference 4dB5 changes the result to dB with respect to the power level in the other channel The reference indicator shows A B or B A When the result is with respect to the power lev...

Page 55: ...Bm W5 changes the display to showing the results in Watts If the results are in Watts 4dBm W5 changes the display to showing the result in dBm The Zero Key The 4Zero5 works with sensor modules The function of 4Zero5 is to remove any electrical o set in the sensor circuitry The instrument measures by converting optical power to electrical power and then measuring the electrical power An electrical ...

Page 56: ...ractice to zero the instrument before making any important measurements The zero operation is performed just for the selected channel The instrument automatically repeats the zero operation for each measurement range Figure 2 3 The Display while Channel A is Being Zeroed If there is light at the sensor input during a zero operation the instrument shows the message ZERO ERR If you cannot remove the...

Page 57: ...to 1 4N Dig5 increases the number of digits shown The maximum number of digits after the decimal point is 3 The Range Keys The range keys select the range of the units for the result The table below gives the possible ranges for results The available ranges depend on the module used Local Control Measure Mode 2 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisa...

Page 58: ...shows on the display while you press a range keys But note that pressing a Range key alters the range used Pressing 4Auto5 stops or starts the automatic ranging Pressing 4Up5 or 4Down5 selects the next range before showing it The bar graph below the result shows the result graphically The left end of the bar is 0 of the selected range the right end of the bar is 100 of the selected range 2 12 Loca...

Page 59: ...log output is the BNC connector on the front of the sensor module It outputs a voltage directly proportional to the strength of the optical signal at the optical input in the current range The analog signal is always in the range 0 to 2V 2V corresponding to a full power input signal in the current range 0V corresponding to no input signal If the range changes for example during autoranging the lev...

Page 60: ... of discrete valued parameters Editing Continuous Valued Parameters Where a value is being set from between certain limits you can edit each character individually The 4 5 changes the editable character to the next one on the left The 4 5 changes the editable character to the next one on the right The editable characters include each digit of numeric parameters the decimal point see below and char...

Page 61: ...ssing 4 5 changes the value to 2 345nW Similarly if you are editing a reference and the value is 2 345 W with the eld of edit at the decimal point pressing 4 5 changes the value to 234 5mW Local Control Measure Mode 2 15 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 63: ...nu mode apply only to the selected channel When the instrument is under remote control this key acts as 4Local5 That is it returns the instrument to local control unless Local Lockout is active The Mode Key 4Mode5 changes the operating mode If you press this key in menu mode it changes the instrument into measure mode the previous chapter gives a description of measure mode Note The commands descr...

Page 64: ... loss you need both quantities Pin and Pout The application measures Pin when you start it running Once you have taken a reference the instrument expresses all the following results relative to this These results are loss results Preparation You need both a source and a sensor module for the Loss application Before you start the Loss application make sure that you have set all the measurement para...

Page 65: ...ent shows LOSS in the character eld The instrument reads the reference level when you start the application running To read the input signal and use it as the reference do the following 1 Make sure that the device under test is not in the system 2 Make sure that the source is not active The source is active whenever the green LED on its front panel lights 3 Connect the source to the input of the s...

Page 66: ...ent takes a new reference You can switch the source o and on without disturbing the reference value Do this to avoid exposure to laser radiation when you are changing the device under test While the application is running the result eld shows the loss in dB and the character eld shows the reference in dBm 1 indicates the result eld and 2 indicates the character eld in Figure 3 3 If you are using b...

Page 67: ...is as soon as the rst sample has ended the second starts Manual Logging takes a sample each time the user presses the 4Exec5 key In addition there are plot and print applications that allow you to make a graphics plot or a printout of the samples of your record application The nal application on the Record key is the MinMax application which displays minimum measured value and the di erence betwee...

Page 68: ...r plotter the instrument HPIB State must be set to Talk Only for instructions on how to do this see MODE in Chapter 4 With Firmware revisions 1 7 and greater to output to a printer or plotter the instrument HPIB State must be set to Talk Listen the default condition For information on setting the HPIB Status see MODE in Chapter 4 Note To nd the rmware revision switch o the instrument and then hold...

Page 69: ...ation rst takes consecutive samples of the power from the device under test that is the next sample begins as soon as the previous one has nished Some of this data is then discarded so that the samples are evenly spaced over the whole of the speci ed period The maximum number of samples is 500 Example Tavg is set to 1s Tavg is T set in Measure mode The user sets the total time for the stability ap...

Page 70: ...rom T_TOTAL depends on a number of factors including the system con guration The worst case timing di erence is 30s h You can press 4Edit5 if you have nished editing or you can press 4Next5 or 4Prev5 to edit the other parameter AUTODUMP When you select this parameter the left side character eld shows the message AUTODUMP The right side character eld shows whether the automatic dump has been enable...

Page 71: ...ter Running the Stability Application To run the application press 4Exec5 You cannot run the application if you are editing parameters While the application is running the RUN operation indicator lights While the application is running the result eld shows the sample and the character eld shows the time remaining until the application nishes After all the samples have been taken the RUN operation ...

Page 72: ... Press 4Edit5 to look at or edit the parameters After pressing 4Edit5 you can select parameters using 4Next5 and 4Prev5 While you are editing a parameter the EDIT operation indicator lights The total time for the logging application consists of the averaging time and the time to process the sample That is a sample is only taken after the previous sample has been taken and processed The processing ...

Page 73: ...mp is enabled the dump is made after the Stability application has taken the last sample Note Other applications also use the AUTODUMP parameter Changing this parameter in the Logging application a ects the Stability application The Plot application sets the parameters for an automatic plot The Print application sets parameters for an automatic print These applications are described later in this ...

Page 74: ... It can have the values IMMEDIAT to start the application when you press 4Exec5 ABOVE to start the application when the input power level is above a certain threshold or BELOW to start the application when the input power level is below a certain threshold The displayed value is always the setting for the start condition You can press 4Edit5 if you have nished editing or you can press 4Next5 or 4P...

Page 75: ...s a sample every time the user presses 4Exec5 When you select the Logging application the character eld shows MAN LOGG Press 4Edit5 to look at the existing samples or to take a sample again After pressing 4Edit5 you can select a sample using the Modify keys While you are editing samples the EDIT operation indicator lights To take a sample again press 4Exec5 the input power level replaces the power...

Page 76: ...instrument HPIB State must be set to Talk Listen the default condition For information on setting the HPIB Status see MODE in Chapter 4 Note To nd the rmware revision switch o the instrument and then hold any key while the instrument is powering up The rmware revision is shown at the bottom right of the display Switch o the instrument and power it up again for normal operation When you select the ...

Page 77: ...SCAL is set to OFF When you select this parameter the left side character eld shows the message Y_MIN The right side character eld shows the minimum value for the y axis of the plot You edit the y axis minimum value using the Modify keys The lower limit is 800 00dBm The higher limit is 800 00dBm The displayed value is always the setting for the minimum You can press 4Edit5 if you have nished editi...

Page 78: ...rameters Running the Plot Application To run the application press 4Exec5 You cannot run the application if you are editing parameters While the application is running the RUN operation indicator lights If you try to run the plot without samples or with invalid samples the message NO DATA or DATA shows in the character eld The application does not run After the plot has nished the RUN operation in...

Page 79: ...r which the application was taking samples and Samples the number of samples taken Also in this column is the data and time at which the record application was run The total time for the logging application consists of the averaging time and the time to process the sample That is a sample is only taken after the previous sample has been taken and processed On the plot the total time given for the ...

Page 80: ...r levels sampled and Avg the mean average of the samples Note If the samples are taken in dB or dBm Avg is the mean average of these logarithmic values If the samples are taken in Watts Avg is the mean average of the linear values The quantity on the y axis of the plot is always power The units can be dBm dB or Watts 3 18 Local Control Menu Mode Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Gua...

Page 81: ... device to the HP IB connector on the back of the instrument The device address of the printer must be set to 1 To output to a printer the instrument HPIB State must be set to Talk Only for instructions on how to do this see MODE in Chapter 4 With Firmware revisions 1 7 and greater to output to a printer or plotter the instrument HPIB State must be set to Talk Listen the default condition For info...

Page 82: ...caling You can press 4Edit5 if you have nished editing or you can press 4Next5 or 4Prev5 to edit the other parameters The maximum and minimum values you choose for the graph when autoscaling is o are subject to rounding The nal scaling is calculated to give eleven divisions of the y axis with standard spacings that is spacings that are multiples of 1 2 or 5 Y MIN You can only select this parameter...

Page 83: ...ng or you can press 4Next5 or 4Prev5 to edit the other parameters COMMENT When you select this parameter the left side character eld shows the message COMMENT The right side character eld shows the comment string The comment string is included so that you can identify the plot Note Other applications in the same channel share the COMMENT parameter Changing this parameter in the Print application a...

Page 84: ...with invalid samples the message NO DATA or DATA shows in the character eld The application does not run After the print has nished the RUN operation indicator switches o 4Exec5 stops the application running The message ABORTED shows in the character eld Reading the Printout The following gure shows a sample of the printout 3 22 Local Control Menu Mode Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentat...

Page 85: ...and time at which the record application was run The application parameters are given in three blocks In the rst block is the type of application that took the samples This is one of STABILITY LOGGING or MANUAL LOGGING Local Control Menu Mode 3 23 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 86: ... is only taken after the previous sample has been taken and processed On the printout the total time given for the logging application includes both the averaging and the processing time The nal block of data contains statistics based on the samples taken These are Max the maximum power level sampled Min the minimum power level sampled Diff the di erence between the minimum and maximum power level...

Page 87: ...red at the bottom of the display and the di erence between this minimum and the maximum value measured at the top of the display There are three modes of operation Continuous mode which compares each new measured value with the maximum and minimum values so far and replaces them as necessary This mode is useful for measuring the Polarization Dependent Loss PDL of a component Run the application wh...

Page 88: ...minimum PDL Note The length of the window or the refresh period must be shorter than the rate at which you are changing the polarization in this case Figure 3 9 The Window and Refresh Modes 3 26 Local Control Menu Mode Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 89: ...ion To run the application press 4Exec5 You cannot run the application if you are editing parameters press 4Edit5 again to nish editing parameters While the application is running the RUN operation indicator lights While the application is running the result eld shows the di erence between minimum and maximum measurements and the character eld shows the minimum measurement 4Pause5 suspends the run...

Page 90: ... the samples from the most recent Stability or Logging or Manual Logging application When you select the Show application the character eld shows SHOW This application has no parameters that can be modi ed Press 4Edit5 to look at the stored values While you are looking at the stored values the EDIT operation indicator lights To move from one value to another you use 4Prev5 and 4Next5 MAXIMUM When ...

Page 91: ...ows in the left side character eld the value in the right side character eld is the rst of the samples taken To examine the rest of the samples use the Modify keys In this case the Modify keys operate on the value in the left side character eld The Alignment Application The Alignment application simpli es the alignment of two optical components to get the best transfer of power from one to the oth...

Page 92: ...ower level All the other parameters Wavelength Tavg etc use the values given to them in measure mode Press 4Edit5 to look at or edit the parameters After pressing 4Edit5 you can select parameters using 4Next5 and 4Prev5 While you are editing a parameter the EDIT operation indicator lights TYPE When you select this parameter the left side character eld shows the message TYPE The right side characte...

Page 93: ...it the maximum power using the Modify keys The lower limit is 400 00dBm The higher limit is 400 00dBm The displayed value is always the setting for the maximum You can press 4Edit5 if you have nished editing or you can press 4Next5 or 4Prev5 to edit the other parameters Running the Alignment Application To run the application press 4Exec5 You cannot run the application if you are editing parameter...

Page 94: ... of the graph represents 1 00dBm At the start of the application The left end of the graph represents 0 00dBm 4 5 is pressed twice The left end of the graph represents 0 75dBm The graph is three dots high 4 5 is pressed once The left end of the graph represents 0 50dBm The graph is ve dots high If only the last column of dots on the left is lit the power level is outside the limits set by Pmax 0 1...

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Page 97: ...lects the operating mode Pressing this key when in the system mode transfers operation to Measure mode Note The commands described in this chapter can only be used when the instrument is in System mode The Modify Keys See The Modify Keys in Chapter 2 for details on how to use the modify keys Local Control System Mode 4 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www...

Page 98: ...haracter eld shows the message RECALL Figure 4 1 Making a Selection in System Mode the Recall Function There are three parameters for this function The module type that the con guration was saved for the location where the con guration was saved and the channel to set with the con guration Press 4Edit5 to look at or edit the parameters All of the parameters are displayed at the same time in the ri...

Page 99: ...eft of the arrow You edit the location using the Modify keys The location used for the recall is the displayed value Location 0 always contains the standard setting The standard setting is Parameter Setting Sensor Module dependent CAL 0 000dB T 200ms 500ms for Head Interface Module REF 1000 0 W Auto Ranging Enabled Units Watts Display Full Resolution Source Module dependent lower wavelength for du...

Page 100: ... three parameters for this function The module type for which the last save to this location was made the channel for which the information is to be saved and the location where the data is to be saved Press 4Edit5 to look at or edit the parameters All of the parameters are displayed at the same time in the right side character eld You can select between the location and the channel using 4 5 and ...

Page 101: ... channel A channel A will be con gured according to the data in location 3 HPIB The HP IB con guration sets the parameters a ecting how the instrument is remotely controlled When you select the HP IB con guration the left side character eld shows the message HPIB There are three parameters for this con guration These are ADDRESS to set the HP IB address of the instrument MODE to set the instrument...

Page 102: ...t side character eld shows the setting for the HP IB parser to be used You edit the parser type using the Modify keys LANGUAGE can be TMSL where the instrument can be controlled using the Test and Measurement System Language TMSL commands or HP 8152 where the instrument can be controlled using the HP 8152A commands The chosen language has a beside it A beside the name of the language indicates tha...

Page 103: ... shows the message BRIGHT The right side character eld shows the brightness as a series of bars Figure 4 3 Setting the Brightness of the Display You edit the brightness using the Modify keys The brightness is set to the selected value DATETIME The date and time con guration sets the current date and time on the instrument When you select the date and time con guration the left side character eld s...

Page 104: ... When you select this parameter the left side character eld shows the message HH MM SS The right side character eld shows the setting for the time in the format hours minutes seconds You edit the time using the Modify keys The time is set to the displayed value when you edit it Example The time is 11 25 38 You edit the time so that it shows 11 25 58 The time is set to 11 25 58 as soon as you nish ...

Page 105: ... Hewlett Packard Interface Bus 1987 The International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Standard 488 1 1987 IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable Instrumentation New York NY 1987 The International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE Standard 488 2 1987 IEEE Standard Codes Formats Protocols and Common Commands For Use with ANSI IEEE Std 488 1 1987 ...

Page 106: ...Complete remote local capability PP0 No parallel poll capability DC1 Device clear capability DT1 Device trigger capability accepted but ignored C0 No controller capability E2 Tristate outputs except the handshake lines HP IB Display Indicators There are two indicators that you may see in the display when you are controlling the HP 8153A over the HP IB NNNNNNNNNNN RMT lights when the HP 8153A is op...

Page 107: ...ee steps are repeated until there are no additional bytes at the interface Parser Type Beside the HP 8153A commands the instrument also has a parser that can use the HP 8152A commands You can only choose between the parsers from the front panel in system mode see LANGUAGE in Chapter 4 Synchronization Most of the commands and queries described are executed when parsed There are some exceptions for ...

Page 108: ... lists all the characters allowed by the parser Table 5 2 Accepted Characters Character Description HT LF CR space White spaces Block terminator Plus sign Item separator Minus sign Range separator Decimal point 0 9 Digits Integer List terminator Z Letters a z Lower Case Letters HP IB Bus Commands The table below shows which HP IB messages are implemented in the parser 5 4 Remote Operation Artisan ...

Page 109: ...MTA My talk address Not implemented PPC Parallel poll con g Not implemented PPD Parallel poll disable Not implemented PPE Parallel poll enable Not implemented PPU Parallel poll uncon g Not implemented PPOLL Parallel poll Not implemented REN Remote enable Transparent to the parser SDC Selected device clear See DCL SPD Serial poll disable Transparent to the parser SPE Serial poll enable Transparent ...

Page 110: ...L The HP 8153A uses commands according to the Test and Measurement Systems Language TMSL also known as Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation SCPI For an introduction to TMSL SCPI and TMSL SCPI programming techniques refer to the following documents Hewlett Packard Press Addison Wesley Publishing Company Inci A Beginners Guide to SCPI Barry Eppler 1991 The SCPI Consortium Standard Comm...

Page 111: ...e of a command from this table is SOURCE POWER STATE In addition to the components some commands also need data A piece of data is called a parameter Separate a command and its parameters by whitespace characters spaces or tabs Use a comma to separate parameters when a command needs more than one of them Example An example of a command with a parameter is SOURCE AM INTERNAL FREQUENCY CW Put a colo...

Page 112: ...n upper case Example The command SOURCE POWER STATE ON can also be written in lower case as source power state on or it can be shortened and written as sour pow stat on Setting the HP IB Address You can only set the HP IB address from the front panel See ADDRESS in Chapter 4 The HP IB refuses to accept a new HP IB address if it is in the remote state or if it is addressed either as a listener or a...

Page 113: ...pends on the values of year and month parameters hour is a number in the range 0 to 23 It is the hours in the time minute is a number in the range 0 to 59 It is the minutes in the time month is a number in the range 1 to 12 It is the month in the date node is a node name A node is the name of a position in the structure of the status registers second is a number in the range 1 to 60 It is the seco...

Page 114: ...ed brackets are non terminal symbols descriptions of these items follow the syntax description Spaces are ignored they can be inserted to improve readability The response format speci es what the instrument returns in response to a query All responses are terminated with a line feed with the HP IB EOI bus management line active There are four types of number that are used in responses These are de...

Page 115: ...les of numbers in NRf format are 3 27E 56 33 32E 15 0 2376E 11 NRf is a number with any of the formats described above In this manual we use these format types to describe entered data as well as response data A general description of entered data is given in the diagram here Remote Operation 5 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 117: ...ommon Status Information There are four registers involved in the status information available from the instrument when you use the common commands Two of these are status registers and two are enable registers These registers conform to the IEEE Standard 488 2 1987 You can nd further descriptions of these registers under ESE ESR SRE and STB The following gure shows how the registers are organized...

Page 118: ...mon Status Registers Note Unused bits in any of the registers return 0 when you read them 6 2 Remote Operation Common Commands Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 119: ...put queue is a FIFO queue rst in rst out and is 1024 bytes long Output Queue The output queue is a FIFO queue rst in rst out and is 274 bytes long The message available Message Available MAV bit is set in bit four of the Status Byte register whenever the output queue is not empty Receiving a new program message clears the output queue and the Message Available MAV bit This happens directly after t...

Page 120: ...d Syntax CLS De nition The CLS command clears all the event registers summarized in the Status Byte register With the exception of the output queue all queues that are summarized in the Status Byte register are emptied The error queue is also emptied Neither the Standard Event Status Enable register nor the Service Request Enable register are a ected by this command After the CLS command the instr...

Page 121: ...value sent as an integer or a oating point number NRf The register is cleared at power on The RST and CLS commands do not change the register Table 6 2 The Standard Event Status Enable Register BIT MNEMONIC Decimal Value 7 Power On 128 6 Not used 0 5 Command Error 32 4 Execution Error 16 3 Device Dependent Error 8 2 Query Error 4 1 Not used 0 0 Operation Complete 1 Related Commands ESE Example OUT...

Page 122: ...ble register see ESE for information on this register The value is returned as an integer NR1 Related Commands ESE Example OUTPUT 722 ESE ENTER 722 A ESR standard Event Status Register query Syntax ESR Response value 0 value 255 6 6 Remote Operation Common Commands Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 123: ...rs in Appendix I 3 See Device Dependant Errors in Appendix I 4 See Query Errors in Appendix I De nition The ESR returns the contents of the Standard Event Status register The register is cleared after being read The value is returned as an integer NR1 Example OUTPUT 722 ESR ENTER 722 A IDN IDeNti cation query Syntax IDN Response HEWLETT PACKARD 8153A 0 1 0 Remote Operation Common Commands 6 7 Arti...

Page 124: ...ram message units in the input queue and sets the operation complete bit in the Standard Event Status register when the contents of the input queue have been processed The following actions cancel the OPC command and put the instrument into Operation Complete Command Idle State Power on the Device Clear Active State is asserted on the interface CLS RST Related Commands OPC WAI Example OUTPUT 722 C...

Page 125: ...wer on the Device Clear Active State is asserted on the interface CLS RST Related Commands OPC WAI Example OUTPUT 722 OPC ENTER 722 A Note that this query prevents the use of the input queue because it is immediately followed by an ENTER command The ENTER command will not execute until it receives data from the output queue OPT OPTion identi cation query Syntax OPT Response string string The strin...

Page 126: ...ion The RST command sets the instrument to reset setting standard setting stored in ROM Pending OPC OPC actions are canceled Instrument state the instrument is placed in the idle state awaiting a command The RST command clears the key queue The following are not changed HP IB interface state Instrument interface address Output queue Service Request Enable register SRE Standard Event Status Enable ...

Page 127: ...sensor only INITiate2 CONTinuous OFF Ch B sensor only SOURce AM INTernal FREQuency CW source only SOURce POWer ATTenuation 0 0DB source only SOURce POWer ATTenuation2 0 0DB dual source SOURce POWer STATe OFF source only SOURce POWer WAVElength LOWER dual source Example OUTPUT 722 RST SRE Service Request Enable command Syntax SRE wsp value 0 value 255 De nition The SRE command sets bits in the Serv...

Page 128: ...ommands SRE STB Example OUTPUT 722 SRE 48 SRE Service Request Enable query Syntax SRE Response 0 value 255 De nition The SRE query returns the contents of the Service Request Enable register See SRE for information on the Service Request Enable register The value is returned as an integer NR1 Related Commands SRE STB Example OUTPUT 722 SRE ENTER 722 A 6 12 Remote Operation Common Commands Artisan ...

Page 129: ...mmed via the Service Request Enable Mask For setting this mask see SRE The value is returned as an integer NR1 The STATus commands nd the exact cause of an error These are described in Chapter 7 The Master Summary Status MSS bit is true when any enabled bit of the STB register is set excluding Bit 6 The Status Byte register including the master summary bit MSS is not directly altered because of an...

Page 130: ... self test and place the results of the test in the output queue No further commands are allowed while the test is running After the self test the instrument is returned to the setting that was active at the time the self test query was processed Example OUTPUT 722 TST ENTER 722 A WAI WAIt command Syntax WAI De nition The WAI command prevents the instrument from executing any further commands unti...

Page 131: ...6 Related Commands OPC OPC Example OUTPUT 722 WAI Remote Operation Common Commands 6 15 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 133: ...s These registers and lters are grouped together to make a node Each node has a condition register a positive transition register a negative transition register an event register and an enable register Figure 7 1 The Registers and Filters in a Node Note The most signi cant bit of these registers is not used That is these registers use only bits 0 to 14 Remote Operation Status Commands 7 1 Artisan ...

Page 134: ...e output is sent to the event register At power up all of the bits in both transition registers are set to 0 That is no transitions are passed to the event registers The Event Registers The outputs from the transition lters set the bits in the event register These bits are only cleared when the register is read otherwise they stay as they are The Enable Registers The enable register selects which ...

Page 135: ...ommand or query both upper and lower case or just the part that is in upper case That is either STATUS OPERATION SETTLING EVENT or STAT OPER SETT EVEN is acceptable The commands and queries can be entered in either upper or lower case That is either STAT OPER SETT EVEN or stat oper sett even is acceptable STATus PRESet Syntax STATus PRESet Note You do not specify a node with this command Descripti...

Page 136: ... are set Register All bits set to ENABle 1 PTRansition 1 NTRansition 0 Related Commands None Example OUTPUT 722 STAT PRES STATus node CONDition Syntax STATus node CONDition Response value 0 value 32767 Description This query returns the value for the condition register for the node The value is returned as an integer NR1 Related Commands None 7 4 Remote Operation Status Commands Artisan Technology...

Page 137: ... 3 STATus node ENABle Syntax STATus node ENABle Response value 0 value 32767 Description This query returns the setting for the enable register for the node The value is returned as an integer NR1 Related Commands STAT node ENAB Example OUTPUT 722 STAT QUES POW ENAB ENTER 722 A STATus node EVENt Syntax STATus node EVENt Response value 0 value 32767 Description This query returns the value for the ...

Page 138: ...NTR 3 STATus node NTRansition Syntax STATus node NTRansition Response value 0 value 32767 Description This query returns the value for the setting of the negative transition lter for the node The value is returned as an integer NR1 Related Commands STAT node NTR Example OUTPUT 722 STAT QUES ISUM INST1 NTR ENTER 722 A STATus node PTRansition Syntax STATus node PTRansition value 0 value 32767 Descri...

Page 139: ...UT 722 STAT QUES POW OVERR PTR ENTER 722 A The Operation Status The operation status is that part of the status structure that shows the normal operation of the instrument The relationship between the nodes of the operation status is shown in Figure 7 2 Each node except the status byte is sixteen bits wide Only 15 of these bits are used Each node except the status byte has it s own condition event...

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Page 141: ...e modules Here you can read the averaging event register but it always returns a 0 Table 7 1 STATus Command Summary Command Parameter z is being used as shorthand for CONDition ENABle ENABle value EVENt NTRansition value NTRansition PTRansition value STATus OPERation z SETTling z LPELTier z HPELTier z MEASuring z POWer z TRIGger z POWer z CORRecting z ZERO z AVERaging z POWer z PROGram z applicati...

Page 142: ... Node BIT MNEMONIC Decimal Value 15 Not used 0 14 PROGram Node 16384 13 Not used 0 12 Not used 0 11 Not used 0 10 Not used 0 9 Not used 0 8 AVERaging Node 256 7 CORRecting Node 128 6 Not used 0 5 TRIGger Node 32 4 MEASuring Node 16 3 Not used 0 2 Not used 0 1 SETTling Node 2 0 Not used 1 A 1 means this operation is taking place or has taken place Bit 7 of the status byte summarizes this node 7 10 ...

Page 143: ...the higher wavelength of a dual wavelength source Bit 0 returns the status of the peltier settling for the higher wavelength of the module in channel A Bit 1 returns the status of the peltier settling for the higher wavelength of the module in channel B A 1 means that the module is settling or has settled Bit 1 of the OPERation SETTling node summarizes this node The OPERation MEASuring Node This n...

Page 144: ... of the zeroing that is the removal of electrical o sets Bit 0 returns the status of the zeroing of the module in channel A Bit 1 returns the status of the zeroing of the module in channel B A 1 means that zeroing is taking place or has taken place Bit 0 of the OPERation CORRecting node summarizes this node The OPERation AVERaging Node This node gives a summary of the averaging status Bit 0 return...

Page 145: ... application Bit 0 returns the status for this application in channel A Bit 1 returns the status for this application in channel B A 1 means that this application is running or has run The Questionable Status The questionable status is that part of the status showing an abnormal state in the operation of the instrument The relationship between the nodes is shown in the following gure Each node exc...

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Page 147: ... STATus Command Summary Command Parameter z is being used as shorthand for CONDition ENABle ENABle value EVENt NTRansition value NTRansition PTRansition value STATus QUEStionable z POWer z OVERRange z LCURRent z HCURRent z LMONitor z HMONitor z ENVTemp z ISUMmary z INSTrument 1j2 z POWer z Remote Operation Status Commands 7 15 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOUR...

Page 148: ...des The QUEStionable Node BIT MNEMONIC Decimal Value 15 Not used 0 14 Not used 0 13 ISUMmary Node 8192 12 Not used 0 11 Not used 0 10 Not used 0 9 Not used 0 8 Not used 0 7 Not used 0 6 Not used 0 5 Not used 0 4 Not used 0 3 POWer Node 8 2 Not used 0 1 Not used 0 0 Not used 0 A 1 means that there is an error condition or there has been one Bit 3 of the status byte summarizes this node 7 16 Remote ...

Page 149: ...status of the power overrange of the module in channel A Bit 1 returns the status of the power overrange of the module in channel B This node deals only with sensor modules A 1 means that power is overrange is taking place or was overrange This node is summarized in bit 0 of the QUEStionable POWer node The QUEStionable POW er LCURRent Node This node gives a summary of the laser current For a dual ...

Page 150: ...This node is summarized bit 8 of the QUEStionable POWer node The QUEStionable POW er HMONitor Node This node gives a summary of the laser monitor current for the higher wavelength of a dual wavelength source Bit 0 returns the status of the monitor current for the higher wavelength of the module in channel A Bit 1 returns the status of the monitor current for the higher wavelength of the module in ...

Page 151: ...do not specify a channel The summary is in bit 3 of the node A 1 means that there is a problem or there was a problem This node is summarized in the QUEStionable ISUMmary node Channel A INST1 is summarized in Bit 1 channel B INST2 is summarized in bit 2 The QUEStionable ISUMmary INSTrument 1j2 POWer Node This node gives the module status The QUEStionable ISUMmary INSTrument 1j2 POWer Node BIT MNEM...

Page 152: ...tion of any source modules in the instrument The node is sixteen bits wide Only 15 of these bits are used The node has it s own condition event and enable registers and it s own transition lters These registers and lters are described earlier in this chapter Figure 7 4 The Source Register The Source Status Commands The following are the source status commands and queries These commands and queries...

Page 153: ... that are available Note Unused bits in any of the registers return 0 when you read them The SOURce node gives a summary of the operation of the sources Bit 0 returns the status of the source for the module in channel A Bit 1 returns the status of the source for the module in channel B A 1 means that the source is on Bit 0 of the Status byte summarizes this node Remote Operation Status Commands 7 ...

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Page 155: ...ng of sensor modules Table 8 1 ABORt Command Summary Command Parameter ABORt 1j2 Specifying the Channel You specify the channel by attaching a numeric su x to the mnemonic You access channel A by using ABORt1 you access channel B by using ABORt2 If do not add a su x to the mnemonic channel A is assumed ABORt Syntax ABORt 1j2 Description This command aborts the measurement being made Related Comman...

Page 156: ...ess is a oating point number NRf that can be set within the range 0 lowest intensity to 1 full intensity The default for example after a RST command is for the brightness to be set to 1 There are seven possible levels of intensity So the value input for the brightness is rounded to the closest of seven values Related Commands DISP BRIG DISP STAT DISP STAT Example OUTPUT 722 DISP BRIG 0 5 DISPlay B...

Page 157: ...TAT ON switches the display on DISP STAT OFF switches the display o The default for example after a RST command is for the display to be on Related Commands DISP BRIG DISP BRIG DISP STAT Example OUTPUT 722 DISP STAT ON DISPlay STATe Syntax DISPlay STATe Response boolean Description This command returns the state of the display 0 means that the display is o 1 means that the display is on Related Co...

Page 158: ... triggering and so must be used with either a continuous or a preceding immediate trigger The value read back is a oating point number in exponential number NR3 The units of the number read back depend on whether the absolute or relative measurement mode is being used and which units have been selected The possible units are Watts dBm or dB For averaging times of 1 second or less a new measurement...

Page 159: ... second the rst measurement is available at the end of the averaging time The second measurement is available 1 second later and a new measurement is available every second after that Each of these new measurements is the average for the readings of the preceding period This is shown in Figure 8 2 TAverage is 5s First measurement is available at x1 which is the average for readings in the period T...

Page 160: ...e period T2 Again in this case the value is calculated by the formula xnew xold 1 0 Tsample Tavg Sample Tsample Tavg Where xnew is the new result xold is the previous result Sample is the value read by the hardware Tavg is the averaging time as set by the user and Tsample is the time taken by the hardware to make a reading Figure 8 3 Measurements with TAverage 1 second immediate triggering Related...

Page 161: ...us wsp boolean Description This command initiates the trigger system for continuous trigger operation that is measurements are made continuously Related Commands ABOR INIT IMM INIT CONT Example OUTPUT 722 INIT1 CONT OFF INITiate CONTinuous Syntax INITiate 1j2 CONTinuous Response boolean Description This command returns whether the triggering system is operating continuously or not The status is re...

Page 162: ...EAD 1j2 SCALar POWER DC Specifying the Channel You specify the channel by attaching a numeric su x to the or READ mnemonic You access channel A by using READ1 you access channel B by using READ2 If you do not add a su x to the mnemonic channel A is assumed READ SCALar POWer DC Syntax READ 1j2 SCALar POWer DC Response value Description This command gets a reading from the module This command provid...

Page 163: ...ement is available at the end of the averaging time Related Commands FETC SCAL POW DC INIT INIT CONT INIT CONT SENS POW REF STAT SENS POW REF STAT SENS POW UNIT SENS POW UNIT Example OUTPUT 722 READ POW ENTER 722 A SENSe Commands Sense commands include most of the functions for setting up and using the sensor modules Remote Operation Commands 8 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Gu...

Page 164: ...IME RANGe AUTO boolean AUTO UPPER value unit UPPER REFerence TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 value unit REFerence TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 DISPlay TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 no query STATe boolean STATe RATIo TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 RATIo UNIT unit UNIT WAVElength value unit WAVElength 8 10 Remote Operation Commands Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 165: ...LLect ZERO Response value Description This command returns the status of the most recent zero command 0 means that the zero succeeded without errors 1 means that no remote zeroing operation has been performed Any other value means that the remote zeroing failed the value is the error code returned from the zero operation The error codes are listed in Appendix I Related Commands SENS CORR COLL ZERO...

Page 166: ...e response message Related Commands SENS CORR LOSS INP MAGN Example OUTPUT 722 SENS2 CORR LOSS INP MAGN ENTER 722 A SENSe POWer ATIME Syntax SENSe 1j2 POWer ATIME wsp value unit 20ms value 3600s unit is SjMS Description This command sets the averaging time for the module The input power level is read and averaged over this period You specify the averaging time as a oating point number NRf Units ca...

Page 167: ...e ranging is set by the POW RANG command or whether it is automatically determined by the instrument You specify the ranging by a boolean OFF or 0 disables automatic ranging ON or any non zero value enables automatic ranging Related Commands SENS POW RANG UPPER SENS POW RANG UPPER SENS POW RANG AUTO Example OUTPUT 722 SENS1 POW RANG AUTO OFF SENSe POWer RANGe AUTO Syntax SENSe 1j2 POWer RANGe AUTO...

Page 168: ...module you use please refer to the speci cations for you module in Appendix C unit is DBM Description This command sets the power range for this module that is the full scale value for the display The range changes at 10dBm intervals The corresponding ranges for linear measurements measurements in Watts are given in the table below 8 14 Remote Operation Commands Artisan Technology Group Quality In...

Page 169: ... the range as a oating point number NRf This number is rounded to the closest multiple of ten because the range changes at 10dBm intervals The units dBm can be included in the command dBm are the units used if you do not specify units Related Commands SENS POW RANG UPPER SENS POW RANG AUTO SENS POW RANG AUTO Example OUTPUT 722 SENS1 POW RANG UPPER 20DBM Remote Operation Commands 8 15 Artisan Techn...

Page 170: ...REFj0j1j2 value unit 0 001pW value 9999 9mW 200dBm value 200dBm with TOREF or 2 unit is PWjNWjUWjMWjWattjDBM 200dB value 200dB with TOA or TOB or 0 or 1 unit is DB Description This command sets the reference level for this module There are two types of reference One is where the power being read by the module is expressed relative to this absolute level Result dB Measured dBm 0 Reference dBm Where...

Page 171: ...r modules You enter the value for the reference as a oating point number NRf You can include the units dB in the command dB are the units used if you do not specify units Related Commands SENS POW REF SENS POW REF STATE SENS POW REF STATE SENS POW REF STATE RATI SENS POW REF STAT RATI SENS POW REF DISP Example OUTPUT 722 SENS POW REF TOREF 10DBM SENSe POWer REFerence Syntax SENSe 1j2 POWer REFeren...

Page 172: ...e level for this module from the input power level There are two types of reference One is where the power being read by the module is expressed relative to this absolute level Result dB Measured dBm 0 Reference dBm Where the Measured value includes any calibration factor You select this by using TOREFwith the SENSe POWer REFerence command The other type of reference is possible if you are using t...

Page 173: ...POW REF STATE SENS POW REF STATE RATI SENS POW REF STAT RATI SENS POW REF DISP SENS POW UNIT SENS POW UNIT Example OUTPUT 722 SENS1 POW REF STATE ON SENSe POWer REFerence STATe Syntax SENSe 1j2 POWer REFerence STATe Response boolean Description This command returns whether the results are in relative or absolute units The ranging is returned as either 0 or 1 0 means that the results are absolute t...

Page 174: ...E SENS POW REF STATE SENS POW REF STAT RATI SENS POW REF DISP Example OUTPUT 722 SENS2 POW REF STAT RATI TOB SENSe POWer REFerence STATe RATIo Syntax SENSe 1j2 POWer REFerence STATe RATIo Response 0j1j2 Description This command returns the reference setting for the module The ranging is returned as one of 0 1 or 2 0 is returned if channel A is being used as a reference for channel B 1 is returned ...

Page 175: ... being used as the absolute units Related Commands SENS POW UNIT SENS POW REF STATE SENS POW REF STATE Example OUTPUT 722 SENS2 POW UNIT ENTER 722 A SENSe POWer WAVElength Syntax SENSe 1j2 POWer WAVElength wsp value unit 450nm value 1700nm The actual limits depend on the module you use please refer to the speci cations for you module in Appendix C unit is NMjUMjM Description This command sets the ...

Page 176: ...are returned in the response message Related Commands SENS POW WAVE Example OUTPUT 722 SENS2 POW WAVE ENTER 722 A SOURce Commands Any function that is related to source modules is included with the source commands Table 8 8 SOURce Command Summary Command Parameter SOURce 1j2 AM INTernal FREQuency value unit jCW FREQuency POWer ATTenuation 1j2 value unit ATTenuation 1j2 STATe boolean STATe WAVEleng...

Page 177: ...fy units CW results in a continuous wave being output this is equivalent to specifying 0Hz Related Commands SOUR AM INTernal FREQ Example OUTPUT 722 SOUR AM INTernal FREQ 10KHZ SOURce AM INTernal FREQuency Syntax SOURce 1j2 AM INTernal FREQuency Response value value 0Hzj270Hzj1kHzj2kHz Description This command returns the setting for the frequency of modulation of the output of the source module T...

Page 178: ... value 0 value 6 0 Description This command returns the setting for the attenuation of the output of the source module The attenuation is returned as a number in exponential format The returned value is in dB No units are returned in the response message Related Commands SOUR POW ATT Example OUTPUT 722 SOURc2 POW ATT1 ENTER 722 A SOURce POWer STATe Syntax SOURce 1j2 POWer STATe wsp boolean Descrip...

Page 179: ...VElength Note This command only works with dual wavelength sources Syntax SOURce 1j2 POWer WAVElength wsp UPPerjLOWerjBOTH Description This command sets the wavelength of the output signal You specify the choice as UPPer for the longer of the two wavelengths LOWer for the shorter of the two wavelengths or BOTH if the two wavelengths are to be enabled together Related Commands SOUR POW WAVE Example...

Page 180: ...ge When both wavelengths of a dual wavelength source have been enabled the query returns 0 Related Commands SOUR POW WAVE Example OUTPUT 722 SOUR2 POW WAVE ENTER 722 A SYSTem Commands Any function that is not speci cally related to instrument performance is included with the mainframe system commands Table 8 9 SYSTem Command Summary Command Parameter Note SYSTem DATE year month day 2 char each 4 c...

Page 181: ...SYST DATE 1990 1 17 SYSTem DATE Syntax SYSTem DATE Response year month day 1990 year 2089 1 month 12 1 day 31 Description This command returns the date from the internal clock in the instrument The date is returned as three integers NR1 Related Commands SYST DATE SYST TIME SYST TIME Example OUTPUT 722 SYST DATE ENTER 722 A SYSTem ERRor Syntax SYSTem ERRor Response value string 32768 value 32767 Fo...

Page 182: ...ent You enter the time as three integers separated by commas Note that the seconds can be set to a value in the range 0 to 60 When you set the seconds to 60 the actual value for the seconds is zero but the minutes are incremented The hours day month and year may also be incremented For example if you set the time by the command SYST TIME 23 59 60 the time is set to midnight and the day is incremen...

Page 183: ...mand returns the time from the internal clock in the instrument The time is returned as three integers NR1 Related Commands SYST DATE SYST DATE SYST TIME Example OUTPUT 722 SYST TIME ENTER 722 A Remote Operation Commands 8 29 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 185: ...OGram commands The applications do not automatically enable local lockout It is possible for someone to disturb an application that is under remote control by using the front panel keys To avoid this you can activate the local lockout It is possible to disturb an application by sending programming commands to the channel in which the application is running Use the status commands to check that the...

Page 186: ...nd runs the selected application Related Commands PROG SEL NAME Example OUTPUT 722 PROG SEL EXEC PROGram SELected NAME Syntax PROGram 1j2 SELected NAME wsp application The possible values for application depend on the modules installed For the mainframe Description This command selects an application All further PROGram commands apply only to the selected application The default for example after ...

Page 187: ... depend on the selected application Related Commands PROG SEL NUMBer PROG SEL NAME Example OUTPUT 722 PROG SEL NUMBer SAMPLES 100 PROGram SELected NUMBer Syntax PROGram 1j2 SELected NUMBer wsp varname Response value The values returned depend on the selected application Description This command returns the results from the application most recently run by the PROGram SELected EXECute command It ca...

Page 188: ... PROG SEL STATe PROG SEL NAME Example OUTPUT 722 PROG SEL STATe RUN PROGram SELected STATe Syntax PROGram 1j2 SELected STATe Response 0j1j2j3 Description This command returns state of the selected application 0 means that the application is continuing after a pause 1 means that the application is paused 2 means that an application is running 3 means that an application is stopped Related Commands ...

Page 189: ...vious sample has been taken and processed The processing time depends on a number of factors including the system con guration If any applications or measurements are running in the other channel the processing time between samples may vary On printer or plotter outputs the total time given for the logging application includes both the averaging and the processing time varname LOGGSTART this is th...

Page 190: ...pending on the controlling program The Stability Application application STABILITY Note This application only runs on an instrument with a sensor module Parameters varname T_TOTAL this is the total time for which the application is to be run The di erence of the actual total time from T_TOTAL depends on a number of factors including the system con guration The worst case timing di erence is 30s h ...

Page 191: ...ability values This is returned as a string of values separated by commas or as an array of values depending on the controlling program Remote Operation Application Commands 9 7 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 193: ... Series 200 300 computers These programming examples do not cover the full command set for the instrument They are intended only as an introduction to the method of programming the instrument and the principles behind TMSL Remote Operation Programming Examples 10 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 194: ... GRAPHICS OFF 150 END Description Line No 10 Execution goes to Exit when a key on the keyboard is hit 20 Declaration of variables 30 Setting the address of the instrument Address 22 40 to 60 Initializes the screen 70 Start of the main loop in the program 80 to 90 Input the system time from the HP 8153A 100 to 120 Display the time 130 Loop to 70 140 to 150 Restore the screen and end the execution o...

Page 195: ... ENTER Pmm Value2 130 IF Value2 Value1 THEN Dcount Dcount 1 140 Value1 Value2 150 PRINT TABXY 10 10 Measurement Value Value2 160 PRINT TABXY 10 11 Double Read Values Dcount 170 END LOOP 175 180 END Description Line No 10 to 60 Declarations and initializations 70 Disable common status interrupts 80 Clear the status 90 Set the sensor units to Watts and make sure that automatic ranging is in operatio...

Page 196: ...he new reading is the same as the last one If it is increment the count of double readings 140 Store the new reading for the next time round 140 to 150 Display the current reading and the number of double readings 10 4 Remote Operation Programming Examples Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 197: ...ount 0 50 Value1 1000 60 Pmm 722 70 CLEAR SCREEN 75 80 OUTPUT Pmm sre 0 ese 0 90 OUTPUT Pmm cls 100 OUTPUT Pmm sens1 pow unit w rang auto on 110 OUTPUT Pmm init1 cont on 115 120 LOOP 130 OUTPUT Pmm fetch1 pow 140 ENTER Pmm Value2 150 IF Value2 Value1 THEN Dcount Dcount 1 160 Value1 Value2 170 Vcount Vcount 1 180 PRINT TABXY 10 10 Measurement Value Value2 190 PRINT TABXY 10 11 Number Of Values Vcou...

Page 198: ...he sensor using fetch1 pow The triggering for this command is provided by the continuous trigger 150 to 200 Check to see if the new reading is the same as the last one If it is increment the count of double readings Store the new reading for the next time round Display the current reading the total number of readings and the number of double readings 10 6 Remote Operation Programming Examples Arti...

Page 199: ... enab 3 40 OUTPUT Pmm stat ques pow ptr 1 ntr 0 enab 1 50 OUTPUT Pmm stat ques ptr 8 ntr 0 enab 8 60 OUTPUT Pmm sre 8 65 70 REPEAT 80 OUTPUT Pmm syst err 90 ENTER Pmm Err 100 IF Err 0 THEN PRINT Error Code Err 110 UNTIL Err 0 115 120 CLEAR SCREEN 130 PRINT TABXY 20 10 Waiting for HPIB Interrupt in an endless loop 140 PRINT TABXY 20 11 If an Overrange occurs a counter will be 150 PRINT TABXY 20 12 ...

Page 200: ...if either are set they set the summary bit in the QUEStionable POWer node 40 Set up the transition lters and the enable register for the QUEStionable POWer node Bit 0 is set up here this is the summary bit for the QUEStionable POWer OVERRange node 50 Set up the transition lters and the enable register for the QUEStionable node Bit 3 is set up here this is the summary bit for the QUEStionable POWer...

Page 201: ...rial poll 250 Increment the overrange count 260 to 270 Display the results 280 Make sure that the status is cleared 290 Make sure that the instrument is in local operation 300 Enable the interrupt again Remote Operation Programming Examples 10 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 202: ...110 PRINT TABXY 4 3 120 PRINT TABXY 4 4 130 PRINT TABXY 4 5 140 PRINT TABXY 4 6 150 PRINT TABXY 4 7 160 PRINT TABXY 4 8 OR 170 PRINT TABXY 4 9 180 PRINT TABXY 4 10 190 PRINT TABXY 4 11 200 PRINT TABXY 4 12 210 PRINT TABXY 4 13 220 PRINT TABXY 4 14 PON URQ CME EXE DDE QYE RQC OPC 230 PRINT TABXY 40 12 Standard Event Status Register 240 PRINT TABXY 4 17 Last Error 250 PRINT TABXY 4 18 Output Queue 2...

Page 203: ...8 A 490 END IF 500 END IF 505 510 ELSE 520 PRINT TABXY Xpos Ypos 0 530 END IF 540 B B DIV 2 550 Xpos Xpos 4 560 UNTIL B 0 565 570 OUTPUT Pmm esr 580 ENTER Pmm Value 590 Ypos 12 595 600 NEXT Z 605 610 REPEAT 620 OUTPUT Pmm syst err 630 ENTER Pmm Value 640 IF VALUE 0 THEN PRINT TABXY 21 17 Value 650 UNTIL Value 0 655 660 OUTPUT Pmm cls 670 ENABLE INTR 7 680 RETURN 685 690 END Remote Operation Progra...

Page 204: ... 410 to 500 This part looks after a bit if it is set 420 to 430 Display the set bit 440 to 500 Check to see if it is the MAV bit and if it is get the contents of the output queue and display them 520 Display the bit if it is not set 530 to 550 Set up for the next bit 570 to 590 Read the Standard Event Status register and set up to display its contents 610 to 650 Read a value from the error queue a...

Page 205: ...00 140 OUTPUT Pmm sens1 pow atime 1s unit dbm 150 OUTPUT Pmm prog1 name stability 160 OUTPUT Pmm prog1 numb t_total T_total 170 180 Appl_ready 0 190 OUTPUT Pmm prog1 exec 200 ENABLE INTR 7 2 210 220 REPEAT 230 UNTIL Appl_ready 1 240 250 BEEP 270 280 OUTPUT Pmm prog1 numb asamples 290 ENTER Pmm Asamples 300 REDIM F Asamples 1 310 320 OUTPUT Pmm prog1 numb result 330 ENTER Pmm F 340 350 FOR I 0 TO A...

Page 206: ...et the acquisition time and the units for the results 150 Select the application 160 Set the parameter 190 Run the application 200 Enable the interrupt 220 230 Put the program into a loop The exit condition for this loop is ful lled in the interrupt service subroutine 280 290 Read in the number of samples that were taken 320 330 Read in the samples 350 to 370 Output the sample values to the screen...

Page 207: ... LOOP 100 OUTPUT Pmm READ1 POW 110 ENTER Pmm A 120 IF A Minimum THEN GOSUB Minmeas 130 IF A Maximum THEN GOSUB Maxmeas 140 END LOOP 145 150 Minmeas Minimum A 160 PRINT TABXY 4 12 Minimum 170 PRINT TABXY 13 12 Minimum 180 RETURN 185 190 Maxmeas Maximum A 200 PRINT TABXY 4 14 Maximum 210 PRINT TABXY 13 14 Maximum 220 RETURN 225 230 Theend END Remote Operation Programming Examples 10 15 Artisan Techn...

Page 208: ...e variables for the minimum and maximum 90 to 140 The main loop where the current power is read in and compared with the minimum and maximum so far 150 to 180 Set and display the new minimum value 190 to 220 Set and display the new maximum value 230 End the execution of the program 10 16 Remote Operation Programming Examples Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE...

Page 209: ...eview the instrument and manual including the red safety page for safety markings and instructions You must follow these to ensure safe operation and to maintain the instrument in safe condition Some HP 8153A circuits are powered whenever the instrument is connected to the AC power source To disconnect from the line power disconnect the power cord either at the rear power inlet or at the AC line p...

Page 210: ...irements The HP 8153A can operate from any single phase AC power source that supplies between 100V and 240V at a frequency in the range from 50 to 60Hz The maximum power consumption is 55VA with all options installed The fuse used by this instrument is T1A 250V slow HP Part No 2110 0007 Changing the fuse should be carried out only by a quali ed electrician or by HP service personnel as it is neces...

Page 211: ...a socket outlet provided with a protective earth contact Do not negate this protective action by the using an extension cord without a protective conductor Before switching on the instrument the protective earth terminal of the instrument must be connected to a protective conductor You can do this by using the power cord supplied with the instrument It is prohibited to interrupt the protective ear...

Page 212: ...it should meet the local safety requirements and include the following features Adequate load carrying capacity see table of speci cations Ground connection Cable clamp Operating Environment The following summarizes the HP 8153A operating environment ranges In order for the HP 8153A to meet speci cations the operating environment must be within these limits Warning The HP 8153A is not designed for...

Page 213: ... rear and at least 25mm 1inch of clearance at each side Failure to provide adequate air clearance may result in excessive internal temperature reducing instrument reliability Input Output Signals Caution A maximum of 15V can be applied as an external voltage to any of the BNC connectors HP IB Interface You can connect your HP IB interface into a star network a linear network or a combination star ...

Page 214: ...ows the connector and pin assignments Connector Part Number 1251 0293 Figure A 2 HP IB Connector Caution HP products delivered now are equipped with connectors having ISO metric threaded lock screws and stud mounts ISO M3 5x0 6 that are black in color Earlier connectors may have lock screws and stud mounts with English threaded lock screws and stud mounts 6 32 UNC that have a shiny nickel nish A 6...

Page 215: ...ximately 3 2mA to pull it low through a closure to digital ground When a line functions as an output it will sink up to 48mA in the low state and approximately 0 6mA in the high state Note The HP IB line screens are not isolated from ground Removing and Fitting Modules The unit can t two single width modules or one double width module How to Remove a Module Caution Do not use the electrical or opt...

Page 216: ...eely check that you have lifted the catch high enough How to Fit a Module Caution Do not use the electrical or optical connectors to push the module into the instrument as this can cause damage to the connectors Make sure that the line power is switched o before you t a module A 8 Installation Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 217: ...truction to its movement 3 Apply pressure to the front panel and push the module as far as it goes You hear a small click when the module reaches its installed position This is the catch making contact Storage and Shipment The instrument can be stored or shipped at temperatures between 040 C and 70 C The instrument should be protected from temperature extremes that may cause condensation within it...

Page 218: ...rd Sales Service O ce will provide information and recommendation on materials to be used if the original packing is no longer available or reusable General instructions for repacking are as follows 1 Wrap instrument in heavy paper or plastic 2 Use strong shipping container A double wall carton made of 350 pound test material is adequate 3 Use enough shock absorbing material 3 to 4 inch layer arou...

Page 219: ...ange Kit Option 916 Additional Operating and Programming Manual Option 050 DC Input 12V to 30Vy Option 051 DC Power Cable 5m unterminated z y If DC Power Cable required order Option 051 as well z requires Option 050 Accessories B 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 220: ...ultimode HP 81552SM 1310nm center wavelength single mode HP 81553SM 1550nm center wavelength single mode HP 81554SM 1310 1550 single mode Option 916 Additional Operating and Programming Manual Requires a connector interface see below Optical Head Interface Module Model No Description HP 81533A 850nm center wavelength multimode Option 916 Additional Operating and Programming Manual The Optical Head...

Page 221: ...er Model No Description HP 81000AB Diamond HMS 10 HP HP 81000FB FC PC HP 81000VB ST HP 81000WB Biconic Caution When you are using a bare ber adapter make sure that the ber is correctly clamped If the ber protrudes too far the ber end can become easily damaged or it can damage connectors to which you attach it Interactive Test Generator Model No Description E2020B Interactive Test Generator IIy Acc...

Page 222: ...es and applications on the PC as well as having tools for graphics mathematical analysis and le I O We recommend that with this product you use Instrument BASIC for Windows E2200A and the HP 82335I HP IB Interface Card B 4 Accessories Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 223: ...ypical performance Because of the modular nature of the instrument the performance speci cations apply to the modules rather than the mainframe unit The speci cations for a module are supplied with it You should insert the appropriate pages into this section of the manual Mainframe Speci cations The mainframe has a dual channel display For each channel there is a main display with six digits and a...

Page 224: ...75 C Operating temperature 0 C to 55 C Humidity 95 R H from 0 C to 40 C Power AC 100 to 240Vrms610 50 to 60Hz 55VA max Dimensions 89mm H 212 3mm W 355mm D 3 5 28 36 214 0 W eight net 2 5kg 5 5lbs shipping 4 5kg 9 9lbs HP IB interface Function code SH1 AH1 T6 L4 SR1 RL1 PP0 DC1 DT1 CO E2 SCPI command set HP IB capability modes and parameters can be programmed Transfer time 20ms for one measurement ...

Page 225: ...odule for 8153A HP 81534A Return Loss Module HP 81536A Power Sensor Module HP 81541MM LED Source Module 850nm HP 81542MM LED Source Module 1300nm HP 81551MM Laser Source Module 850nm HP 81552SM Laser Source Module 1310nm HP 81553SM Laser Source Module 1550nm HP 81554SM Laser Source Module 1310 1550nm conforms to the following standards Safety IEC 1010 1 1990 HD 401 S1 1980 incl Adm 1 1992 EN 61010...

Page 226: ...also conforms to other standards not listed here If you need further information on conformity with particular standards please contact your local Hewlett Packard Representative B oblingen March 13 1992 Hans Baisch updated April 15 1996 BID Regulations Consultant updated November 30 1998 Wolfgang Fenske TMO B Regulations Consultant C 4 Speci cations Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation...

Page 227: ...re results from type tests per ISO 6081 Ger auschemissionswerte Bei einer Umgebungstemperatur bis 30 C LpA 42 5dB am Arbeitsplatz normaler Betrieb Angabe ist das Ergebnis einer Typenpr ufung nach DIN 45635 Teil 19 Speci cations C 5 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 229: ...sted in the table below Any equipment which satis es the critical speci cations given in the table may be substituted for recommended models Recommended Test Equipment A Head Adapter Module HP 81533A Optical Head HP 81520A or HP 81521B Test Cal Box P N 08152 63201 Head Recognition Adapter P N 08152 63211 Digital Multimeter with Test Leads HP 3466A Test Cable P N 08153 61610 Oscilloscope OR B Senso...

Page 230: ...st return the instrument to the nearest Hewlett Packard Sales Service O ce for repair Instruments Speci cations Speci cations are the characteristics of the instrument which are certi ed These speci cations listed in Appendix C are the limits against which the HP8153A can be tested Appendix C also lists some supplemental characteristics of the HP8153A and should be considered as additional informa...

Page 231: ... sure that the Head Recognition Adapter is connected to the Test Cal Box 3 Turn power on and check that all display segments are lit for approx 2 seconds and the HP8153A displays E 3200 HEAD DAT SELFTEST 4 Press any key on the HP8153A to overwrite the error message 5 Press the Param key until PARAM CAL is displayed 6 Using the Modify keys check that the CAL factor can be changed 200 000dB to 200 0...

Page 232: ...TRL STATUS 15Volt 15Volt 60 8Volt 15Volt 15Volt 60 8Volt P CTRL 0Volt STATUS 0Volt Note When performing the following tests each time after pressing the switch on the Head Recognition Adapter ER 3200 HEAD DAT will appear To continue the tests or to repeat a test the error state must be overwritten by pressing any key on the HP8153A front panel 14 RANGE 0 RANGE 1 The states of RANGE 1 and RANGE 0 d...

Page 233: ...he MODE 0 MODE 1 output should switch from 0V to approx 5V and back to 0V after approx 2s 17 CLOCK Using the Test Cable connect the CLOCK receptacle to the oscilloscope When pressing the switch on the Head Recognition Adapter the CLOCK output should show clock pulses for approx 4 seconds going from 5V to 0V 18 OE Using the Test Cable connect the OE receptacle to the oscilloscope When pressing the ...

Page 234: ...lloscope to 0 05V DIV and 25 Watch the DC level displayed on the oscilloscope and connect instead of the Head Recognition Adapter the HP81520A or HP81521B Optical Head 0 26 After a few seconds the P CTRL voltage should change from approx 150 mV to approx 40 mV HP81521B or from approx 130 mV to approx 30 mV HP81520A IB Function Test using a HP 81530 31 32 or HP 81536A Sensor Module The Function Tes...

Page 235: ...sage Zeroing is displayed at the bottom of the display and ashes above it while zeroing takes place The process should take about 20 seconds 6 Switch o the instrument remove the module from channel A and replace it in channel B 7 Switch the instrument on After the selftest leave it for 30 seconds or so to allow the Peltier Regulator to settle 8 Repeat steps 4 and 5 for channel B HP IB Interface Te...

Page 236: ...n Test 40 50 70 80 Definitions and Initializations 90 100 Mmadd 722 110 DIM String 80 120 130 CLEAR SCREEN 140 PRINT TABXY 5 10 HP IB Function Test 150 160 Send an IDN query and get the identification 170 180 OUTPUT Mmadd IDN 190 ENTER Mmadd String 200 PRINT TABXY 10 12 Identification String 210 220 END D 8 Function Tests Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE ww...

Page 237: ... No Date Customer Tested By Model HP 8153A Mainframe Serial No Ambient temperature C Options Relative humidity Firmware Rev Line frequency Hz Special Notes Function Tests D 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 238: ...eas Time T 60minutes to 20ms REFerence 200 000dBm to 200 000dBm 850nm to 1700nm 15Volt 15Volt 60 8Volt 15Volt 15Volt 60 8Volt P CTRL 0Volt STATUS 0Volt RANGE 0 High 0dBm to 40dBm range Low 50dBm range RANGE 1 High 0dBm to 10dBm ranges Low 20dBm to 50dBm ranges 5VOLT 0V 5V 0V MODE 0 0V 5V 0V MODE 1 0V 5V 0V CLOCK Pulses from 5V to 0V OE 5V 0V 5V ON OFF 5V 15V 5V ANALOG IN Display approx 12 500 P CT...

Page 239: ...n Pass Fail Pass Fail IB Display Function and Module Interface Test Tested with HP 81530 1 2 6A Module All display segments on for approx 2 sec All keys except Chan Zero Zeroing Operation II HP IB Function Test Function Tests D 11 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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Page 241: ...umber 8500 4922 Clean the connectors interfaces and bushings carefully each time after use Cleaning Materials HP P N Lens Cleaning Paper 9300 0761 Special Cleaning Tips 9300 1351 Blow Brush 9300 1131 Adhesive Cleaning tape 15475 68701 Isopropyl Alcohol Not available from HP This should be available from any local pharmaceutical supplier Pipe Cleaner Cleaning Procedures E 1 Artisan Technology Group...

Page 242: ...articles After use store the tape in the container 5 Protect the connector surface with a cap Cleaning Connector Interfaces Apply some isopropyl alcohol to the pipe cleaner and wash the inside of the connector interface Using a new dry pipe cleaner dry the inside of the connector interface Remove the brush part from the blow brush and blow air through the inside of the interface to remove any rema...

Page 243: ... any index matching compound cleaning uid or cleaning spray Cleaning Detector Windows As used on the HP 81520A and HP 81521B 1 Use the blow brush to remove any particles from the surface 2 Wipe the surface with cleaning paper or special cleaning tips Cleaning Lens Adapters Caution Do not use any cleaning uid or cleaning spray 1 Using the blow brush remove dust 2 Wipe the surfaces with the special ...

Page 244: ... be removed perform as follows 1 Using the blow brush remove the dust from the lens surface 2 Press the special cleaning tip to the lens surface and rotate the tip Note Use alcohol for cleaning only then when above procedure does not help or if the dirt is caused by oil or fat E 4 Cleaning Procedures Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 245: ... the frequency of the modulation of the output 4Disp Ref5 takes the input power level and stores it as the reference 4dB5 switches the display to show results in dB with respect to the reference stored for the channel or for an instrument with two sensors with respect to the power level of the other channel 4dBm W5 changes the display to show results in dBm or in Watts 4Zero5 removes any electrica...

Page 246: ...LD sets the threshold power that must be crossed before the application starts MAN LOGG Takes a sample each time you press 4Exec5 PLOT and PRINT Dump the samples to a printer or plotter AUTOSCAL enables or disables automatic scaling of the plot Y_MIN sets the minimum value on the y axis of the plot Y_MAX sets the maximum value on the y axis of the plot COMMENT is an eight character message printed...

Page 247: ...ed in memory The module type is indicated by the last two numeric digits of the product number The location where the con guration data is stored This number is displayed to the left of the arrow The channel is either the letter A or the letter B It is displayed to the right of the arrow STORE Store a con guration into memory The module type is shown for the last data that was stored in the select...

Page 248: ...r not DISPLAY set the display parameters BRIGHT sets the brightness of the display DATETIME set the date and the time MM DD YY sets the date HH MM SS sets the time F 4 Local Control Summary Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 249: ...sic listener unaddressed to listen if addressed to talk no listen only SR1 Complete service request capability RL1 Complete remote local capability PP0 No parallel poll capability DC1 Device clear capability DT1 Device trigger capability accepted but ignored C0 No controller capability E2 Tristate outputs except the handshake lines Remote Operation G 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentat...

Page 250: ...y talk address Not implemented PPC Parallel poll con g Not implemented PPD Parallel poll disable Not implemented PPE Parallel poll enable Not implemented PPU Parallel poll uncon g Not implemented PPOLL Parallel poll Not implemented REN Remote enable Transparent to the parser SDC Selected device clear See DCL SPD Serial poll disable Transparent to the parser SPE Serial poll enable Transparent to th...

Page 251: ...SRE Service Request Enable Command SRE Service Request Enable Query STB Read Status Byte Query TRG Trigger Command TST Self Test Query WAI Wait Command ABORt Command Summary Command Parameter ABORt 1j2 DISPlay Command Summary Command Parameter Note DISPlay BRIGhtness value w o unit BRIGhtness STATe boolean STATe FETCh Command Summary Command Parameter FETCh 1j2 SCALar POWER DC Remote Operation G 3...

Page 252: ...rname STATe CONTinuejPAUSejRUNjSTOPj0j1j2j3 STATe The Logging Application application LOGGING Parameters varname SAMPLES 1 value 500 varname LOGGSTART value 1j2j3 where 1 means start when the input power level is above threshold 2 means start when the input power level is below threshold 3 means start immediately G 4 Remote Operation Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 ...

Page 253: ... Application application STABILITY Parameters varname T_TOTAL 0 value 359 999 Results varname ASAMPLES varname RESULT READ Command Summary Command Parameter READ 1j2 SCALar POWER DC Remote Operation G 5 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 254: ...rence TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 value unit REFerence TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 STATe boolean STATe RATIo TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 RATIo DISPlay TOAjTOBjTOREFj0j1j2 no query UNIT unit UNIT CORRection COLLect ZERO ZERO LOSS INPut MAGNitude value cal factor MAGNitude cal factor G 6 Remote Operation Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 255: ...ernal FREQuency value unit jCW FREQuency POWer ATTenuation 1j2 value unit ATTenuation 1j2 STATe boolean STATe WAVElength UPPerjLOWerjBOTH WAVElength Remote Operation G 7 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 256: ...VENt NTRansition value NTRansition PTRansition value STATus OPERation z SETTling z LPELTier z HPELTier z MEASuring z POWer z TRIGger z POWer z CORRecting z ZERO z AVERaging z POWer z PROGram z application z G 8 Remote Operation Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 257: ...able z POWer z OVERRange z LCURRent z HCURRent z LMONitor z HMONitor z ENVTemp z ISUMmary z INSTrument 1j2 z POWer z STATus SOURce Command Summary Command Parameter STATus SOURce CONDition ENABle ENABle value EVENt NTRansition value NTRansition PTRansition value PTRansition Remote Operation G 9 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 258: ...ter Note SYSTem ERRor Query only DATE year month day 2 char each 4 char for year DATE TIME hour minute second 2 char each TIME G 10 Remote Operation Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 259: ...o o AUTOranging is set to on this also means that the Range is not set to 0dBm 3 The CAL and WCAL queries are no longer available 4 The power reading can no longer be made by just reading a value from the output queue A query command must be sent to make a reading Use the FETCh query as described in the TMSL mode An example of using FETCh is given after this list 5 When there is no sensor in one o...

Page 260: ... start of the next line Any commands following the syntax error on the same line will be ignored The HP 8152A resynchronizes on the next command that it recognizes Example Two lines in a program are CH1 Q1 CH2 U1 CH The Q1 command will cause a syntax error The HP 8152A selects channel A After the syntax error it continues with selecting channel B and setting the units there to Watts It will respon...

Page 261: ...380 OUTPUT Pmm CSB 1390 LOCAL Pmm 1390 LOCAL Pmm 1400 SUBEND 1400 SUBEND Note Do not specify a channel as part of the FETCh command that is the syntax for the command in the compatibility mode is FETCh SCALar POWer DC Line No 1300 Declares the subroutine P is the string in which the reading is returned to the calling program 1310 Clears all the HP IB bu ers Pmm is the HP IB address of the instrume...

Page 262: ...e HP 8153A The lter command in HP 8152A Compatibility mode selects between an averaging time of 500ms lter ON and an averaging time of 200ms lter OFF Switching the instrument into HP 8152A Compatibility mode does not alter the averaging time You should use RST or a lter ON or OFF command to set the averaging time to 500ms or 200ms H 4 Remote Operation Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentati...

Page 263: ...SET Mode M 1 Select MEASure Mode M 2 Select Channel A CH 1 Select Channel B CH 2 Select B A Operation CH 3 Autoranging O AR 0 Autoranging On AR 1 Zero O ZER 0 Zero On ZER 1 Remote Operation H 5 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 264: ...hannel A Range RNG 1 value DBM 90 value 30 head dependent Set Channel B Range RNG 2 value DBM 90 value 30 head dependent Set Channel A WVL 1 value Mj default unit MMjUMj NMjPM Set Channel B WVL 2 value Mj default unit MMjUMj NMjPM Set CAL for Channel A CAL 1 value DB Set CAL for Channel B CAL 2 value DB Set REF for Channel A REF 1 value DBMj If no units are de ned WjMWj default is determined by UW...

Page 265: ...e CSB independent of SRQ state Clear Device CLR Clears all input and output bu ers Trigger TRG Standard Parameter Set Parameter Operation Mnemonic Comment Recall Standard RST The settings are as follows Parameter Set Measure mode Channel A AUTOranging o ZERO o Filter o Units dBm Range 0dBm Reference value 0dB 1mW CAL factor 0dB head dependent Remote Operation H 7 Artisan Technology Group Quality I...

Page 266: ... Interrogate Trigger Setting T Returns integer 0j1 for for continuous or single cycle mode Interrogate Filter Setting F 1j2j3 Returns integer 0j1 for o on for the selected channel F Returns 3 integers separated by commas for each of the lter settings Interrogate Range Setting RNG 1j2 Returns a 7 character string for the range for the selected channel RNG Returns a 15 character string for the range...

Page 267: ...t units Returns 35 characters if watts are the current units The string for learn mode has the following format Setting Byte Position Length Mode 1 4 4 Trigger 5 8 4 Units 9 12 4 AUTOranging 13 17 5 Channel 18 22 5 Filter A B B A 23 28 29 34 35 40 6 6 6 Zero 41 46 6 SRQ mask 47 54 8 Range A B 55 68 69 82 14 14 CAL factor A B 83 98 97 110 14 14 REF value A B B A 111 128 129 146 147 164 18 18 18 A B...

Page 268: ...if no further commands to interpret and execute in the input bu er 0 if further commands in the input bu er Identi er IDN Returns 56 character string identifying currently installed rmware manufacturer model no and serial number IDN 1 j2 Returns 26 character string identifying currently installed rmware manufacturerer model no and serial number of channel A or B optical head Universal Commands Com...

Page 269: ... indicate the phase loop counter value and hardware E 3000 NO HEAD No head attached to the optical head interface module E 3100 SETTLING Module not yet adjusted to temperature E 3200 Checksum error in optical head data E 3300 No memory to store the zero data memory allocation failure E 3400 NO HEAD Optical head removed during the zero operation E 4001 MODULE Reading EEPROM failed E 4002 MODULE EEP...

Page 270: ... 4105 MEM FAIL Memory checksum failed Plot Print Show and Manual Logging Errors E 4201 NO DATA There is no data for the application Another cause could be that there is not enough data for the results statistics to be calculated E 4202 INVALID The data is invalid E 4203 TLKONLY Plot or print is not possible because the HP IB is not set to talk only mode Loss Errors E 4301 CONFIG The Loss applicati...

Page 271: ...52 language mode E 8400 Language processing terminated in HP 8153 language mode E 8410 Language processing terminated in HP 8152 language mode HP IB Error Codes No Error This message indicates that there are no errors 0 No error OK error queue is empty Instrument Speci c Errors These error codes are all positive numbers 110 Channel is empty 120 Other channel is empty 130 Commandnquery not availabl...

Page 272: ...monitor current in channel B 810 Zeroing failed in channel A 820 Zeroing failed in channel B Command Errors These error codes have numbers in the range 199 to 100 They indicate a syntax error has been detected by the parser this could be A syntax error A semantic error unrecognized command A Group Execute Trigger GET was put in the input bu er inside a program message The command error bit is set ...

Page 273: ...received 128 Numeric data not allowed 130 Su x error 131 Invalid su x unrecognized units or units not appropriate 134 Su x too long 138 Su x not allowed 140 Character data error 141 Invalid character data bad character or unrecognized 144 Character data too long maximum length is 12 characters 148 Character data not allowed 150 String data error 151 Invalid string data e g END received before clos...

Page 274: ...or 211 Trigger ignored new trigger received before old data read 212 Arm ignored 213 Init ignored 214 Trigger deadlock 215 Arm deadlock 220 Parameter error 221 Settings con ict uncoupled parameters 222 Data out of range e g wavelength too high for this instrument 223 Too much data out of memory block string or expression too long 224 Illegal parameter value used where exact value from a list of po...

Page 275: ...ant Error bit is set in the Event Status Register see ESR in Chapter 6 300 Device dependent error generic failure message 310 System error 311 Memory error this message or any in the range 319 to 310 may be generated by checksum or parity errors 312 Protected user data memory lost data no longer available 313 Calibration memory lost out of calibration due to memory failure 314 Save Recall memory l...

Page 276: ... Chapter 6 400 Query error 410 Query interrupted query followed by a DAB or a GET before the response was complete 420 Query unterminated addressed to talk incomplete program message received 430 Query deadlocked the input bu er and the output bu er are full cannot continue 440 Query unterminated after inde nite response the inde nite response is no the last request in the message unit I 8 Error C...

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Page 279: ... Numbers 2946G00475 and Earlier The units on the y axis of the graph are either dBm or dB The plot or printout is not scaled in Watts Backdating K 1 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 280: ...he message SAMPLES The right side character eld shows the number of samples that will be printed You edit the number of samples to be printed The lower limit is 0 The higher limit is 500 The displayed value is always the setting for the samples Press 4Edit5 when you have nished editing COMMENT When you select this parameter the left side character eld shows the message COMMENT The right side chara...

Page 281: ...if you have nished editing or you can press 4Next5 or 4Prev5 to edit the other parameters The second page of the printout has a listing of the values of the samples from the application Backdating K 3 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

Page 282: ...1 3 9 4 Pause 1 3 9 4 Selecting 9 2 Start 9 2 9 4 Stop 9 4 Application Keys 1 3 Applications Parameters 2 2 Editing 9 3 Applications Results 9 3 Application Status 7 13 9 4 A REF 2 8 2 9 ATT 2 6 Editing 2 6 AUTO 2 13 AUTODUMP 3 8 3 11 Auto Key 1 3 2 12 2 13 Automatic Ranging 1 3 2 13 8 13 AUTOSCAL 3 15 3 20 Autotransformer Using the Instrument with an iv A 3 AUX 2 7 Editing 2 7 AVERAGE 3 29 Averag...

Page 283: ... A 2 Damage Shipping Container A 2 DATA 3 16 3 22 Date 4 8 8 27 Editing 4 8 8 27 DATETIME 4 7 dB Key 1 3 2 8 dBm 1 3 2 9 dBm W Key 1 3 2 9 dB Units 2 8 Decimal Places Number Displayed 1 3 Default Conditions Line Power On 1 8 Default Mode 1 2 DELTA 3 31 DIFF 3 29 Display 1 6 HP IB Indicators 5 2 On or O 8 3 DISPLAY 4 7 Display Brightness 4 7 8 2 Editing 4 7 DISPlay Commands 8 2 G 3 Display Paramete...

Page 284: ...els A 7 Humidity Operating A 5 I IDN 6 7 IEEE 488 6 1 Reference 5 1 Initial Inspection A 2 INITiate Commands 8 7 G 3 Input Signals v A 5 Instrument Identi cation 6 7 K Key Functions 1 2 Keyboard 1 2 Keys Black 1 2 Blue 1 3 L LANGUAGE Editing 4 6 Laser Adjustment vii Enabling vii Malfunctioning vii Output Connector vii Laser Beam Diameter vi Laser Class vi Laser Diode Current 7 17 7 18 Laser Monito...

Page 285: ...ey 1 3 3 2 Loss Measurement 3 2 M MAN LOGG 3 13 Manual Logging Application 3 13 3 14 3 19 3 28 K 2 Preparation 3 6 Running 3 13 Manual Ranging 1 3 2 13 Master Summary Status Bit 6 13 MAV Bit 6 3 MAXIMUM 3 28 MAXPOWER 3 31 Measurement Command 5 3 8 4 8 8 Setting 8 9 Measurement Parameters 3 2 3 6 3 9 3 13 3 30 Default Values 2 2 Editing 2 2 Selecting 2 2 Measurement Parameters 1 2 Measurement Range...

Page 286: ...er Laser vi Output Queue 6 3 Output Signals v A 5 P PARAM 1 7 Parameter Indicator 1 7 Parameters Editing 2 14 Measurement 1 2 Param Key 1 2 2 2 Parser 5 3 Accepted Characters 5 4 Operation 5 3 Synchronization 5 3 Parser Input Queue 6 3 Clearing 5 4 Pause Key 1 3 Performance Tests A 2 Plot Automatic Scaling 3 15 PLOT 3 14 Plot Application 1 13 3 8 3 11 3 14 Preparation 3 6 3 14 Running 3 16 The Plo...

Page 287: ... Reference Indicator 1 7 Remote Control Local Key 2 1 Repacking A 10 Request Service 6 3 Reset 6 10 Reset State 6 10 Result Field 1 7 2 11 Return Shipments A 10 RMT 1 6 5 2 RQS 6 3 RST 6 10 S Safety Class iii A 1 Sales and Service O ces J 1 Samples Average Value 3 18 3 24 3 29 Examining 3 13 3 28 3 29 Maximum Value 3 18 3 24 3 28 Minimum Value 3 18 3 24 3 28 Range of Values 3 18 3 24 3 29 Take Aga...

Page 288: ...e Register 6 1 STB 6 13 Storage A 9 STORE 4 4 Store Parameters Editing 4 4 Syntax Diagram Conventions 5 9 SYSTem Commands 8 26 G 9 System Key 1 3 3 2 4 2 System Mode 4 1 F 3 Selecting 3 2 System Parameters Selecting 1 3 System Parameter Sets Selecting 4 2 T T 2 3 Editing 2 3 Talk Only 1 13 Temperature Cooling A 5 Operating A 5 Storage A 9 Temperature Changes A 5 THRESHLD 3 12 Time 4 8 8 29 Editing...

Page 289: ...avelength 2 2 8 26 Editing 2 2 8 21 8 22 8 25 Laser vi Y Y MAX 3 15 3 21 Y MIN 3 15 3 20 Z ZERO ERR 2 10 Zeroing 1 3 1 9 2 9 5 3 8 11 Zeroing Error 2 10 Zero Key 1 3 2 9 Zero Status 7 12 Index 8 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com ...

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