Tutorial
Programming AC Output
AC Voltage and Frequency
Setting the AC voltage and frequency
The AC output voltage and frequency are controlled with the VOLTage and FREQuency
commands. Prior to programming the output, it is recommended that the appropriate output
mode and voltage range be selected.
The following is an example using the PCR-M.
AC 'Sets the output mode to AC mode
135 'Sets the voltage range to the 135V range
110 'Sets the AC voltage to 110 V
55 'Sets the frequency to 55 Hz
ON 'Turns the output on
Setting the AC voltage limit and frequency limit
The maximum allowable value for VOLTage varies depending on the VOLTage:RANGe
setting.
The minimum and maximum allowable values for VOLTage and FREQuency commands may
vary depending on the VOLTage:LIMit and FREQuency:LIMit settings.
The VOLTage and
FREQuency settings must be specified within the upper and lower limits.
The voltage limit and frequency limit settings are safety interlock functions that prevent
unexpected miss-operation or miss-programming. They are not output limiting functions.
135 'Sets the voltage range to the 135V range
MAX 'Sets the voltage upper limit to 275 V
MIN 'Sets the voltage lower limit to 0 V
110 'Sets the AC voltage to 110 V
MAX 'Sets the frequency upper limit to 500 Hz
MIN 'Sets the frequency lower limit to 40 Hz
55 'Sets the frequency to 55 Hz
Above example expands the upper/lower limits to the widest span allowing the VOLTage and
FREQuency to be set to any value within the given range.
When the VOLTage:RANGe is set to 135 V, VOLTage setting cannot exceed 137.5 V.
Query
To query the maximum and minimum allowed values for the VOLTage and FREQuency
commands, use the query with the MINimum and/or MAXimum parameters.
:VOLTage? MINimum
:VOLTage? MAXimum
:FREQuency? MINimum
:FREQuency? MAXimum
Introduction
Installing the VISA library
Interface Setup
Overview of Command
Parameters
Default settings
Command (function
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IEEE488.2 Common Commands
Output Setting
Protection and Clearing Alarms
Triggered Control of Output
Output On/Off Phase Control
Measured Value Queries
System Configuration
Registers
Command (ABC search)
Command (Sub-system
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SOURce
OUTPut
MEASure and FETCh
TRIGger
SYSTem
STATus
IEEE488.2 Common Commands
Other Commands
List(PDF)
Register
Architecture
Register structure
Appendix
A List of Errors
Processing time of main
Tutorial
Programming AC Output
Programming DC Output
Triggering Output Change
Output-on Phase Control
Measurement
Waiting for Operation Complete
Panel display
Status Monitoring
Error Checking
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