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GPIB-130 User Manual
Contents
About This Manual
.............................................................................................................ix
Organization of This Manual .........................................................................................ix
Conventions Used in This Manual.................................................................................ix
Related Documentation..................................................................................................x
Customer Communication .............................................................................................x
Chapter 1
Introduction
..........................................................................................................................1-1
Description of the GPIB-130 .........................................................................................1-1
What Your Kit Should Contain......................................................................................1-3
Optional Equipment .......................................................................................................1-4
Unpacking Your GPIB-130 ...........................................................................................1-4
Chapter 2
Connection
.............................................................................................................................2-1
Connecting the GPIB-130..............................................................................................2-1
Connecting an External Power Supply ..............................................................2-2
Connecting to a Specially Configured GPIB Interface Board ...........................2-2
Connecting to Hewlett-Packard Controllers ......................................................2-3
Chapter 3
Configuration and Operation
.........................................................................................3-1
Operating Modes............................................................................................................3-1
Unbuffered Mode...............................................................................................3-1
Buffered Mode ...................................................................................................3-1
Setting the Operating Mode ...............................................................................3-2
Parallel Poll Response (PPR) Modes .............................................................................3-2
Stored PPR Mode (Approach 1) ........................................................................3-3
Immediate PPR Mode (Approach 2)..................................................................3-3
Choosing the PPR Mode....................................................................................3-3
Setting the PPR Mode ........................................................................................3-4
Operating the GPIB-130 System....................................................................................3-4
Power LED.........................................................................................................3-4
Link LED ...........................................................................................................3-5
Talk LED............................................................................................................3-5
Listen LED.........................................................................................................3-5
Chapter 4
Theory of Operation
..........................................................................................................4-1
Power-On (PON) State...................................................................................................4-1
System Controller Detection..........................................................................................4-2
Controller-In-Charge Detection .....................................................................................4-2
Source Handshake Detection .........................................................................................4-2
Parallel Poll Detection ...................................................................................................4-2
FIFO Controller..............................................................................................................4-2
