Voltech dc1000, User Manual

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98-100 ISSUE 8 3
C
ONTENTS
WARRANTY........................................................................................................................................5
HEALTH & SAFETY ..............................................................................................................................6
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS........................................................................................................................8
WHAT IS THE DC1000? .......................................................................................................................9
WHAT CAN THE DC1000 DO FOR YOU? ..............................................................................................9
PACKING LIST...................................................................................................................................10
GETTING STARTED ...........................................................................................................................11
SAFETY INTERLOCK...........................................................................................................................13
U
SING THE
DC1000
WITH A SAFETY SYSTEM
...............................................................................................13
U
SING THE
DC1000
AND A
V
OLTECH
AT3600/AT5600
WITH A SAFETY SYSTEM
..............................................14
USING THE DC1000 WITH AN LCR METER.........................................................................................16
USING MULTIPLE DC1000S IN PARALLEL ..........................................................................................17
USING A PC TO CONTROL YOUR DC1000 (S).....................................................................................18
USING A PC TO CONTROL YOUR DC1000(S) WITH AN RS232 LCR METER (NOT A VOLTECH AT SERIES
PRODUCT)........................................................................................................................................19
USING A PC TO CONTROL YOUR DC1000(S) WITH AN IEEE-488 LCR METER (NOT A VOLTECH AT
SERIES PRODUCT).............................................................................................................................20
USING THE DC1000 WITH A VOLTECH AT3600 OR ATI(AND OPTIONAL PC) ......................................21
AT C
OMPENSATION WITH
M
ULTIPLE
DC1000
S
...........................................................................................22
U
SING
IR, ILK, HPDC, HPAC T
ESTS
- (H
IGH
V
OLTAGE
T
ESTS
).......................................................................23
U
SING
SURG, MAGI, STRW, WATT, VOC T
ESTS
.....................................................................................23
 LSBX – I
NDUCTANCE WITH
E
XTERNAL
B
IAS
(S
ERIES
C
IRCUIT
)................................................................23
 LPBX – I
NDUCTANCE WITH
E
XTERNAL
B
IAS
(P
ARALLEL
C
IRCUIT
)............................................................25
 ZBX – I
MPEDANCE WITH
E
XTERNAL
B
IAS
...........................................................................................27
RS232 COMMUNICATION.................................................................................................................30
RS 232
CONNECTION
..............................................................................................................................30
P
INNING
...............................................................................................................................................30
C
OMMANDS
..........................................................................................................................................31
 T
URN THE
O
UTPUT
ON
OR
OFF ......................................................................................................31
 S
ET
DC1000 O
UTPUT
C
URRENT
......................................................................................................32
 G
ET THE STATUS OF THE UNIT
..........................................................................................................32
 R
EAD THE
S
ERIAL
N
UMBER
.............................................................................................................33
 G
ET THE NUMBER OF UNITS ATTACHED
..............................................................................................33
STATUS NUMBERS ...........................................................................................................................34
CALIBRATION ...................................................................................................................................35
ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................................................35
PC SOFTWARE..................................................................................................................................36
I
NSTALLING THE
S
OFTWARE
......................................................................................................................36