Operation
Manual 20791, Rev. C, June 2001
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2.6
SOURCE Controls
2.6.1
General Description
The 8003 is programmed to automatically control compatible signal sources through its private GPIB
bus (see Section 2.6.3). Commands are generated by using the four Source keys located on the front
panel of the 8003. Manual control of the source by the user is not required in this mode. The instrument
also has a local mode in which it does not control the source, but some features are not available in this
mode.
2.6.2
ATE Operation
When the 8003 is in an ATE environment and under GPIB control, the source might still be on the
8003 private line interface. When the source is on the 8003’s private line interface in an ATE system,
the 8003 will still control the source as it does under front panel operation. It is only necessary to send
commands to the 8003 to cause it to set up both itself and the source for standard scalar measurements.
If it is desired to control the source from a controller other than the 8003, the 8003 can be set to turn its
private bus off (see Menu SY1-10 in Figure 2-16). This will put the source into the local mode of
operation.
When the source is in the local mode of operation, the source controls on can be used for specifying the
start and stop frequencies to be indicated on the scalar display and for power measurement correction
with frequency. In this mode, the start and stop frequencies defined on the 8003 will not affect the
source settings.
2.6.3
8003 Source Compatibility
The 8003 is compatible with a range of sweepers that have an output identify command. The analyzer
tries to identify the source by sending the output identify commands of all the sweepers with which it is
compatible until it gets a response that it recognizes. If it gets a response that it recognizes, the 8003 will
then interrogate the known source to find out its parameter limits (frequencies, power level, etc.). With
this scheme the analyzer can, of course, only be compatible with sweepers that will identify themselves
and output their operating parameters. A source such as the HP8350A has no output capability,
therefore a new scheme has been devised to allow the 8003 to control this instrument.
Through a menu entry the 8003 can be set up to operate in the usual Auto Select Mode where it tries to
interrogate the source it detects on the private bus as described above. Another mode is available in
which the operator can tell the 8003 specifically which sweeper is connected to its private bus. In this
way the 8003 outputs the control commands of the user selected sweeper and, if that sweeper is in fact
connected, then the interface will work normally. The 8003, however, will have no knowledge of the
sweepers maximum and minimum parameter values. This will permit the user to possibly enter values of
frequency and power that are outside the sweeper’s valid ranges for these parameters. In the case of the
8350A, it will set these values to their maximum or minimum. The fact that the 8003 does not know
the sweeper’s max or min frequency levels means wide band path calibrations are not valid. The menu
entry will be dim, dark blue in this case.
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