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Magtrol Model 6510
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Single-Phase Power Analyzer
Table of Contents
3.3.6
PhASE SETUP ............................................................................................................................................. 24
3.3.7
SPECIAL FUNCTIoNS ............................................................................................................................... 25
4. operating prinCiples ...............................................................................................................27
4.1 ANALoG PRoCESSING ........................................................................................................................................... 27
4.1.1 VoLTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.1.2 AMPS ............................................................................................................................................................ 28
4.1.3
ExTERNAL ShUNT ................................................................................................................................... 29
4.2 DIGITAL PRoCESSING ............................................................................................................................................ 29
4.2.1
AC DETAILS ................................................................................................................................................ 30
4.2.2
DC DETAILS ................................................................................................................................................ 32
4.2.3
RoUND-oFF ERRoR ................................................................................................................................. 34
4.3 MEASUREMENT MoDES ........................................................................................................................................ 34
4.3.1 PEAk
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4.3.2
PEAk hoLD / INRUSh CURRENT ........................................................................................................... 35
4.3.3 DC ................................................................................................................................................................. 35
4.3.4 RMS .............................................................................................................................................................. 36
4.3.5
CREST FACToR .......................................................................................................................................... 36
4.4 MEASUREMENT METhoDS .................................................................................................................................. 36
4.4.1
CYCLE-bY-CYCLE MoDE ........................................................................................................................ 36
4.4.2
CoNTINUoUS MoDE ................................................................................................................................ 36
5. Computer Controlled operation ......................................................................................37
5.1 AboUT ThE GPIb INTERFACE .............................................................................................................................. 37
5.1.1
INSTALLING ThE GPIb/IEEE-488 CoNNECToR CAbLE .................................................................... 37
5.1.2
ChANGING ThE GPIb PRIMARY ADDRESS ......................................................................................... 37
5.2 AboUT ThE RS-232 INTERFACE ........................................................................................................................... 38
5.2.1 CoNNECTIoN ............................................................................................................................................. 38
5.2.2
CoMMUNICATIoN PARAMETERS ......................................................................................................... 39
5.2.3
bAUD RATE ................................................................................................................................................. 39
5.3 ChECkING ThE 6510
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-To-PC CoNNECTIoN ..................................................................................................... 39
5.4 DATA FoRMAT .......................................................................................................................................................... 40
5.4.1
oT ExAMPLE ............................................................................................................................................. 40
5.4.2
oE ExAMPLE ............................................................................................................................................. 41
5.4.3
oA/oV/oW/oF ExAMPLE ......................................................................................................................... 41
5.5 PRoGRAMMING ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
5.5.1
DATA TERMINATIoN ChARACTERS ..................................................................................................... 41
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CoMMUNICATIoN CoMMANDS ............................................................................................................... 42
5.6.1
CoNFIGURATIoN CoMMANDS .............................................................................................................. 42
5.6.2
DATA oUTPUT CoMMANDS ................................................................................................................... 44
6. Calibration ..................................................................................................................................45
6.1 CLoSED-box CALIbRATIoN ................................................................................................................................ 45
6.2 CALIbRATIoN SChEDULE ..................................................................................................................................... 45
6.3 CALIbRATIoN CoMMANDS .................................................................................................................................. 45
6.4 bASIC CALIbRATIoN PRoCESS ............................................................................................................................ 46
7. optional features ....................................................................................................................48
