3152A User Manual
Getting Started 1-14
Racal Instruments
©
2001
Front Panel
Indicators
There are three LEDs on the front panel. The FAIL LED (Red)
illuminates at power-up until the Model 3152A has passed its
self-test. If the Model 3152A self-test fails, the FAIL LED
remains illuminated.
The FAIL LED may be illuminated during normal operation if the
Model 3152A stops communication.
The ACCESS LED (Amber) illuminates each time a command
has been received by the Model 3152A. This light remains on
during shared memory data transfer.
The PLL ON LED is off during normal operation. In PLL mode,
the PLL ON illuminates when a valid signal is available at the
trigger input and lock frequency is available at the main output
connector.
When the output state is on, the OUTPUT LED (Green) light
illuminates. It goes off when the output state is changed to off.
Programming The
Model 3152A
The Model 3152A has no controls on the front panel. Instrument
functions, parameters, and modes can only be accessed through
VXIbus commands. There are a number of ways to “talk” to the
instrument. They all require that an appropriate software driver
be installed in the Resource Manager (slot 0). The rest is a
matter of practice and knowledge of the language in use. There
are other system considerations like address selection that have
to be settled before programming the instrument. These topics
are discussed in later chapters.
Low level programming of the Model 3152A is done using SCPI
(Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments) language
or using binary commands for high speed. Programming
aspects are covered in
Chapters 3 and 4.
High level drivers like VXI
plug&play
and WaveCAD are beyond
the scope of this manual. Please check the Racal Instruments
web site:
www.racalinstruments.com
to download the latest
versions of the 3152A VXIplug&play install disk, LabVIEW driver
and WaveCAD.
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