XT2640 Operating Manual
13 July 2016
Page 5 of 187
21.7
IN,
MID
AND
OUT
T
OTAL
P
OWER AND
E
FFICENCY
D
ATA IN A
G
ROUP OF
U
NITS
.......................................................................................................... 114
22
SYNCHRONIZING
MEASUREMENTS
BETWEEN
VPAS
........................................................................................................................
115
23
USING
A
USB
DRIVE
......................................................................................................................................................................................
117
23.1
D
RIVE
C
OMPATIBILITY
............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 117
23.2
C
HECKING
D
RIVE
C
OMPATIBILITY
......................................................................................................................................................................................... 117
23.3
F
ILES
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 118
23.4
C
HECKING THE
D
RIVE
F
ILE
S
TRUCTURE
............................................................................................................................................................................... 118
23.5
E
XPORTING
F
ILES TO A
D
RIVE
................................................................................................................................................................................................ 118
23.5.1
Screen
Image
File
(.BMP
Extension)
.......................................................................................................................................................................
119
23.5.2
Binary
(.CFG
Extension)
Files
.....................................................................................................................................................................................
119
23.5.3
Comma
Separated
Value
(.CSV
Extension)
Files
................................................................................................................................................
119
23.6
I
MPORTING
F
ILES FROM A
D
RIVE
........................................................................................................................................................................................... 122
23.6.1
Importing
Binary
Configuration,
Custom
Screen
and
Harmonic
Limits
Files
......................................................................................
122
23.6.2
Creating
and
Importing
an
ASCII
Harmonics
Limits
File
..............................................................................................................................
123
23.6.3
Creating
and
Importing
an
ASCII
Custom
Screen
Definition
File
..............................................................................................................
123
23.6.4
Updating
the
Firmware
or
the
FPGA
......................................................................................................................................................................
125
23.6.5
Changing
the
Welcoming
Screen
.............................................................................................................................................................................
125
23.7
D
ATA
L
OGGING
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 125
23.7.1
Configuring
the
Data
Log
............................................................................................................................................................................................
126
23.7.2
Configuring
Data
Logging
Timing
..........................................................................................................................................................................
127
23.7.3
Configuring
Data
Logging
Record
Contents
.......................................................................................................................................................
127
23.7.4
Starting
and
Stopping
Data
Logging
.....................................................................................................................................................................
128
23.7.5
Clearing
the
Data
From
a
Completed
Unsaved
Data
Log
..............................................................................................................................
128
23.7.6
Viewing
Data
Logging
Status
....................................................................................................................................................................................
128
23.7.7
Exporting
a
Data
Log
from
the
Internal
Memory
.............................................................................................................................................
129
23.7.8
Internal
Buffer
Usage
....................................................................................................................................................................................................
129
23.7.9
Optimizing
and
Testing
File
Write
Speed
.............................................................................................................................................................
129
24
USING
THE
XT2640
FROM
AN
INTERFACE
...........................................................................................................................................
131
24.1
C
OMPUTER
C
ONTROL OF THE
XT2640 ................................................................................................................................................................................ 131
24.1.1
RS232
(Serial)
Interface
..............................................................................................................................................................................................
131
24.1.2
LAN
(Ethernet)
Interface
.............................................................................................................................................................................................
132
24.1.3
USB
Interface
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
134
24.1.4
GPIB
Interface
..................................................................................................................................................................................................................
137
24.2
C
OMMAND
S
YNTAX
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 138
24.2.1
Special
Characters
..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
138
24.2.2
Fields
within
a
Command
............................................................................................................................................................................................
139
24.3
R
ESPONSES TO
C
OMMANDS
.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 140
24.3.1
Response
Fields
................................................................................................................................................................................................................
140
24.4
C
OMMAND
K
EYWORDS AND
F
IELDS
...................................................................................................................................................................................... 141
24.4.1
Interface
Clear
Commands
.........................................................................................................................................................................................
141
24.4.2
Local/Remote
State
Control
Commands
..............................................................................................................................................................
141
24.4.3
Error
Register
Query
Commands
.............................................................................................................................................................................
141
24.4.4
Unit
and
Channel
Identification
Query
Commands
..........................................................................................................................................
142
24.4.5
GPIB
Specific
Commands
.............................................................................................................................................................................................
142
24.4.6
Date
and
Time
Control
and
Query
Commands
...................................................................................................................................................
143
24.4.7
System
Preferences
Set
and
Query
Commands
..................................................................................................................................................
143
24.4.8
Measurement
State
Control
and
Query
Commands
.........................................................................................................................................
144
24.4.9
Measurement
Configuration
Edit
Commands
....................................................................................................................................................
145
24.4.10
Measurement
Configuration
Query
Commands
................................................................................................................................................
149
24.4.11
Configuration
Save
and
Load
Commands
............................................................................................................................................................
151
24.4.12
Harmonics
Limits
Configuration
and
Configuration
Query
Commands
.................................................................................................
152
24.4.13
DC
Zero
Control
and
Query
Commands
.................................................................................................................................................................
152
24.4.14
Custom
Screen
Configuration
and
Configuration
Query
Commands
.......................................................................................................
152
24.4.15
Measurement
Results
Query
Commands
...............................................................................................................................................................
153
24.5
RDEF
M
EASUREMENT
D
EFINITION
F
IELD
S
UB
‐F
IELDS
.................................................................................................................................................... 154
24.6
DDEF
M
EASUREMENT
D
EFINITION
F
IELD
S
UB
‐F
IELDS
.................................................................................................................................................... 157
25
INSIDE
THE
XT2640
.....................................................................................................................................................................................
160
25.1
G
ENERAL
M
EASUREMENT
M
ETHODS
.................................................................................................................................................................................... 160
25.2
C
HANNEL
C
IRCUITRY
............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161
25.3
S
AMPLING
C
ONTROL
............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161
25.4
C
HANNEL
M
EASUREMENTS
.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 161
25.5
VPA
M
EASUREMENTS
............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 162
25.5.1
VPA
Fundamental
Frequency
....................................................................................................................................................................................
162
25.5.2
VPA
Amplitude
Measurements
..................................................................................................................................................................................
162
25.6
D
ATA
C
OLLECTION
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 162
25.7
I
NTEGRATED
D
ATA
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 163
25.8
D
ATA
L
OGGING
........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 163