Table of Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 General Description ............................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Accessory Equipment/Rack Slides ........................................................................................................ 1
2 Specifications ................................................................................................................................. 2
2.1 Electrical ................................................................................................................................................ 2
2.2 Supplemental......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 Measurements [Option] ......................................................................................................................... 6
2.4 System Specification ............................................................................................................................. 7
2.5 Unit Protection ....................................................................................................................................... 8
2.6 Mechanical ............................................................................................................................................ 8
2.7 Environmental ........................................................................................................................................ 9
2.8 Regulatory ............................................................................................................................................. 9
2.9 Front Panel Controls ............................................................................................................................ 10
2.10 Available Options ............................................................................................................................. 11
3 Installation and Functional Test ................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Unpacking............................................................................................................................................ 12
3.2 Power Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 12
3.3 Input Voltage Range Selection ............................................................................................................ 14
3.4 Mechanical Installation ........................................................................................................................ 17
3.5 Input Wiring ......................................................................................................................................... 17
3.6 Output Connections ............................................................................................................................. 18
3.7 Output Voltage Ranges ....................................................................................................................... 20
3.8 Functional Test .................................................................................................................................... 21
3.9 Other Modes of Operation ................................................................................................................... 22
4 Front Panel Operation .................................................................................................................. 23
4.1 Functional Controls.............................................................................................................................. 23
4.2 How to examples... .............................................................................................................................. 28
4.3 Setting the Power on Initialization Values ........................................................................................... 31
4.4 Current Limit Modes ............................................................................................................................ 32
4.5 Function Strobe [Option] ...................................................................................................................... 32
4.6 Remote Inhibit [Option] ........................................................................................................................ 33
5 Principle of Operation ................................................................................................................... 34
5.1 General ................................................................................................................................................ 34
5.2 Overall Description .............................................................................................................................. 34
5.3 DC Supply ........................................................................................................................................... 34
5.4 Mother Board ....................................................................................................................................... 39
5.5 Amplifier Modules ................................................................................................................................ 39
5.6 Oscillator Module ................................................................................................................................. 39
5.7 Range/Relay Board ............................................................................................................................. 39
5.8 Output Board ....................................................................................................................................... 40
5.9 IEEE 488/RS232 Interface [Option] ..................................................................................................... 40
6 Calibration .................................................................................................................................... 42
6.1 Calibration Equipment ......................................................................................................................... 42
6.2 Selecting Calibration Mode .................................................................................................................. 43
6.3 Routine Calibration .............................................................................................................................. 44
6.4 Non-Routine Calibration ...................................................................................................................... 48