BK Precision BK8510B - Remote Operation; Interface Connection; Serial Interface; Gpib

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Remote Operation
10.1 Interface Connection
10.2 Serial Interface
PIN Description
1 -
2 Transmit Data
3 Receive Data
4 -
5 GND
6 -
7 CTS
8 RTS
9 -
A straight pin-to-pin DB9 female to DB9 male serial cable is required for using the RS-232 interface. Do not use a null
modem or crossover DB9 serial cable.
10.2.1 GPIB
The load can be congured with a GPIB address from 0 – 31. To communicate via GPIB, connect a GPIB cable to the
GPIB interface on the rear panel, as illustrated below.
10.2.2 USBTMC
The device is SR1, RL1, and DT1 enabled. It can receive the following request:
REN_CONTROL, GO_TO_LOCAL, LOCAL_LOCKOUT. When it receives MsgID = TRIGGER USBTMC command,
it will transmit TRIGGER command to the function layer.
10.2.3 Remote Commands
The instrument supports some SCPI commands and some instrument specic commands. These commands enable a
computer to remotely communicate and control the instrument over any of the supported remote interfaces: USBTMC,
RS-232, and GPIB.
Refer to the programming manual for details, which can be downloaded from www.bkprecision.com.