Model
5528A
H
P-
IB Information
16-8
Table 18-4. HP-
IB
Cables
HP
Pari
Length
Number
Metre
s Fe
el
10633A 1 3.3
1063
38
2 6.6
1
06
33C
3
13
.2
106
33D
0.5
1.6
NOTE: The
H
P106J3
x
ca
bles
will mate with H
P1
063lx
cabl
es
ha
ving the
sa
me
type
of
locking
sc
rews
(metric or
English
).
Th
e
HP
10833x
c
ab
les have R
FI
shielding,
th
e HP1063lx
cables
do
nol.
a. Co
nne
ct one end of the
HP
-IB c
ab
le to the M easurement Display
unit
's rear-panel "
IEEE
STD
4
88
POR
T" .
NOTES
• The HP-IB conn
ec
t
or
s are keyed (by their " k
ey
stone" shape) to fil together only
one
wa
y. Connectors mate
ea
si
ly, with
lilli
e for
ce
required; do not for
ce
c
onnector
s together .
•
HP
-IB c
ab
le connect
or
s have
an
chor
sc
rews us
ed
to secure them to
HP
-IB jack
s.
The Measure
me
nt Displ
ay
unit r
eq
uires the metric
ve
rsion of these
sc
r
ews
.
Metri
c-
thr
eaded HP-lB
sc
rews have a black finish,
Eng
lish-thread HP-
IB
sc
r
ews
h
ave
a silver finish. All HP-
IB
cables are c
urr
ently shipped with metric
sc
rews.
b. Connect the other end of the
HP
-
18
c
ab
le to the device that is to be u
se
d as the
"c
ontroll
er" in this
sys
tem.
NOTE
Th
e connec
tor
at
ea
ch e
nd
of
each
HP
-
IB
ca
ble
ha
s t
wo
si
d
es,
" male" and " femal
e".
Th
e "
ma
le" s
id
e mat
es
with the H
P-
IB
connector on
an
y
HP
-IB-compatible Instrument,
or
with any
other s
uit
able " female" conn
ec
tor.
Th
e " female" side of the
connec
tor
provid
es
a connecting point for the "
ma
le" con-
nector of
an
y other
HP
-I!) cable. This allo
ws
cables to be s
ta
cked
to accomodale
up
to 15 instruments on the bu
s.
The
ma
x
imum
length of cable that c
an
be u
se
d to connect a group of
instruments should not be more than 2 metr
es
(6.5 fee
t)
tim
es
the
numb
er of instruments to be interconn
ec
ted, or
20
metr
es
(65.6
fee!), whiche
ve
r is l
ess.
The
HP
-IB conn
ec
tor, mating connector
part
number
s,
logic level
s,
and sig
na
l
nam
e
inf
or
mation ilre
gi
ve
r,
In
the l
ase
r Measurement
Sys
tem
's
Service M anual.
c. If
an
y other device (such as a
Pr
inte
r)
Is to
be
conn
ec
ted to the
sys
tem, conn
ec
1 it, via an
HP
-
JB
cable, to
an
y
av
ailable HP-IB port th
at
is
already
pa
rt of the
sys
tem.