GPIB Operation 6-3
Primary address
The power supply ships from the factory with a GPIB address of 16. You can set the address
to a value of 0 to 30. Do not assign the same address to another device or to a controller that is
on the same GPIB bus.
The GPIB address is checked and/or changed from the menu (which is accessed by pressing
the MENU key).
NOTE Table 1-2 (in Section 1) shows the menu structure. Rules to navigate the menu follow
the table.
Once in the menu, select GPIB menu and then select ADDRESS. After setting the address
value, make sure you press ENTER to select it.
NOTE The present address is displayed on power-up on the top line of the display.
Output format
Readings over the bus can be returned in the exponential or decimal format. For the exponen-
tial format, a +10V reading would be returned as +1.00000000E+01. For a decimal format, it
would be returned as 10.00 (2 decimal places), 10.000 (3 decimal places) or 10.0000 (4 decimal
places).
The output type (KEITHLEY or FLUKE) can be set for the response to the *IDN? query
command. *IDN? provides identification information. See Section 8 for details on the responses
for *IDN?
The output format and type is selected from the menu (which is accessed by pressing the
MENU key).
NOTE Table 1-2 (in Section 1) shows the menu structure. Rules to navigate the menu follow
the table.
Once in the menu select GPIB MENU and then select OUTPUT FORMAT. Both format and
type is selected from this secondary menu item.
Format - Using the
and keys, display the desired output format (EXPONENTIAL, 2
DECIMAL PLACES, 3 DECIMAL PLACES, or 4 DECIMAL PLACES), and press ENTER.
Type - To select the format type for *IDN?, use the
or key to display KEITHLEY or
FLUKE, and press ENTER.
NOTE Output format and type are retained through a power cycle and are not affected by
*RST or *RCL.
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