1Getting Started
Introduction
4 E3632A User’s Guide
• Configuring the power supply for remote interfaces
• Enabling or disabling the output
When operated over the remote interface, the power supply
can be both a listener and a talker. Using an external
controller, you can instruct the power supply to set the
output and to send the status data back over the GPIB or
RS- 232 interfaces. Capabilities include the following features:
• Voltage and current programming
• Voltage and current readback
• Present and stored status readback
• Programming syntax error detection
• Complete self- test
The front- panel Vacuum- Fluorescent Display (VFD) includes:
• Displaying actual values of output voltage and current
(meter mode)
• Or displaying the limit values of voltage and current (limit
mode)
• Checking the operating status from the annunciators
• Checking the type of error from the error codes
(messages)
Connections to the power supply’s output and to chassis
ground are made to binding posts on the front panel.
Floating the power supply output more than ±60 Vdc from the
chassis presents an electric shock hazard to the operator. Do not
float the outputs more than ±60 Vdc when metal shorting bars
without insulation are used to connect the (+) output to the (+)
sense and the (–) output to the (–) sense terminals.