TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 FRONT PANEL CONTROLLER....................................................................................... 4
1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 CONTROLS AND DISPLAY ................................................................................................................................. 4
1.3 RUN MODE ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 USER INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................................. 4
1.5 DISPLAY........................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.6 FAULTS ............................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.7 RUN MODE STATUS DISPLAYS ......................................................................................................................... 7
1.8 USER CONFIGURATION OPTIONS .................................................................................................................... 10
1.8.1 Example: Setting the VSWR Monitor ................................................................................................... 11
2 GPIB, RS-232 AND RS-422 COMMAND SUMMARY .................................................. 12
2.1 SERIAL COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS ........................................................................................................ 13
2.2 GPIB PARAMETERS ....................................................................................................................................... 13
2.2.1 Message Terminator ............................................................................................................................ 13
2.2.2 Commands ........................................................................................................................................... 13
2.2.3 Status Reporting .................................................................................................................................. 14
3 CALIBRATION .................................................................................................................. 16
3.1 SYSTEM CALIBRATION AND CONFIGURATION MENU ..................................................................................... 17
3.1.1 Forward Power.................................................................................................................................... 17
3.1.2 Reverse Power ..................................................................................................................................... 17
3.1.3 Gain/VVA Levels .................................................................................................................................. 18
3.1.4 Monitor Options .................................................................................................................................. 18
4 INTERFACE PIN ASSIGNMENTS ................................................................................. 20
4.1 CONNECTOR: GPIB (IEEE-488) CONNECTOR ................................................................................................ 20
4.2 CONNECTOR: RS-232 SERIAL I/O .................................................................................................................. 21