Operator's Manual
Issue 14 / Mar 2016
MercuryiPS
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8.4 Clock ............................................................................................................................ 89
8.5 File transfer .................................................................................................................. 90
8.6 Updates ........................................................................................................................ 91
8.7 Access Level ................................................................................................................ 93
8.8 Factory ......................................................................................................................... 95
8.9 Save File pages ............................................................................................................ 96
8.10 Load File pages ........................................................................................................ 97
9 REMOTE OPERATION ...................................................................................................... 98
9.1 Remote operation using RS232 or ISOBUS ................................................................. 98
9.1.1 Configuring RS232 and ISOBus ........................................................................................... 98
9.1.2 Serial RS232 cabling requirements .................................................................................... 100
9.2 Remote operation using GPIB .....................................................................................101
9.2.1 Configuring GPIB ................................................................................................................ 101
9.2.2 GPIB Cabling requirements ................................................................................................ 102
9.3 Remote operation using Ethernet ................................................................................102
9.3.1 Configuring Ethernet ........................................................................................................... 102
9.3.2 Ethernet cabling requirements ............................................................................................ 104
9.4 Remote operation using USB ......................................................................................104
9.4.1 Configuring USB ................................................................................................................. 104
9.4.2 USB Cabling requirements ................................................................................................. 104
9.4.3 USB drivers ......................................................................................................................... 104
9.5 Switching MercuryiPS control between local and remote .............................................105
9.6 Testing remote connections.........................................................................................105
9.7 Programming examples ...............................................................................................105
10 COMMAND REFERENCE GUIDE ..............................................................................107
10.1 Nomenclature used in this section ...........................................................................107
10.2 SCPI and legacy command sets ..............................................................................107
10.3 SCPI commands......................................................................................................107