Tektronix Keithley 4200A-SCS - Modify the Prober Configuration File

Model 4200A-SCS Prober and External Instrument Control Section 13: Using a Signatone CM500 Prober
4200A-913-01 Rev. A December 2020 13-3
3. Select IEEE488 (GPIB). The Signatone GPIB driver window opens.
Figure 292: Signatone GPIB driver window
4. Click Addr and verify that the GPIB address matches the GPIB_Address setting in the
4200A-SCS prober configuration file prbcnfg_CM500.dat at C:\s4200\sys\dat. Note that
the default GPIB address is set to 28.
5. If the address does not match, enter the new GPIB address, then click OK.
Figure 293: Set GPIB Address
Modify the prober configuration file
The default prober configuration file is shown below. As shown, the file is configured for use with a
GPIB communications setup. Use a text editor such as Microsoft
®
Notepad to work with this file if
needed.
On the 4200A-SCS, the configuration file is at C:\s4200\sys\dat\prbcnfg_CM500.dat.
# prbcnfg_CM500.dat - DEFAULT Prober Configuration File
#
# The following tag, "PRBCNFG", is used by the engine in order to determine
# the MAX number of SLOTS and CASSETTES for a given prober at runtime.
#
<PRBCNFG>
#
# for OPTIONS "" == NULL, max 32 chars in string
#