providing the controller is configured to service interrupts. A service request can be generated whenever there is a fault on one of the outputs (up to 4 outputs), a programming error has occurred, or at power on providing certain commands are sent. Service request commands are discussed in detail on page 76.
The SRQ annunciator on the front panel display is turned on when the power supply is requesting service from the computer and remains on until the controller conducts a serial poll. A serial poll removes the service request and turns off the SRQ annunciator regardless of whether the condition that caused the service request continues to exist. The service request is also removed when you send the "CLR" command (see page 73).
Remote/Local. The power supply can receive programming information either from the
Parallel Poll. Parallel Poll allows the controller to receive at the same time one bit of data from each of up to eight instruments connected to the bus. HP power supplies designate bit #6, the RQS bit of the serial poll register for this operation. By checking the status of this bit, the computer can quickly determine which instruments on the bus requested service. Once an instrument is identified, the computer can perform a serial poll to find out the exact cause of the request. Parallel Poll does not reset this service request bit (RQS) in the power supply.
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| Many instruments such as |
| operator should not assume that all instruments on the bus respond to parallel poll with their RQS bit. |
Unless remotely configured, the power supply will respond with a 1 on one of the
The power supply may be remotely configured to respond with a 0 or 1, on any of the data lines, to indicate that it is requesting service. This is done in accordance with
Serial Poll. In a serial poll, the controller polls each instrument on the bus one at time. The power supply responds by placing the contents of the
Device Clear. The Device Clear command is typically used in systems to send all devices in the system to a known state with a single command. It may be implemented as an addressed or an unaddressed command. The power supply CLR command performs the same function as Device Clear (see page 73).
HP-IB Address Selection
You can find out the present address or change the address of the supply by using the front panel ADDR key as described in Chapter 3. Any address 0 through 30 is a valid address. If you program an address outside this range you will get a number range error.
NOTE | Care should be taken to not select the controller address. |
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