10

! Agilent BASIC Calibration Program

20

!

 

30

DIM Resp$ [255],Err_msg$[255]

40

!

 

50

Volt_cal: !

Voltage DAC calibration

60

Err_found=0

70

PRINT TABXY(5,10),"CONNECT INSTRUMENTS AS SHOWN IN FIG. A-1(1). Then Press Continue"

80

PAUSE

 

90CLEAR SCREEN

100!

110! Assign power supply GPIB address

120!

130ASSIGN @Ps TO 705

140!

150! Initialize power supply

160!

170OUTPUT @Ps;"*RST;OUTPUT ON"

180!

190! Password is optional - only required if set to non-zero value

200! Default password is the four-digit model number

210!

220! LINE 240 PASSWORD MUST BE EDITED FOR MODEL OTHER THAN 6680

230!

240OUTPUT @Ps;"CAL:STATE ON, 6680"

2501

260OUTPUT @Ps;"CAL:VOLTAGE:LEVEL MIN"

270INPUT "ENTER VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT FROM EXTERNAL VOLTMETER",Volt_read

280OUTPUT @Ps;"CAL:VOLTAGE ";Volt_read

290OUTPUT @Ps;"CAL:VOLTAGE:LEVEL MAX"

300INPUT "ENTER VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT FROM EXTERNAL VOLTMETER",Volt_read

310OUTPUT @Ps;"CAL:VOLTAGE ";Volt_read

320!

330! Calibrate overvoltage protection circuit

340!

350OUTPUT @Ps;"CAL:VOLTAGE:PROTECTION"

360!

370GOSUB Save_cal

380IF Err_found THEN

390

INPUT "ERRORS have occurred, REPEAT VOLTAGE CALIBRATION ( Y 0R N )?",Resp$

400

IF TRIM$(UPC$(Resp$[1,1] ) )="Y" THEN GOTO Volt_cal

410

END IF

420

IF Err_found THEN

430PRINT "VOLTAGE CALIBRATION NOT SAVED"

440ELSE

450

PRINT "VOLTAGE CALIBRATION COMPLETE"

460END IF

470!

480Current_cal: ! Imon DAC and Current DAC calibration

490Err_found=0

500PRINT TABXY(5,10),"CONNECT INSTRUMENTS AS SHOWN IN FIG. A-1(2). Then Press Continue"

510PAUSE

520CLEAR SCREEN

Figure A-2. Agilent BASIC Calibration Program

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Agilent Technologies 669xA, 665xA, 664xA, 667xA, 668xA manual Figure A-2. Agilent Basic Calibration Program

668xA, 669xA, 667xA, 664xA, 665xA specifications

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