Agilent Technologies 6812B, 6834B General Information, About this Guide, Earlier AC Source Models

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General Information

About this Guide

This manual contains programming information for the Agilent 6811B, 6812B, 6813B, 6814B, 6834B, 6843A AC Power Solutions. These units will be referred to as "ac sources" throughout this manual. You will find the following information in the rest of this guide:

Chapter 1 Introduction to this guide.

Chapter 2 Introduction to SCPI messages structure, syntax, and data formats.

Chapter 3 Dictionary of SCPI commands.

Chapter 4 Introduction to programming the ac source with SCPI commands. Appendix A SCPI command tree.

Appendix B SCPI conformance information. Appendix C Error messages

Appendix D Elgar Model 9012 plug-in programmer compatibility Appendix E IEC mode SCPI commands

Earlier AC Source Models

With the exception of some minor readback specification differences, information in this manual also applies to the following earlier ac source models:

Information about this

current model

Agilent 6811B

Agilent 6812B

Agilent 6813B

also applies to the following earlier

models:

Agilent 6811A AC Power Source/Analyzer

Agilent 6812A AC Power Source/Analyzer Agilent 6841A Harmonic/Flicker Test System in normal mode

Agilent 6813A AC Power Source/Analyzer Agilent 6842A Harmonic/Flicker Test System in normal mode

Documentation Summary

The following documents that are related to this Programming Guide have additional helpful information for using the ac source.

υQuick Start Guide. Information on how to quickly get started using the ac source.

υUser’s Guide. Includes specifications and supplemental characteristics, how to use the front panel, how to connect to the instrument, and calibration procedures.

υQuick Reference Card. Designed as a memory jogger for front panel and GPIB operation.

υAgilent 14761A, 14762A, 14763A User’s Guides are shipped along with the specific software application and with Agilent 6843A units only.

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