5-8 Agilent E5250A User’s Guide, Edition 9
Controlling the E5250A
Switch Control Basics
Channel Configuration
The E5250A allows the following two channel configuration modes. The way to
specify the channel_list depends on the channel configuration mode. You can set the
channel configuration by using the [:ROUT]:FUNC command described in Chapter
7.
Normal
Configuration Default mod e at Power On or *RST command.
Each card is considered independently. For each channel in
channel_list, you specify actual card number and channel
number (input port number and output port number).
Auto
Configuration To use this mode, the same type of card must be installed in the
E5250A slots from slot number 1 continuously (slots 1,2; or
slots 1,2,3; or slots 1,2,3,4).
The installed cards are treated as one card for the output ports.
For example, if the E5252As are installed in slots 1,2,3, you can
specify output ports 1 to 36.
For each channel in channel_list, card number is always 0. For
channel number, you specify the input port number and output
port number depending on the type of card.
For more information, refer to “E5252A Channel List” on page 5-15 and “E5255A
Channel List” on page 5-19.