Agilent E5250A User’s Guide, Edition 9 5-15
Controlling the E5250A
Switch Control Basics
E5252A Channel List This section describes how to define the channel_list specifically for the E5252A.
For the basic syntax of the channel_list, see “Channel List and Channel
Configuration” on page 5-6.
Normal Configuration Mode
To specify a channel, you use five digits as shown in Table 5-5.
Table 5-5 Specifying E5252A Channels in Normal Config. Mode
Card Number: One digit: 1 to 4. E5250A slot number in which card is
installed.
Channel Number: Four digits: X XYY.
• XX: input port number (01 to 10).
• YY: output port number (01 to 12).
Channel Number assignment is shown in Figure 5-4.
NOTE For the following two cases, three ports share one input path. Do not specify two of
the input ports at same time.
• SMU5, HF1, and CV1 (Input Port No. 05, 07, and 09)
• SMU6, HF2, and CV2 (Input Port No. 06, 08, and 10)
For example, if you specify input port 05, then you cannot specif y input p orts 07 and
09. You can specify 05 and 06 at the same time.
Slot No.
(E5252A is
installed)
One Channel: 5 digits
Card Number
(first 1 digit)
Channel Number: 4 digits
Input Port No.
(next 2 digits) Output Port No.
(last 2 digits)
1 1 01 to 10 01 to 12
2 2 01 to 10 01 to 12
3 3 01 to 10 01 to 12
4 4 01 to 10 01 to 12