Agilent E5250A User’s Guide, Edition 9 5-21
Controlling the E5250A
Switch Control Basics
Auto Configuration Mode
To use this mode, the E5255A must be installed in the E5250A slots continuously
from slot1 (slots 1,2; or slots 1,2,3; or slots 1,2,3,4). To specify a channel, use five
digits as shown in Table 5-8,
Table 5-8 Specifying E5255A Channels in Auto Config. Mode
Card Number: One digit: always 0.
Channel Number: Four digits: X X YY.
• XX: input port number.
01, 02, 03, 04, 05, or 06 for IV Input Po r t.
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 for BIAS Input Port.
• YY: output port number.
Minimum output port number is 01.Maximum output port
number is the total number of output ports for the E5255A
blocks connected to the same input port.
For each configured multiplexer, output port number 01 is
assigned to first output port of smallest block number on
card in the lowest slot number.
IV Port Input
Connection
(SMU Input
Port No.)
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)
to SMU1 (1) 0 IV Input: 01
BIAS Input: 11 01 to 96
to SMU2 (2) 0 IV Input: 02
BIAS Input: 12 01 to 96
to SMU3 (3) 0 IV Input: 03
BIAS Input: 13 01 to 96
to SMU4 (4) 0 IV Input: 04
BIAS Input: 14 01 to 96
to SMU5 (5) 0 IV Input: 05
BIAS Input: 15 01 to 96
to SMU6 (6) 0 IV Input: 06
BIAS Input: 16 01 to 96