Agilent Technologies E3632A manual Output Setting and Operation Commands, Curr UP, Curr Down

Chapter 4 Remote Interface Reference

Output Setting and Operation Commands

Output Setting and Operation Commands

This section describes low-level commands used to program the power supply. Although the APPLy command provides the most straightforward method to program the power supply, the low-level output setting commands give you more flexibility to change the individual parameters.

CURRent{<current>MINimum MAXimumUPDOWN}

This command programs the immediate current level of the power supply. The immediate level is the current value of the output terminals.

The CURRent command changes the output of the power supply to the newly programmed value regardless of the output range presently selected.

You can substitute ‘‘MINimum’’ or ‘‘MAXimum’’ in place of a specific value for the current parameter. MIN selects the lowest current values of ‘‘0’’ amps. MAX selects the highest current values allowed for the selected range.

This command also increases or decreases the immediate current level using the ‘‘UP’’ or ‘‘DOWN’’ parameter by a predetermined amount. The command CURRent:STEP sets the amount of increase or decrease. Notice that a new increment setting will cause an execution error -222 (Data out of range) when the maximum or the minimum rated current is exceeded.

CURRent	The following program segments show how to use the CURR UP or CURR DOWN
Example	command to increase or decrease the output current with the CURR:STEP
	command.

"CURR:STEP 0.01"	Set the step size to 0.01 A
"CURR UP"	Increase the output current
"CURR:STEP 0.02"	Set the step size to 0.02 A
"CURR DOWN"	Decrease the output current

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