Front Panel Operation - 5
5 - Querying and Clearing Output Protection and Errors
When overvoltage, overcurrent, or overtemperature condition occurs, the Prot annunciator on the front panel will be on and the electronic load will disable its output.
Error messages can occur at any time during the operation of the unit. When the Err annunciator on the front panel is on, it means that either an error has occurred on the GPIB bus, or a selftest error has occurred. Appendix C lists error numbers and descriptions.
Query and clear the electronic load overcurrent protection as follows:
| Action | Display |
1. | On the Function keypad, press Protect. In this example, an overcurrent condition | OC |
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2.To restore normal operation after the cause of the overcurrent condition has been removed, press Shift, Prot Clr. The Prot annunciator then will go off.
Query and Clear Errors as follows:
1. On the Function keypad, press Shift, Error. This displays and clears the error in ERROR 0 the error queue. Repeatedly press these keys to clear all errors in the queue. If errors
persist, your unit may require service.
6 - Making Basic Front Panel Measurements
As shipped from the factory, front panel measurements for the input are calculated from a total of 1000 readings taken at a 10 microsecond sampling rate. The unit alternates between voltage and current measurements. Therefore, the data acquisition time for a single front panel voltage or current measurement is about 100 milliseconds.
There are no trigger controls for front panel measurements. However, you can program both the sampling rate and the number of data points in each front panel measurement using commands in the Sense menu. With this flexibility, measurement accuracy can be improved for waveforms with frequencies as low as several Hertz. The sample buffer size may be varied from 1 to 4096 data points. The sampling rate may be varied from 10 microseconds to 32 milliseconds. Values are rounded to the nearest 10 microsecond interval.
To have the unit turn on with the reconfigured buffer size and sampling rate, save this state in location 0.
NOTE: | If the front panel display indicates OVLD, the output has exceeded the measurement capability | |
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Use the Meter menu for making front panel measurements:
Action
1.On the Function keypad press Meter to access the following measurement parameters:
Displays the voltage and current of the selected channel Displays the maximum voltage
Displays the minimum voltage Displays the rms voltage Displays the maximum current
Display
<chan> <voltage> <current> <chan> <value> V MAX <chan> <value> V MIN <chan> <value> V RMS <chan> <value> A MAX
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