4 Operating the Power Supply Remotely
Connecting to the Interfaces
The Agilent N5700 power supplies support remote interface communication using a choice of three interfaces: GPIB, USB, and LAN. All three interfaces are live at
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1If you have not already done so, install the Agilent IO Libraries Suite from the
2If you do not have a GPIB interface card installed on your computer, turn off your computer and install the GPIB card.
3Connect your instrument to the GPIB interface card using a GPIB interface cable.
4Use the Connection Expert utility of the Agilent IO Libraries Suite to configure the installed GPIB interface card’s parameters.
5The power supply is shipped with its GPIB address set to 5. Use the front panel menu if you need to change the GPIB address.
a Press and hold the OCP/488 button for about three seconds. The DC VOLTS display will show the present GPIB address.
b To change the GPIB address, turn the voltage knob until the desired GPIB address appears in the display. Valid GPIB addresses are in the range of 0 to 30.
6You can now use Interactive IO within the Connection Expert to communicate with your instrument, or you can program your instrument using the various programming environments.
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