Example

Opening Multiplexer Channels

 

 

This example opens channel 00 of a multiplexer module card number 1 and

 

channel 15 of multiplexer module card number 2 in a single switchbox.

 

OPEN (@100,215)

 

 

100 opens channel 00 of card #1;

 

 

 

 

 

215 opens channel 15 of card #2.

OPEN?

[ROUTe:]OPEN? <channel_list> returns the current state of the channel(s)

 

queried. The channel list is in the form (@ccnn). The command returns 1

 

if the channel is open or returns 0 if the channel is closed.

Comments

Query is Software Readback: The [ROUTe:]OPEN? command

 

returns the current software state of the channel(s) specified. It does

 

not account for relay hardware failures.

Example

Query Multiplexer Channel Open State

 

 

OPEN (@100,215)

 

 

100 opens channel 00 of card #1;

 

 

 

 

 

215 opens channel 15 of card #2.

 

OPEN? (@215)

 

 

Query state of channel 215.

SCAN

[ROUTe:]SCAN <channel_list> defines the channels to be scanned. The

 

channel_list has the form (@ccnn), (@ccnn,ccnn), (@ccnn:ccnn) or

 

(@ccnn:ccnn,ccnn:ccnn) where cc = card number (00-99) and nn = channel

 

number (00-15).

 

 

 

Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter Name

 

Parameter Type

 

Range of Values

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

channel_list

 

Numeric

 

cc00 - cc15

 

 

 

 

Comments

Channel List: Valid channel lists are:

a single channel, use (@ccnn);

for multiple channels, use (@ccnn,ccnn);

sequential channels, use (@ccnn:ccnn);

a group of sequential channels, use (@ccnn:ccnn,ccnn:ccnn);

or any combination.

Defining the Channel List. When executing [ROUTe:]SCAN, the channel list is checked for valid card and channel numbers. An error is generated for an invalid channel list.

Downloading a Scanning List: The channel_list is automatically downloaded into RAM on the FET multiplexer modules for

TRIG:SOUR DBUS and TRIG:SOUR IMM trigger modes. The complete list is downloaded onto each module in an instrument. The channels are advanced with no direct intervention by the mainframe CPU during the scan. If an instrument contains mixed modules (FET and Relay Multiplexers), the scan list will not be downloaded.

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