Xantrex Technology XHR, XFR, XFR3 manual Basic Setup Procedure

Installation and Configuration

Basic Setup Procedure

Basic Setup Procedure

This procedure can be used as a quick reference for those familiar with the configuration requirements for the GPIB interface as installed in the DC power supply. For those who want more information, each step refers to more detailed procedures located in subsequent sections. Execute each step of the procedure in the sequence given.

Table 2.1 Setup Procedure

Step #	Description	Action	Reference
1	Primary Address	Use GPIB interface rear panel switches	See “IEEE-488 Primary Address
	Selection	A1 to A5 to select a unique primary	Selection” on page 24
		address. Setting the address identifies
		the power supply to the computer
		controller in a GPIB system.
2	PON SRQ	Use the rear panel SRQ switch to select	See “Power On Service Request
	Selection	the state of the Power ON Service	(PON SRQ)” on page 25
		Request
3	Remote/Local	Use the rear panel PON REM switch to	See “Remote/Local Operation” on
	Operation	select remote or local startup of the	page 25
		power supply.
4	IEEE-488	Connect the IEEE-488 bus to the supply	See “IEEE-488 Controller
	Controller	at connector J8.	Connection” on page 28
	Connection
5	Power ON	Power on the unit. Before proceeding,	See “Internal PCB Jumper
		check to ensure that the green REM	Selections” on page 28 and “User
		LED on the front panel is on.	Signals” on page 30 for information
			about Local/Remote OVP, TTL
			Shutdown, and auxiliary connector
			J7 user signals.
6	Configure	Configure the controller to match the	One such program is IBCONF
	Computer	power supply identification and	(Interface Bus Configuration) from
	Controller	characteristics using one of the available	National Instruments. This program
		programs.	is used here as an example only.
7	Test	Test the link by communicating with the	Example: VSET2;ISET1
		power supply.	This command string sets power
			supply voltage to 2V and its current
			limit to 1A.

Example: ibwrt "vset2;iset1" As above, using IBIC. *

*This text uses National Instruments' IBIC (Interface Bus Interactive Control) program commands developed for their GPIB interface for computer controllers as examples only.

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