Agilent Technologies E1418A User manual

Agilent 75000 Series C
Agilent E1418A
8/16-Channel D/A Converter Module
User’s Manual and SCPI Programming Guide
Where to Find it - Online and Printed Information:
System installation (hardware/software)............. VXIbus Configuration Guide*
Agilent VIC (VXI installation software)*
Module configuration and wiring........................ This Manual
SCPI programming.............................................. This Manual
SCPI example programs...................................... This Manual
SCPI command reference ................................... This Manual
Register-Based Programming ............................. This Manual
VXIplug&play programming ............................. VXIplug&play Online Help
VXIplug&play example programs...................... VXIplug&play Online Help
VXIplug&play function reference ...................... VXIplug&play Online Help
Soft Front Panel information............................... VXIplug&play Online Help
VISA language information ................................ Agilent VISA User’s Guide
Agilent VEE programming information ............. Agilent VEE User’s Manual
*Supplied with Agilent Command Modules, Embedded Controllers, and VXLink.
*E1418-90002*
Manual Part Number: E1418-90002
Printed in Malaysia E0706

Contents
Agilent E1418A User’s Manual
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
User Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 1. Module Setup and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Module Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ordering Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Field Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Terminal Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Front Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the Logical Address Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installation in a Mainframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Terminal Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Screw-Type Terminal Module (Standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Wiring the Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Attaching the Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing the Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Terminal Module Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Option A3E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Option A3H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Option 135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Terminal Module Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Configuring the Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
P/J Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
V/I Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Terminal Module Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Voltage and Current Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Combining Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Connecting an External Trigger Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the CAL Output Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Initial Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Module Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Chapter 2. Programming Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Program Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Querying Module Identification and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuration Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
APPLy Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Error Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
I/O Error Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SCPI Error Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
SOURce Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting the Output Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Controlling the Output Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Triggering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using *OPC? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Combining Output Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chapter 3. Agilent E1418A SCPI Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Command Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Common Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SCPI Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Linking Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SCPI Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
ABORt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
APPLy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
APPLyn:CURRent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
APPLyn:VOLTage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
CALibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CALibration:CONDition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
CALibration:CONFigure:RESistance? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CALibration:RESet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CALibration:STORe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
CALibration:TEST? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
CALibration:VALue:RESistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
CALibrationn:CONFigure:CURRent? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
CALibrationn:CONFigure:VOLTage? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
CALibrationn:VALue:CURRent? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CALibrationn:VALue:VOLTage? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DIAGnostic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
DIAGnostic:CALibration:OUTPut[:MODE] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
DIAGnostic:CALibration:OUTPut[:MODE]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
DIAGnostic:CONFigure? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
DIAGnostic:OUTPut:ALL[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
DIAGnostic:SOURcen:FUNCtion:MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
DIAGnostic:TRIGgered? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
INITiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
INITiate[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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Chapter 3. Agilent E1418A SCPI Command Reference (continued)
OUTPut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
OUTPut:TTLTrgn[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
OUTPut:TTLTrgn[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
OUTPutn[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
OUTPutn[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
SOURcen:CURRent[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
SOURcen:CURRent[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
SOURcen:CURRent[:LEVel]:TRIGgered[:AMPLitude] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
SOURcen:CURRent[:LEVel]:TRIGgered[:AMPLitude]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SOURcen:FUNCtion:MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SOURcen:FUNCtion:MODE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SOURcen:VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
SOURcen:VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
SOURcen:VOLTage[:LEVel]:TRIGgered[:AMPLitude] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SOURcen:VOLTage[:LEVel]:TRIGgered[:AMPLitude]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
STATus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
STATus:OPERation:CONDition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
STATus:OPERation:ENABle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
STATus:OPERation:ENABle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
STATus:OPERation[:EVENt]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
STATus:PRESet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
STATus:QUEStionable[:EVENt]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
SYSTem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SYSTem:ERRor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
SYSTem:VERSion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
TEST:NUMBer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
TEST:TST[:RESults]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
*TST? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
TRIGger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
TRIGger[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
TRIGger:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
TRIGger:SOURce? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
IEEE-488.2 Common Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Agilent E1418A Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Appendix A. Agilent E1418A Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
DC Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
DC Current . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
General Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Cooling Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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Appendix B. Agilent E1418A Register-Based Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Addressing the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
A16 Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
A24 Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
The Base Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Register Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Reset and Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Register Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
A16/A24 REGISTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
A24 REGISTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Register Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Manufacturer ID Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Logical Address Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Device Type Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
VXI Status/Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
VXI Offset Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Calibration Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Card Configuration Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Software Trigger Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Trigger Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Interrupt Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Isolation Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Channel Program Jumper Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Channel Trigger Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Channel Mode Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Channel Relay Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Card Control Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Main_DAC Immediate Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Main_DAC Triggered Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Offset_DAC Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Gain_DAC Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Undefined Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Channel Voltage Offset Calibration Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Channel Voltage Gain Calibration Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Channel Current Offset Calibration Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Channel Current Gain Calibration Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Calibration Resistor Value Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Voltage Calibration Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Current Calibration Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Calibration Isolation Status Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Calibration Card Configuration Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Calibration Checksum Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Module Serial Number Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Register Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
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Appendix C. Agilent E1418A Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Error Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Appendix D. Voltage/Current Output Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using This Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Calibration Constants and Non-Volatile Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Equipment Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Making Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Adjustment Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Voltage Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Current Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Storing the Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Return the Module to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Example Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Appendix E. Configuration and Disassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Using This Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Checking Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Changing Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Adding 8 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Installing Isolated/Non-Isolated Plug-on Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Isolating an Assembly (Self-Test) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Assembly Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
To Exchange an Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 and CEN/CENELEC EN 45014
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Declares, that the product
Product Name: 16 Channel 16 Bit D/A Converter
Model Number: E1418A, E1523A, E1524A, E1525A
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EMC Standard
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Chapter 1
Module Setup and Installation
Using This Chapter
This chapter provides general module information and tasks you must
perform to install and prepare your module. A procedure to verify your
installation is also given. The chapter is divided into the following sections:
•Module Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
•Functional Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16
•Front Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 18
•Setting the Logical Address Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 19
•Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 20
•Terminal Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 22
•Wiring the Terminal Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 23
•Attaching the Terminal Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 25
•Removing the Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 26
•Terminal Module Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 27
•Terminal Module Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30
•Configuring the Terminal Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31
•Terminal Module Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 33
•Initial Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 37
Module Description
The Agilent E1418A is an 8 or 16 channel digital-to-analog converter
module for use in a VXIbus C-size mainframe. The module is a
register-based device. The module can be programmed via direct register
access or, with the appropriate driver, by high level commands. This
manual describes programming the module using SCPI (Standard
Commands for Programmable Instruments) and the SCPI driver.
Each Agilent E1418A module is a unique instrument having its own output
buffer and error queue. Multiple modules cannot be combined into a single
instrument.
Each channel can be configured to either voltage or current output mode.
When configured for voltage output, voltages in the range of -16.0 to
+16.0 Volts can be set. When configured for current output, current in the
range of -0.02 to + 0.02 Amps can be set. The channel output mode can be
programmatically set, or, can be forced to either voltage or current by
mechanical jumpers on the terminal module.
Chapter 1 Module Setup and Installation 13

Each output channel is individually configurable to be either an isolated
output or a non-isolated output. Channel configuration to isolated or
non-isolated is made by individual plug-on modules for each channel.
Figure 1-1 shows the module.
Figure 1-1. The E1418A 8/16-Channel D/A Converter
with Terminal Module
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Ordering Options The Agilent E1418A may be ordered from Agilent Technologies in a
variety of configurations. As ordered, the module has the following options:
Description
E1418A 8-Channel D/A Converter with Non-Isolated Outputs
E1418A Option 001 16-Channel D/A Converter with Non-Isolated Outputs
E1418A Option 002 8-Channel D/A Converter with Isolated Outputs
E1418A Option 003 16-Channel D/A Converter with Isolated Outputs
Field Kits The module can also be user configured as described beginning on page 167
of this manual. The following field expansion and configuration kits are
available:
Description Use
E1523A Single Channel Isolated
plug-on module To change a single channel from non-isolated to isolated output.
E1524A Expansion kit, 8-Channel
Non-Isolated Outputs To add 8 additional non-isolated channels to an existing 8-channel
module.
E1525A Expansion kit, 8-Channel
Isolated Outputs To add 8 additional isolated channels to an existing 8-channel module.
Terminal Modules The standard Agilent E1418A Terminal Module provides screw terminals
for connections. Two other terminal options are available with the
Agilent E1418A:
–Crimp and Insert (Option A3E)
–Ribbon Cable (Option A3H)
–Terminal Module Housing without a terminal module PC board or
connectors included (Option 135)
Chapter 1 Module Setup and Installation 15

Functional Description
The Agilent E1418A provides great flexibility in configuration. This
functional description will help you become familiar with the various
configurations and how the module is structured. A functional block
diagram is shown in Figure 1-2.
* Each channel MUST have either an isolated or non-isolated plug-on module installed. Channels may be configured
using any combination of Isolated and Non-Isolated plug-on modules.
Figure 1-2. A Functional Block Diagram
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As shown, there are four major assemblies that make up an Agilent E1418A:
–Channels 1 through 8 main board and VXIbus backplane circuitry.
–Channels 9 through 16 expansion board.
–Isolated or Non-isolated plug-on modules.
–Terminal Module.
Channels 1–8 main board and VXIbus backplane circuitry.
This assembly contains all the VXIbus interface and decoding circuitry.
Isolated and Non-Isolated plug-on modules for channels 1–8 connect to this
assembly. The panel connectors for the terminal module are also mounted
on this assembly.
The optional Channels 9–16 expansion board is electrically connected and
mechanically mounted to the main board. Isolated and Non-Isolated
plug-on modules for channels 9–16 connect to this assembly.
Isolated or Non-isolated plug-on modules are required for every channel.
Eight plug-on modules mount to the main board and 8 plug-on modules
mount to the expansion board. Any combination of isolated or non-isolated
plug-on modules may be used, but every channel must have a plug-on
module installed.
The Terminal Module shown in Figure 1-2 is the standard screw-type
terminal module. This module provides screw connections for each channel
output, the calibration connections, and the external trigger in connections.
This module also contains two jumpers for each channel; one, called the P/J
Jumper, to enable or disable VXIbus programming of the channel mode
(either voltage or current) and one, called the V/I Jumper, to set the channel
mode when the P/J Jumper is in the Jumper position.
Chapter 1 Module Setup and Installation 17

Front Panel Connectors
Figure 1-3 shows the connections at the front panel connectors of the main
module.
Figure 1-3. E1418A Front Panel Connector Pinout
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