PreDAC User’s Manual
Table Of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................10
1.1 THE PREDAC -DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER ........................................10
1.2 THE PREDAC AT A GLANCE .........................................................................11
1.3 FEATURES .....................................................................................................13
1.4 OFFSET CALIBRATION ...................................................................................13
1.5 DITHERING....................................................................................................14
2. SOFTWARE COMMANDS.............................................................................15
2.1 COMMAND SYNTAX......................................................................................15
2.2 VOLTAGE OUTPUT COMMANDS ....................................................................17
2.2.1 SET Command .........................................................................................17
2.2.2 TRG Command.........................................................................................19
2.2.3 GATE Command......................................................................................21
2.3 CONFIGURATION COMMANDS.......................................................................23
2.3.1 STATUS Command ..................................................................................23
2.3.2 MAX Command........................................................................................26
2.3.3 MIN Command.........................................................................................26
2.3.4 INTERLOCK Command...........................................................................27
2.3.5 TEMP command.......................................................................................28
2.3.6 VER Command.........................................................................................29
2.3.7 HWRESET Command ..............................................................................30
2.3.8 ID Command............................................................................................31
2.3.9 IDSET Command .....................................................................................32
2.3.10 RES Command .....................................................................................33
2.4 COMMAND TABLE SUMMARY.......................................................................34
3. ETHERNET COMMUNICATION .................................................................35
3.1 IP ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT ............................................................................35
3.2 CAENELS DEVICE MANAGER .......................................................................36
3.2.1 Searching for connected devices..............................................................36
3.2.2 Device Configuration...............................................................................38
3.2.3 Firmware Upgrade ..................................................................................39
4. I/O CONNECTORS...........................................................................................40
4.1 POWER CONNECTOR .....................................................................................40
4.2 TRIGGERS CONNECTOR.................................................................................41
4.3 INTERLOCK AND GENERAL I/O CONNECTOR..................................................41
4.4 ETHERNET AND SFP CONNECTOR .................................................................42
4.5 OUTPUT BNC CONNECTORS..........................................................................43
5. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................44
6. MECHANICAL DIMENSIONS.......................................................................46
7. PREDAC POWER SUPPLY ............................................................................47
7.1 THE PS1112 LINEAR POWER SUPPLY ...........................................................47
7.2 THE PS1112 AT A GLANCE ...........................................................................48
7.3 I/O CONNECTORS..........................................................................................48
