iseg NHS Series Manual

Programmers guide
Last changed on: 2020-10-07
iseg SCPI general instruction set
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• !"#
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Version Date Major changes
(& (()%)* +
+ , -,./
%& (()")" -./.-0.1-..
%&( (()()2 3)+04.'
%&% (%5)%%)* 0-./
%& (%5)5)%6 ..
3 /-
/-7((0/8'.'9 09 .&+/-&
:- ../-1/8'.'9 0;9 .&10.;,;1
.'.10.-. .1/8'.'9 0&:-.1 .-0.1
./.. ......0<.&
The information in this manual is subject to change without notice. We take no responsibility for any mistake in the
document. We reserve the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notication to
the users. We decline all responsibility for damages and injuries caused by an improper use of the device.
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Safety
:-... ..1 .1-....1-&=11
...../...>-. /&
1../.. 0101./..&
..01 /..>-- 1  1? .&
Depiction of the safety instructions
DANGER!
3+9@A
B3./AC..>-8&:-..)0.11.. 'B3./AC
0.>-&
WARNING!
+9A
B../AC...>-8&:-..)0.11.. 'B../AC
0.>-&
CAUTION!
+D:EA
+ 'B.AC0.0 /&
INFORMATION
=E+:E
+ 'B.1 .C/ ..1 .&
- .&
+..-/-/A
 ..1 .&
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Intended use
:- .0-.- F.--&:- 0 0...! ;
- # 00&:-/.,.-/-/ F.--&
 .0F.:-.&+.-.F0- .1...&
:- .1.01. /./1  &
Qualification of personnel
+?F. .-0-'/.- ;/.80./.'0
1 .-01--.../;-'./.,.-'./1-.
/.&
General safety instructions
•E0-/.1...... ..&
•E0-1/.1-..---&
•E0--.... ...F.- ..&
•G .-..1-0.0----/-)/ -
-.)F/.;1/...1-.&
•:--/-)/. .0.0?F..&
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DANGER!
3+9@A
:-1-/-/./ &
/-/./. 01&
D@+D:E4@EH9::@ID@:&
J@++@E=@4@:+4+K+3&
+1- .  -.L
•/-/ 0/.
•3.-./..-./
• ? .
•+0- ..
• 0.0?F...
WARNING!
+9A
J1.../.../0...--.;-.-
0-M.-/1/-0F.-&3../..;
/.0.1./ &
CAUTION!
+D:EA
-.../--/-/ -1; '-.0.--/-/.
0.>&
INFORMATION
=E+:E
-'- 0--&
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Table of Contents
3 .- (
Safety 3
3.1-1.. 
.. 2
IF.1.. 2
9.1.. 2
1 General information to high voltage devices 8
%&%&-... 
%&(&30- . 
%&&/-/.  5
%&&%: ./ 5
%&&(-...  %
%&2&.@./.. %%
%&"&. %(
%&"&%E.:!/ ..0: # %(
2 Introduction to SCPI commands 12
(&%&9. .., %(
3 Interfaces 15
&%&DJ.)((.1 %6
&%&%/ ./ %6
&%&()((.1 %6
&%&DJ.1 %*
&%&2.DJ.. %
&%&"4.,DJ.. %5
&(&@-. (%
&(&%@-./ ./,  ((
4 Common instruction set 24
5 NHR, SHR, NHS and MICC 25
"&%&.. ("
"&(&E. 2
"&(&%E.: 2
6 HPS and Filament devices 35
6&%&%+./ ..F/.1$%&"' 2%
7 Output formats for voltage and current 42
*&%&@,  2
*&%&% ,  2
*&%&(+.,  2
*&%& .1. 2
8 Description of control, status, event, and mask registers 44
&%&.././ 22
&(&-.. 22
&&-..@. 26
&2&-..@.' 2
&"&-... "
&6& "%
&*&@. "
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&&@.' "2
&5&. ""
&%&@.-.. "6
&%%&@.-..' "6
9 iseg Terminal 57
10 iseg SCPI Control 58
11 ASCII character table 59
12 References 60
13 Manufacturer contact 61
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1 General information to high voltage devices
1.1. Channel and Module
+-/-/-.../-/-/.  .&:--..-M.. .
M.  ..N/&
+ - 0..1. -/-/-... .-./&@, -.-..
-,-..&J- 0..1-..;-     ..
.1 .1--&
 . )1... )  .&-.. .;.
.;.F-..&.- .;--..F .<,;1, ( @ 1 ) .
1.2. Devices covered by this manual
+0.- .-. .;---@3[email protected]. ..#.
 0..-- .& - .;-.0- .
..0'.-FO .&
•-/-.'-/-/-1-..1-0
•-/-.;-/-/.1 ;-1-..1-0
•-/-.;-/-/.1 ;-,-..1F,
• ..0  .D1 
•@I..-..-/-/.@1 
•1.-/-/;-.-.../
•= ..)1/;-.-...../6+
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1.3. High voltage device operation modes
1.3.1 Terminology
Syntax Declaration
. /. .;- ,  0/
. .. .;- ,  0.
 /;-).0 ./
 /;- /
 /4 &.0-1 .L
%&  -1-/. LPPQ
(& /.--../4 1 ,- 
!-,--..#
 .;-).0 ..
 .;- .
 .4 &.0-1 .L
%&  -1-/. LPPQ
(& /.--...4 1 ,- 
!-,--..#
0. /0.;.0±0..&1 ,-..-.;
--../J./.&!..L. ./#
0. .0.;.0±0..&1 ,-..-.;-
-...J./.&!..L. ./#
Table 1: Terminology
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1.3.2 Channel operation modes
Operation Mode Description
EM :--..M;./.-/-/&1..F;--...
0..&
E. :--../../-/-/&
 ./ :--.. -/1...M--/  &
./.. ./-...&+&
+-- ./.. 1-...R&
+ 1% .;-/-./-%..--
..&+ 1%R .;-1/. .1%;-/-./-
%..--..&!%S%RT%#
@ /.EM :--..-.- &+1;.@ /.EM.@ /.
/.&
@ /. :--..-@ /.EM./EM&1--....@ /.EM;
.-./-.&
H@.0 :- H@.0-/-1&:-  ).-1M
-..&:--../:.-.- -..1-1./..
L
•U
•U
•U
E
E
E
•UV0.
•W)0.
•W)0.
../ :--..../;- . X. W
... :--.....;- . W. X
3: :- 1...&1- ;. -,;-
-...:/.&3../.-.F/.;--.. .
...;.M- -.- &
:-.-.H@.0..1-H..&
@,..-0 @,..-0-..--/-//..&
3../.-;- /-0.@,..-0-...@,..-01
-..&
 -.--/-/- .@,..-0; 
.F/-1..;-.0&
@,..-0.-.. ;;
@,..-01-.. ;;= .
@,..-0+..F/0 ;;
@,..-0-.-..-  ;;= .
.@ +..;1.. . /.;- 1 .
,-./&@, L./121-..-. 1&
E .-0 -M./.. 0..;
&/&6'% +.(' +&
E .-0;../&
Table 2: Channel operation modes
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1.4. Status and Event generation
-..-../&J-/.. ..0&:-M.0.
0-/;-0.0-./-...&@.0;-;
.0-. 0,0-!'-#&
=, ;-0....---..is now.... &:-@.0@.
......;---..-0.!#.... .-./1
-0&
-00N/.>.0&./..0..0
1-../0&:-../0...3.1.;
;.;. '/&
1.5. Hardware options
 .0---.-,1..&:--..0.
-. .&:- ...0----./-.
.&
+-1-./.0&= .1 .;1-- .;
%(1.
1.5.1 Option VCT (Voltage Compensation by Temperature)
:-..0&+.,. .../:1
.- M.&:-:1.0--"&(&%E.:&
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2 Introduction to SCPI commands
:--/-/.0... 0-DJ;)((;@-.;9J.1&+-
.1- /.1 1 ..?.&:- .. .,;
..-.*)0+-0!.%%#&
:-1./+-.- .L
<CR> !,3#-/.-
<LF> !,+#-.1-
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!,(#--
:/.1 .,L
•Order commands---..&:--1 ..&1.;-
 ..- -F-.&@, L:VOLT˽ON
•Query commands-..&:-/..-1 ..-
-.../-.&+- .-'-.--B?C-&@, L
:MEAS:VOLT?
2.1. General Command Syntax
@- .1 01. F&@-F1 -.,0F&:-FF
- .';- ../F.-.,..- .'& .
,.- .---&1.1.....;./1-..
0.- .1-...,&=?.../.;..
.0'&
DATA FORMATS
•D2L+../../. ..;-.-./&&2(5256*(5"&:--1 1
../&
•=L+N./.--1 V%(2&"6*@)6!/.; .;,..#&:--1 1/
..&
•./L+-./'BECBE==C&:-./-0/.-?!B#&
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COMMAND KEYWORDS
 .' , --F.1-&:-FF. .-'&
4./../-..-./-0-1 .&:- .
)..;0-; ,..0&
D0/..- . 0.;.&=, ;- .
:C O N F i g u r e : R A M P :V O L T a g e .0...1-1./1 --  ../L
: C O N F : R A M P : V O L T
: c o n f : r a m p : v o l
: C O N F I G u r e : R A M P : v o l A G E
: C O N F I G U R E : R A M P : V O L T
: c o n f i g u r e : r a m p : v o l a g e
PARAMETERS
E .. 1-.'&:- 1 - .-.
 -&=, ;: V O L T ˽1 0 0 < C R > < L F > -/%&
:-1./1 ,L
• 0LW 0U .-../N. 0.0/.-
•./L+./-?!B#
•./LY&&&6Z .-6!0-.#0 -
•@. .LY%("P("Z .-%("("0 -
COMMAND HIERARCHY
 .1 --;./-;--.0.B:C&
+ .. .0--?./...1WUW4=U&:-F ..
..-;-- .-F./B:C.0 &-1./ .0-L
: V O L T ˽O N < C R > < L F >
V O L T ˽O N < C R > < L F >
 ..0/....;0 .B[C&+1./ ..- 
--- .;1../BLC/.&:-./- .1. -
&-1./ ..L
: M E A S : V O L T ? ; : M E A S : C U R R ? < C R > < L F >
: M E A S : V O L T ? ; C U R R ? < C R > < L F >
=? .;-.1- .L-- .B[C&- 
.1.1- .0''-L
1 2 3 . 4 5 6 V ; 1 . 2 3 4 5 E - 3 A < C R > < L F >
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CHANNELS
- -/-/-..;. 01 -.. 0)%&:F-..-.
 .;-<,!\W-..U#&3../.- .0./.?;M..,&
•Order commands
:--..<,1 - - L : VO L T 1 0 0 , ( @ 1 ) < C R > < L F >
•Query commands
:--..<,1 -?-L : M E A S : V O L T ? ( @ 3 ) < C R > < L F >˽
@ 1? .!001 .#; -...0/--
./ .&:-1;--.../!\)#.--... .!\;%;;"#..,&J-..
.0 0.L!\)(;")*#--.--..;%;(;";6;*&
:-M..1-?0 B;C&
@, L
: M E A S : C UR R ? ( @ 3- 5 ) < C R >< L F >
+.L
1 . 1 2 3 4 E - 3 A , 1 . 2 3 4 5 E - 3 A , 1 . 3 4 5 6 E - 3 A < C R > < L F >
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3 Interfaces
:- ..0--1./.1L
•DJ!#
•)((
•@-.!:#
•9J!@@@)2&(#
:-1./0---.101-&:-F . 0./-
0.M.1 -. &:-F . .0?-- .
L@+3L=+@L+@]
Device Firmware name USB RS 232 Ethernet GPIB
 6( G ^ ^ ^
 2( G ^ ^ ^
 2( G ^ G ^
  G ^ ^ ^
@: G ^ G ^
@I%-.. @% G G ^ ^
 " (% G E. E. ^
%5C %% G E. E. E.
%5C$%&"' %%% G E. E. E.
= . =4"% G E. E. ^
Table 3: Overview of available interfaces
+..1-M..11.-.,.&
.- .1;--.0- .&=, ;-+.1-@33
 .0.- .+_@3_/ )9&1%&
:- .- .-/ ./;-/: .!/: .%#;
/.!/.%#;./.%&:-.---.. ...
.-/ ./...&
% %(1.
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 ..M-- .-01.../.../-.10&
1-?-0-)((.DJ.1;..1-  0..-  &
3.1.1 Programming
:-1./.0-)((.DJ.1&
:-!#.156J.;J-;.;%)J&
:-.1-.;.-.-.8..-.` -/-/C!.
.#0-0-&:- .-0-.-a3..0'-:a3
.- &:-.1.B) C!E.#1.../;&&--&
:- ..1+-&@ .. .0< C R > < L F > ( 0 x 0 D 0 x 0 A o r 1 3 1 0 ) &
+. . 0. 1-. !../WUW4=U#&= .
-.b...;- -./cE].@3..!-%(L1.#L
Command sent by Computer Echo and answer sent by HV device
: V O L T 50 0 ; : V O L T O N ; *O P C ? < C R > < L F > : V O L T 50 0 ; : V O L T O N ; * O P C ? < C R > < L F >
1 < C R > < L F >
Table 4: rogramming serial interface
3.1.2 RS-232 interface
:-)((.1  .-1 3)DJ)5..&3../.-;-..-
1.-0'.&
:-.11 -a3.:a3.;--N./931-.1&:-3)DJ5.
/. ./..-1./0&
:-0...- !%L%;..)  )0#&1.5).00;-.....
0/1.2;6;. 0,.&
Signal HV device Computer
)(( 3)DJ5 .. 3)DJ5
a3 ( (
:a3  
93 " "
3: 2 ┐!0/# 2
3 6 ┤!0/# 6
:  ┘!0/# 
Table 5: D-SUB 9 pin assignment
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3.1.3 USB interface
3../.-;-DJ.18-M.DJ-...&:-1./0--
-  ..1-M.&
+-. .;--.-;..0-/ -
&1....01-.0;-/-&=
..-1./-&
Device USB connector USB hardware
;; = DJ)J-1.. =:3 =:(( ;-%(L1.
@I%)-.. = .)DJ-1..
 = DJ)J-0'.
 " = DJJ-1..
$%&"' = DJ)J-0'.
 = DJ)J-1.. DJ3)+;-%(L1.
Table 6: USB hardware implementations
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3.1.4 Windows USB driver installation
FTDI USB DRIVER FOR NHS, NHR, MICC, EHQ 1 CHANNEL, HPS, AND FILAMENT DEVICES
:-=:3!E#.0.1 - /L
-L&/)-& ➜DE:➜3E4E+3➜E=:+@➜:➜B=:3)DJ))3).)(& ,&, &, C&
:-..-0'.-.@a@F&
-%(1.
CDC ACM USB DRIVER FOR SHR DEVICES
:-......*&:-.1 .F.,)) &.1.
1.../.-.&
:-F.,)) &.1.0.1 - /L
-L&/)-& ➜ DE:➜3E4E+3➜E=:+@➜:➜B.,)) &.1C&
-%(1.
USB CONNECTION TEST
: .1-..1;-'1-DJ.1-..-3./&
-3./-L
.aL ➜./➜..➜ ➜3./
.*L ➜..➜3./
.%L -' 0...V&:- .L / & &
+/.DJ/...!Ed4:#;.-EL
:-...-.0-/: .;-%(L1.&
Figure 1: Device Manager
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3.1.5 Linux USB driver installation
FTDI USB DRIVER FOR NHS, NHR, MICC, EHQ 1 CHANNEL, HPS, AND FILAMENT DEVICES
:-..4.,H.(&6.-/-.-0 -..../-
&:-'DJ-.0-: ./ !&/& #&
'-- .-DJ;&/&0./-/&
:-1./ /---/.8.-L
[ 2 3 4 . 4 9 6 0 1 1] u sb 1 - 2 : n e w f u l l s p e e d U S B d e v i c e u s i n g u h c i _ h c d a n d a d d r e s s 2
[ 2 3 4 . 6 9 4 8 8 4] u sb 1 - 2 : c o n f i g u r a i o n # 1 ch o s e n fr o m 1 c h o i c e
[ 2 3 4 . 7 0 4 3 7 1] u sb 1 - 2 : N e w US B d e vi c e f ou n d , i d V e n d o r = 0 4 0 3, i d P r o d u c = 6 0 0 1
[ 2 3 4 . 7 0 4 3 7 6] u sb 1 - 2 : N e w US B d e vi c e s r i n g s : M f r = 1 , P r o d u c = 2 , Se r i a l N u m b e r = 3
[ 2 3 4 . 7 0 4 3 8 0] u sb 1 - 2 : P r o d u c : F T 2 3 2 R US B U A R T
[ 2 3 4 . 7 0 4 3 8 2] u sb 1 - 2 : M a n u f a c u r e r : F T D I
[ 2 3 4 . 7 0 4 3 8 5] u sb 1 - 2 : S e r ia l N u m b e r : A 6 0 0 7 5 c x
[ 2 3 4 . 8 0 7 6 2 7] u sb c o r e : r e g i s e r e d n e w i n e r f a c e d r i v e r u s b s e r i a l
[ 2 3 4 . 8 0 7 6 4 9] u sb s e r i a l : U S B S e r i a l s u pp o r r e g i s e r e d f o r g e n e r ic
[ 2 3 4 . 8 0 7 6 7 9] u sb c o r e : r e g i s e r e d n e w i n e r f a c e d r i v e r u s b s e r i a l _g e n e r i c
[ 2 3 4 . 8 0 7 6 8 3] u sb s e r i a l : U S B S e r i a l D r i ve r c o r e
[ 2 3 4 . 8 1 6 7 3 9] u sb s e r i a l : U S B S e r i a l s u pp o r r e g i s e r e d f o r F T D I U S B S e r ia l D e v i c e
[ 2 3 4 . 8 1 6 7 7 4] f d i _ s i o 1 - 2 : 1 . 0 : F T D I U S B S e r i a l D e v i c e c on v e r e r d e e c e d
[ 2 3 4 . 8 1 6 8 0 5] f d i _ s i o : D e e c e d F T 2 3 2 R L
[ 2 3 4 . 8 1 6 8 5 5] u sb 1 - 2 : F T D I U S B S e r i a l D e v i c e c o n v e r e r n o w a a c h e d o y U S B 0
[ 2 3 4 . 8 1 6 8 7 2] u sb c o r e : r e g i s e r e d n e w i n e r f a c e d r i v e r f d i _ s i o
[ 2 3 4 . 8 1 6 8 7 6] f d i _ s i o : v 1 . 4 . 3: U S B F T D I S e r i a l C o n ve r e r s D r i v e r
CDC ACM USB DRIVER FOR SHR DEVICES
:-..4.,H.(&6.-/-.-0 -..../-
&:-'+-.0-: ./ !&/& #&
'-- .-+;&/&0./-/&
:-1./ /---/.8.-L
[ 5 4 8 . 8 6 0 4 6 1] u sb 5 - 4 : n e w h i g h - s p e e d U S B d e v i c e n u mb e r 3 u s i n g x hc i _ h c d
[ 5 4 9 . 0 0 9 6 1 8] u sb 5 - 4 : N e w US B d e vi c e f ou n d , i d V e n d o r = 0 5 2 5, i d P r o d u c = a 4 a 7
[ 5 4 9 . 0 0 9 6 2 0] u sb 5 - 4 : N e w US B d e vi c e s r i n g s : M f r = 1 , P r o d u c = 2 , Se r i a l N u m b e r = 0
[ 5 4 9 . 0 0 9 6 2 2] u sb 5 - 4 : P r o d u c : G a d g e S e r i a l v 2 . 4
[ 5 4 9 . 0 0 9 6 2 3] u sb 5 - 4 : M a n u f a c u r e r : L i n u x 4 . 1 . 3 5 - v 2 . 7 b 1+ g c 1 1 7 7 8 3 w i h 2 1 8 4 0 0 0 .u s b
[ 5 4 9 . 0 4 9 6 3 0] cd c _ a c m 5 - 4 : 2. 0 : yA C M 0 : U S B A C M d e v i c e
[ 5 4 9 . 0 4 9 8 5 0] u sb c o r e : r e g i s e r e d n e w i n e r f a c e d r i v e r c d c _a c m
[ 5 4 9 . 0 4 9 8 5 1] cd c _ a c m : U S B A b s r a c C o n r o l M o d e l d r i v e r f o r U S B m o d e m s a n d I S D N a d a p e r s
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TESTING WITH CUTECOM
:-1./.---...--/-: ./  &3.
-L &1/&.&
: .-./DJ;-1././.L
D e v i c e / d e v / yU S B 0 ( o r o h e r i n e r f a c e , a c c o r d i n g o d m e s g o u p u )
B a u d r a e : 96 0 0
D a a b i s : 8
S o p b i s : 1
P a r i y : N o n e
H a n d s h a k e : N o n e
L i n e e n d : C R , L F
-.1.0.0eE.C- ..L
Figure 2: Linux Terminal CuteCom
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