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1. 04 page 38 e Agilent 6642A 6643A 6652A 6653A 6673A Power Supplies page 39 Debug Panel Features All of the debug panels provide the following features e Changes on the instrument front panel are not made until either you initiate a measurement for detectors or you press the Apply button for sources The instrument state memory is modified in the instrument handler at this time since this is when the instrument handler is called See Instrument Handlers on page 48 for information about handlers If the instrument is connected in the Agilent TS 5000 system through switching the front panel provides a section which allows you to define the switching path Either select a UUT pin to connect to directly or define a custom switch path Connecting to the UUT pin is the easiest way to select a switch path you select an ABus pin and the UUT pin If the instrument has both the high and low terminals connected to the switch matrix then both pins need to be defined The low terminal is connected to UUTCommon by default and does not need to be selected if you use the default The UUT option is available if you have defined a UUT switching configuration file In addition to the UUT pins the system automatically adds the option to measure an ABus pin only This will allows you to inject a signal on the front of the system and measure it using the instrumentation within the system The state of the system is saved up
2. Topology Files Sequences Throughput Multiplier Execution Threac Reporting Profiler Search Paths Timeout Behavior Generate exception O Generate error message and continue execution Prompt timeout dialog Options Mark non thread safe action Force testplan to run in sequential mode Figure 2 31 Testplan Option for Mark non thread safe action To create a thread safe action 1 Double click an action and the Action Definition Editor window will appear 2 Enter thread_safe under Keywords 3 Click Add You should now be able to see thread_safe in the right column Take note of the highlighted areas How to Use the System Software 51 Action Definition Editor DLL Style sendreportmessage umd DER 4 Action Description It displays a string in the report window followed by a newline Action Name SendReportMessage Author Library Name SendR eportM essage c Keywords pa Master Agilent Technologies thread _safe A C Figure 2 32 Action Defination Editor The visual cue will disappear once the action has been declared as thread safe Test Parameters Actions Limits Options Threading Documentation Actions for Test NewTest1 SendReportMessage Figure 2 33 Disappear Thread Safe s symbol b Settings for a Threaded Test To thread a test select the Threading tab and check the Thread This T
3. 0 If burst is used this is the frequency of the burst wave as shown in Figure 3 4 Note burst can not be used in the positive or negative pulse functions i e functions 5 or 6 respectively Tpulse_width Sets the pulse width of the positive or negative pulses function for functions 5 and 6 respectively or sets the width in seconds of the burst wave as shown in Figure 3 4 If used with burst the pulse width must be less than 100 mS F_burst If set to 0 no burst is generated Otherwise this sets the waveform frequency that is to be modulated by the burst wave the burst wave frequency is set by the frequency parameter as shown in Figure 3 4 phase_shift Specifies the amount of phase shift in a waveform in degrees relative to a non phase shifted version of itself force_seg_ count If set to 0 the frequency accuracy is generated using the 2 uS clock cycles plus any number of 100 nS clock cycles needed to make the frequency accurate This is illustrated in the following formula segments 1 frequency 2 uS 100 nS clockadj where clockadj is used to add 1 or more 100 nS ticks to the 2 uS clock If this parameter is set to 1 or 1 the number of segments closest to the frequency value will be used without using clockadj Only the 2 uS clock is used without the 100 nS clock This is illustrated in the following formula segment
4. How the Arb Generates Waveforms cccceeccescesecseceseeseeseeceesecacaecaeeenseneereeaes 61 Generating Arb Waveforms ccccecccesseesseesseeeceseceseeeseessececseeseeeeaeecaeneeneeees 62 Memory Requirements for Downloading Waveforms ccesceseeseeeeeereeeeeees 82 Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Error Messages csee 82 Chapter 4 Action Summary saissccsscsccevcssncessevocssssorssscesncensndsessoonsssecadoosecedcescsedasdeasssosascsoeacsecsscueveonse 83 VMN C E E E E AA 111 Chapter 1 System Software Overview This chapter contains a detailed overview of the system software Chapter contents are Agilent TestEXe Shrey rare araa E hone E oui be page 9 Testo lans ics ees crass event iil ie oes etal we esses hid eee Sg page 10 Sy C5 0 6 en er re PR ea a e page 11 System ust Filen 3 i005 ws etiiaes Eo naa ou eee page 11 e System Configuration Editor 0 0 c eee page 14 Agilent TestExec SL Chapter 1 The Agilent TS 5000 System uses Agilent TestExec SL and system specific software to test the Unit Under Test UUT Agilent TestExec SL is a test executive designed for high volume high throughput functional test applications The other system specific software provides the communications between the test executive and system instruments Agilent TestExec SL uses testplans see Testplans and actions see Actions to perform the tests The actions
5. Standard Action Types High Level Actions Low Level Actions Chapter 2 The Agilent TS 5000 System with a set of standard actions supplied with the system The action directory path is C Program Files Agilent TS 5000 System Software actions Actions are located in the following sub directories Sub Directory Action Type arb Arbitrary Waveform Generator Actions counter Counter Actions dac D A Converter Actions dgn Diagnostics Actions digitizer Digitizer Actions dio Digital I O Actions dmm Digital Multimeter Actions dso Digital Storage Oscilloscope Actions event Event Detector Actions generic Miscellaneous Actions mcm Measurement Control Module Actions power Power Supply Actions serial Serial Interface Actions SerialProtocol Automotive Serial Protocol Actions switch SLU and Switching Actions The actions are summarized in Chapter 4 of this manual The actions are documented in detail in the TS 5000 online help which is available from the TestExec SL Help menu The standard actions are generally organized around a specific instrument or module in the system The actions are also separated into the types discussed below These are actions that usually perform complete tests such as setting up a source and then making a measurement These actions normally but not always use one or more of t
6. error see Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Error Messages below In case of a memory overflow the only way for the Arb to receive new waveforms is to remove the current waveforms from memory To do this use the arbReleaseWaveforms action This action will then remove all waveforms downloaded for the selected channel It it becomes necessary to use the arbReleaseWaveforms action place the action both at the beginning of the testplan and at the point where more waveforms need to be added The following lists the error numbers in hex and corresponding error messages the Arb can generate Use the messages to troubleshoot the testplan or Arb if needed Table 3 1 Agilent E6173A Error Codes and Descriptions Error Number Description 21 Unimplemented function call 22 Timeout waiting for arbStop 23 Illegal segment voltage 24 Segment count too big during download 25 Segment range error setSegment 26 Sequence range error setSequence 27 Illegal trigger input 28 Not channel 1 or 2 29 Sequence function without a segment fn 2A Segment funct without a sequence fn 2B Couldn t find specified download ID 2C Sequence count too big during download Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Action Summary This chapter summarizes the TestExec SL actions supplied with the Agilent TS 5000 System The action directory path is C Program Files Agilent TS 5000
7. Agilent E1328A 4 Channel Digital Analog Converter Debug Front Panel 32 Agilent E1333A 3 Channel Universal Counter Debug Front Panel 33 Agilent E1333A Counter Debug Front Panel 33 Agilent E1411B Digital Multimeter Debug Front Panel 30 Agilent E1418A 16 Channel Digital Analog Converter Debug Front Panel 32 Agilent E6171 Measurement Control Module Debug Front Panel 36 Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module Front Panel 36 Agilent E6173A memory requirements for downloading waveforms 82 Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator 61 downloading a data type custom waveform 70 Downloading and Executing Waveforms Using the Arb D1 xxx Actions 63 generating custom waveforms 70 generating custom waveforms from a file 78 generating standard waveforms 64 how to download a standard waveform 64 how to generate waveforms how the arb generates 61 outputting a standard waveform immediately 66 Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Description 61 Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Error Messages 82 Agilent E6174A 32 Channel Event Detector Debug Front Panel 37 Agilent E6174A Event Detector Debug Front Panel 37 Agilent E6198A Switch Load Unit Debug Front Panel 38 Agilent Power Supplies Debug Front Panel 39 Agilent TestExec SL selecting 17 Aliases adding 58 modifying 58 Arb downloading a data type custom waveform 70 Downloading and Executing Waveforms Using the Arb D1 xxx Actions 63 gen
8. C Program Files Agilent TS 5000 System Software testplan examples In all testplans the Arb connects to the Analog Bus ABus1 To view the output connect an oscilloscope to the ABus connector at the front of the system Be sure to make the necessary connection to the Mass Interconnect Express Connect so the interlock is shorted in order to use the system see the appropriate documentation Instead of an oscilloscope you can also use an VXI Technology E1563A Digitizer to read the waveforms and display them using the appropriate actions Using the Arb _DI xxx actions to download standard or user defined waveforms gives you the highest throughput capability Using these actions the waveforms are downloaded the first time the testplan is run The waveforms remain in memory and can then be selected any time during testplan execution The only time new waveforms are downloaded is when a testplan is modified Each downloaded waveform needs a unique name to keep track of the waveform This name can then be used to call a particular waveform in any part of the testplan as many times as needed Since both waveform data and other parameters such as output voltage are also included with a name the waveform will be output the same way every time it is selected When initializing the Arb for output using the arbInitiate action the Arb outputs the last downloaded waveform if Arb Select Wave By Name is not called before arbInitia
9. PinCard1 ABus2 Description A A Cancel Help Figure 2 4 Adding a Switching Action 22 How to Use the System Software 9 Click on the three dots 11 Click on OK to select the node use the same procedure for the Ends At nodes 12 Repeat steps 8 to 11 to add other nodes Chapter 2 Using Software Debug Features This section describes specific software features unique to the Agilent TestExec SL version 2 0 and later that you will find helpful in creating and debugging your tests and testplans To enable Agilent TestExec SL use the procedure in Selecting Agilent TestExec SL on page 17 if not enabled Looping The loop constructs are FOR NEXT sequencer statements For example a testplan developer would stop a testplan if one is running add FOR and NEXT lines to the testplan and then restart the testplan from the beginning Refer to the Agilent TestExec SL documentation for additional information Figure 2 5 shows how to select and insert the looping statements into a testplan Click on Insert Menu 2 Click on Other Statements menu item amp Agilent YestExec SL Testplan Editor My UUT Name File Edit EUSE View Debug Options Jools Window Help D Test Ctl T Test Group Ctl G Saved Test Other Statements Testplan testplan tpa 3 Click on looping or other statement Alias t Wire ot yy Modul
10. Triggered Voltage Measurement How to Trigger the DMM Test Action Name test Dmm Init dmmConfCal dmmlsSet test Arb 1 pgm arbReset arbConfOutControls Arb_DI_Std_Waveform arblnitiate Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name test VI ConfigO 5 viConfCompare vilsSet Test Meas V Trigger 58 Using the DMM and ARB The Agilent E1411B Multimeter DMM can be triggered by a signal on the VXI Mainframe s backplane This signal uses one of the TTL i e TTLO to TTL7 trigger lines Testplan dmmtrig tpa shows how the DMM is triggered using the Agilent E6174A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arb The Arb is also used to generate the signal measured by the DMM The testplan also demonstrates how to use the Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module s MCM analog comparator The testplan is in the following directory C Program Files Agilent TS 5000 System Software testplan examples The Arb generates a 5V 10 Hz square wave as the trigger signal This method uses the analog comparator of the MCM to send the trigger to the DMM using the VXI Mainframe s backplane see connections in Figure 3 1 and Figure 3 2 The testplan configures the MCM analog comparator to trigger at 0 volts Setting the trigedge parameter in the viConfCompare action to 0 positive edge detection causes negative going backplane trigger when the input signal makes a low to high positive going transition through the trigger threshol
11. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Figure 3 10 Typical Repeat Sequence Value Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 75 20 segments in w nt_segments Integer Array 21 X 20 segments in First Sequence Second Sequence 123 rn_seaments at 0 is 20 Values Dimensions Attributes Rescsuscnenecenscesee o oo 0 fF 0 0 oO O Figure 3 11 Typical Segment Number Value Dwell count of ia segment_dwell Integer Array 49 for 20 segments in First Sequence Dwell count of 49 for 20 segments in Second Sequence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Waveform time for both sequences is total of segments clock time for each sequence 20 49 0 000002 0 000002 20 0 000098 0 000002 20 0 0001 0 002 per sequence Since both sequence time is the same the total time 2 0 002 0 004 250 Hz Figure 3 12 Typical Segment Number Value 76 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter 3 How to download custom waveforms is shown in testplan arbcustom_user tpa A review of the testplan is as follows Test Group Test Action Name Description testgroup download custom waveform Downloads user generated custom waveforms Switching Connect Arb channel 1 output to ABus1 and UUT Common test setup Arb Setup arb output circuitry arbConfOutControls Configures Arb s output circuitry arbSet Sends setup data to Arb test download custom waveforms Downloads the custom waveforms to Arb Arb_DI_Custom_Waveform Downloads two ramps one positive the
12. 2 uS Either single or multiple clock cycles can be used to set the appropriate frequency Selecting the clock cycles is usually known as selecting the dwell count For example a waveform consisting of 250 segments using two 2 uS clock cycles or 2 dwell counts outputs a 1 kHz waveform shown as follows 250 0 000002 2 250 0 000004 0 001 S 1 kHz In addition to the 2 uS clock the Arb also has a 100 nS counter that can be used to add time in 100 nS steps to the 2 uS clock cycles This is used to generate frequency accurate waveforms The counter is normally set using the clock adjust function Note Segment time Dwell 1 2 uS clock adjust 0 1 uS Both the segment data and sequence data is downloaded into the Arb s memory using the standard actions supplied with the system These actions can be used to download both standard pre defined waveforms and user defined waveforms Using the DMM and ARB 61 Note For more information about the waveform timing refer to the Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator User s Manual Segments voltage values Segment Duration Sequence Figure 3 3 Typical Waveform using Segments and Sequence Generating Arb There are several methods to generate Arb waveforms using the standard Waveforms actions You can generate standard waveforms such as sine pulse and triangle waveforms or you can create custom waveforms Many actions have
13. 66 P Panel Types debug 28 Index 113 Path adding a new switching 41 creating a user defined switching 40 deleting a new switching 41 editing a new switching 41 Path Selection debug 28 40 power Power Supply Actions 103 Power Supplies Debug Front Panel 39 Product Version Capability using the 48 Q Quick Reference AutoAdjust Actions 84 Diagnostic Actions 92 Low Level Actions 87 R Required Computer Hardware and Software 15 Resource Locking 53 S Selecting Agilent TestExec SL 17 Selecting the Debug Panel 29 Selections watch window menu 25 serial Actions 104 SerialProtocol Automotive Serial Protocol Actions 105 Single Stepping 24 Software description 16 required 15 Specifying Unit Under Test Pins 40 Standard waveform how to download 64 Standard Waveforms generating Arbitrary Waveform Generator 64 SU See Agilent E6198A Switch Load Unit switch Actions 107 Switch Load Unit Debug Front Panel 38 Switching Path adding a new 41 creating a user defined 40 114 Index deleting a new 41 editing a new 41 System Software Description 16 System Software Overview 9 T Testplan adding a standard action 20 adding a switching action 20 creating 18 how multithreading working 50 loading 17 Testplans example 20 monitoring 25 Thread Safe Action 50 Threaded Test 52 Timeout 56 Triggering how to Trigger the DMM 58 TS 5000 Actions adding a standard to a testplan
14. 9 Event Detector Actions Low Level Actions eventConf Configures the Event Detector for a measurement eventinitiate Starts the previously configured Event Detector measurement eventisSet Waits until the Event Detector is ready for operation eventReset Resets the Event Detector to its power on state eventSet Sends current setup information to the Event Detector High Level Actions eventGetResults Returns stored data from the Event Detector eventMeasure Makes an Event Detector measurement and stores data into memory Low Level Actions Table 4 10 Generic Actions DialogOkay Display a message box with a prompt message and Ok button DialogOkayModal Display a message box with a prompt message and Ok button DialogYesNo Display a message in a dialog box gives a Yes No choice to continue in two DialogYesNoModal different ways Display a message in a dialog box gives a Yes No choice to continue in two different ways GetFixturelD Reads back the fixture I globalReset Call all reset routines of instruments listed in the hardware configuration table msgDblilO This action sends a string from an Instrument and receives a double response msgintlO This action sends a string from an Instrument and receives an integer response msgSend This action sends a string to an instrument INST msgStringlO This action sends and reads strings from an instr
15. Arb Select_Wave_By_Name action selects the appropriate waveform name To perform the correct operation the following must take place e The WaveformDataRead action must be referenced to the data file using the file name Figure 3 13 shows how the file is referenced Normally WaveformDataRead action reads the data file when the testplan is first run i e the System RunCount 0 After that the data file will not be read The waveform time frequency must be set by the SampleTime parameter in the WaveformDataRead action Figure 3 13 shows how to set the waveform time frequency using the SampleTime parameter The Waveform variable in the Arb_Dl_Waveform_Data action must be referenced to the Waveform variable in the WaveformDataRead action using symbols Figure 3 14 shows how to create a symbol in the WaveformDataRead action and Figure 3 15 shows how to reference to the symbol in the Arb DI_ Waveform _ Data action The data in the file must be in such a format that each line is a data point or segment of the waveforms The following is a typical example on how data is stored into the file 0 0000000000 0 1000000000 0 2000000000 e e o 0 5000000000 78 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter 3 Note Test Group Test Action Name testgroup Arb waveform from file Switching test setup Arb arbConfOutControls arbSet test get and download data Wavefo
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17. Module DMM e VXI Technology E1563A Analog to Digital Converter Module ADC e Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module MCM e Agilent E6174A 32 Channel Event Detector Module e Agilent 6642A 6643A 6652A 6653A 6673A Power Supplies The displayed instrument states match the parameters of the instrument handler routines For example the Agilent E1411 Digital Multimeter has the following routines which affect the state of the module e dmmConfFunction dmm Func Range Aperture e dmmConfCal dmm Linefreq Autozero e dmmConfTrigIn dmm Trigselect Trigcount Delay e dmmConfSample dmm Sampsrc Count Period Figure 2 8 shows the menu box to select the instrument to be watched The figure shows how to select the Digital Multimeter dmm To add an instrument to the Watch Window select the instrument type and press OK as shown in Figure 2 8 The Watch Window is then displayed as shown in Figure 2 9 Figure 2 9 also shows the expanded tree view that shows the status of the dmm parameters The instruments display their state in a tree view This allows a logical grouping of states and reduces the amount of data displayed by placing less important states in lower levels of the tree 1 Click on the dmm or a different instrument to be watched Select Instrument Cancel 2 Click OK to enable the Watch Window Figure 2 8 Selecting an Instrument to be Watched 26 How to Use the System Sof
18. Skip Ctrl K rs Actions Options Set Trace Set Action Step lear Breakpornt SHES Glear Skip lear Trace 3 Foot symbol indicates that this step is to be paused lear Acton Step Hear Debug tenis Shite 4 Click here to advance the test Or v Agilent TestExec SL Testplan Editor My UUT Name 9 Testplan Editor UNTITLED 1 test NewT est test NewTest2 24 How to Use the System Software File Edit Insert View Debug Options Tools Window He CD Gael 83 aje efulm mle Testplan Sequence Main Click on Debug and Step Test to advance the test Test Name Summary z Agilent TestExec SL VTestplan Editor My UUT Name testpla File Edit Insert View Options Yools window Help z Ea Go Disa IES aa Step Test Stop Er Testplan Sequence M Abort Shift F7 NewTesti lt a E Figure 2 6 Selecting Action Stepping Chapter 2 Action Debug Agilent TestExec SL allows action routines to send strings to the same debug window that the system uses for the test trace output Use the Messages following API e UtaTrace MessageString MessageID MessageString is a string that will be sent to the trace window MessagelID is an optional string that allows the messages to be group as identified by MessageID Note currently this parameter does not provide any functionality Watch Window Watch windows provide the ability to select objects to dynamic
19. Start Programs Agilent TestExec SL 7 0 TestExec SL 7 0 Loading a Testplan 1 Select File menu 2 Select Open Menu Item or press Ctrl O buttons Pagilent TestExec SL Edit Insert View Debug Options Tools Window Help N z com _ ee clem Blose Saye S T Look in E testplans a c E z Erit Bikr n Print Preview Save lest Definition Security gt Revision Infomation 1 arbcustom_data tpa 2 adcwave umd 3 adcfreg umd 4 actsample tpa 3 Double Click on File Name or Select File Name and click on Open Figure 2 1 Agilent TestExec SL Main Screen and File Open Box Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 17 Creating a Testplan Figure 2 2 shows how to create a testplan 1 Click on File menu 2 Click on New menu item 3 Click on Testplan 4 Click on OK s Agilent TestExec SL File Action Definition Symbol T able Topology Layer withers s Agilent TestExec SL Testplan Edita i Ace Insert 6 Click on one of the following Ctrl T Test inserts a new test Test Group inserts a new testgroup Saved Test inserts a test from a previously saved test library Other Statements inserts a program statement 7A Click to insert action UG Dawn Detras Figure 2 2 Creating a Testplan 18 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Using TS 5000 Supplied Actions Note
20. Stops any group messages that were previously started by mComStartGroup softCANDefinelD For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Defines a Standard or Extended identifier softCANGetFifoLevels For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Returns the number of transmit jobs in the transmit FIFO waiting to be transmitted by the interface and the number of events in the receive FIFO waiting to be read The ReturnCode parameter indicates if any errors occurred softCANRead For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Read data on the specified CAN channel softCANReadFifo For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Reads a data frame from the FIFO softCANReadFifoAlt For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Reads a data frame from the FIFO and returns integers This is similar to the softCANReadFifo action which returns strings softCANResetFifos For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Resets the specified fifo The Softing card shares the singular FIFO with both channels so either channel can be passed in The ReturnCode parameter indicates if any errors occurred softCANSetup For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Sets up the Softing CAN AC2 PCl card and permits changes to the settings for the two channels The card is re initialized and any IDs that were previously defined are lost softCANStartGroupMsg For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Starts group messaging periodic or cyclic messaging on one channel of the Softing card This ac
21. The Counter only has only a high connection The software works backwards though the switching configuration and generates a switching path which connects to ABusx depending on the option selected For example a typical connection from ABus1 to the high input of the Digital Multimeter would be DVMHi ABus1 VISrcHi Creating a User Defined User defined switching paths are created using the Select Switching Path Switching Path screen which is enabled by the Switching Action Editor button see Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection B on page 30 The Select Switching Path screen shows two different fields the Connect and Disconnect fields All paths added or listed in the Connect field are always connected All paths added or listed in the Disconnect field are always disconnected Note that the fields are blank ifno paths have previously been added To add edit delete a path first enable the Select Switching Path screen using an appropriate instrument panel as shown in Figure 2 20 The figure uses the Agilent E1411B Digital Multimeter instrument panel The following shows how to add edit delete a path 40 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 E1411 DMM Debug dmm 1 Select Custom Switching radio button Function DCV Connect Disconnect m Switching Path C UUT Switching 2 Click on Switching Action Editor Swi
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23. Use the System Software Chapter 2 Agilent E6174A Event Agilent E6174A Event Detector Debug Front Panel shows the dialog box for Detector controlling the Event Detector Module 22902A Event Detector Debug evtdet1 O Xx Clock Frequency 10MHz 7 Number of Events to be Logged Gating Trigger 512 I ExteralGating Positive C Negative m Trigger voltage Banki Bank2 Bank3 Bank4 5 5 5 5 m Waveform Display Row Time Stamp Event Start Figure 2 17 Agilent E6174A Event Detector Debug Front Panel The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Clock Frequency Select the clock rate of the event detector module Edge Trigger External Gating and Number of Events Specifies the type of edge triggering to be used and external gating The text box defines the number of events to be logged before a measurement is complete Event Display The event detector can generate either a single display or a continuous update of events The table provides a simple list view of the event and it s time stamp The column width can be adjust by dragging the line which separates the titles Execute This button starts a measurement Close This button closes the debug panel System Interface The setting of the event detector will use the following action routines eventMeasure Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 37 Agilent E6198A Agilent E6198A Switch Load Unit Deb
24. VI HV DC Accy Tests HV DC source accuracy of the MCM using the DMM VI LV DC Accy Tests LV DC source accuracy of the MCM using the DMM viRelayTest1 Tests bus 1 2 and UUTCOM matrix relays for opens and shorts in the MCM viRelayTest2 Tests bus 3 and 4 matrix relays for opens and shorts in the MCM whichDmm This action returns the system DMM as follows 0 No system DMM found 1 E1411 with MCM 2 34401 with E8792 mux Table 4 5 digitizer Actions L53xA_AcqWave L453xA_ConfAcq Acquire Digitizer Waveform Trace Config Acquisition Low Level L453xA_ConfArmTimer L453xA_ConfChannel Config Arm Source Time Low Level Config L453xA Channel number and Vertical Range L453xA_ConfExTrigInOut Configures the slope of the EXTernal trigger BNC signal Trig In Out for either ARM or TRIGger You can configure the slope to be either a POSitive rising or NEGative falling edge L453xA_ConfTrigChanOff This command configures which sources can cause a trigger event This is the only way to set a trigger source L453xA_ConfTrigChanWin This command configures window trigger attributes for the specified channel list A window trigger specifies a voltage region within the channel s voltage range where a trigger is generated when the signal enters or leaves the win dow boundaries L453xA_ConfTrigTimestamp This command specifies whether the digitizer s timestamp counter run
25. allows you to either connect to the pin on the UUT Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection A or select any point within the system by defining a custom switching path Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection B The custom switching is applied on top of the current switching state so to undo a switching path you need to define a disconnect path A B E1411 DMM Debug dmm E1411 DMM Debug dmm x r Function Function Ch i is m Switching Path m Switching Path UUT Switching C Custom Switching UUT Switching m DMM High DMM Low Using Using aBust 7 UUT Common r Measurement Results Single C Continuous Execute r Measurement Results Execute C Continuous Single Figure 2 12 Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection 30 How to Use the System Software The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Function Choose ACV DCV Ohms Ohms Offset Compensated The measurement is made in auto range and medium resolution Switching Path The debug panel supports the selection of the switching path The panel switches both high and low connections of voltage sense and the high and low connection of the current terminals The sense connections are connected in parallel with the high and low terminals You specify the high or low terminal and the system automatically connects the associated
26. and level low range Table 4 18 DAQ M9216 Action List IVI Version m9216daqConfAlllnputPort Configure input ports Parameters setting include trigger level hysteresis trigger reference trigCount trigDelay pre post sample size and etc m9216daqConflinputPort Configure input port Parameters setting include trigger level hysteresis trigger reference trigCount trigDelay pre post sample size and etc m9216daqConfMeasurement Configure daq to do single channel or multiple channel measurement and immediate or trigger mode This configuration must be called before any measurement m9216daqGetCardInfo Retrieves the card information m9216daqMultipleDCVAvg m9216daqMultipleMinMax Measure average DCV for every input port in multiple channel mode Measure min max DCV for every input port in multiple channel mode m9216daqReset Reset DAQ m9216daqSingleDCVAvg Measure single input port average DCV m9216daqSingleMinMax Measure single input port min max DCV m9216daqSwitchInputPortToAux Configure to switch selected input port to auxillary output port m9216daqConfAllMonitorInputPorts Perform monitoring Configure input ports m9216daqGetMeasureResult Perform monitoring Return measurement result of input ports selected for monitoring This action must run parallel multithread with action m9216daqMultipleMonitoring m9216daqGetMonitorResult Perform mon
27. and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e wave1 This is the same name as the name in the waveform_name parameter of the Arb_DI_Waveform_Data action DialogOkay This optional action is used here to view waveform Parameter Type Click on Range to add time values Parameter Name w Waveform Waveform a CO Editing parsfheter Waveform waveform Stop Start Total Time e g 0 001 0 00 1 mS or 1 kHz this results in a segment time of 47 62 uS El Amplitudes Attributes View Enter start time value 10 0 ea eee ee p The number of points or segments Enter number of points fi gies on the waveform Click on Amplitude to see amplitude data ia Waveform Waveform Amplitude data Click on View Waveform to view resultant waveform see next figure Figure 3 5 Generating a Data Type Waveform Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 71 The values in this example produces a 2 Vpeak 1 kHz ramp as shown below the waveform was generated using the following values ia Waveform Waveform 24 Xx Editing parameter Waveform Amplitudes Range Attributes View Waveform Zoom 2 fo Print area w Copy 0 0 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 0 001 ZCOOMNDNARWHYADOMNAMAWNYO Stop Start values of 0 001 Q Note The Arb o
28. applying power Verify that all safety precautions are taken Note the external markings described in Safety Symbols and Regulatory Markings on page 4 Safety and Support Information 3 Ground the System To minimize shock hazard the instrument chassis and cover must be connected to an electrical protective earth ground The instrument must be connected to the ac power mains through a grounded power cable with the ground wire firmly connected to an electrical ground safety ground at the power outlet Any interruption of the protective grounding conductor or disconnection of the protective earth terminal will cause a potential shock hazard that could result in personal injury N WARNING The power cable ground wire must be connected to an electrical ground safety ground at the power outlet Any interruption of the protective grounding will cause a potential shock hazard that could result in personal injury Fuses Use only fuses with the required rated current voltage and specified type normal blow time delay Do not use repaired fuses or short circuited fuse holders To do so could cause a shock or fire hazard Operator Safety Information MODULE CONNECTORS AND TEST SIGNAL CABLES CONNECTED TO THEM Safety and Support Information CANNOT BE OPERATOR ACCESSIBLE Cables and connectors are considered inaccessible if a tool e g screwdriver wrench socket etc or a key equipment i
29. are the building blocks from which the tests are created The actions are called from a test which are executed in a testplan The switching actions makes the connections from the system instruments and or loads on the load cards to the Unit Under Test UUT The switching actions are built into Agilent TestExec SL Both actions and switching actions are used in a testplan to run the tests The testplan automatically closes the appropriate pin matrix and load card switches to make the connections setup and execute the appropriate sources and detectors and return any test results The switching information and the instrument types used in the system are located in the system ust file see System ust File on page 11 for more information This file is generated at the factory and is custom for each system It has the necessary information for the switching actions to close the appropriate switches and for the other actions to communicate with the system instruments Instrument data in the system ust file can be generated and or modified using the System Configuration Editor see System Configuration Editor on page 14 System Software Overview 9 Testplans Figure 1 1 shows a testplan and some of its components an explanation follows the figure see Loading a Testplan for an explanation on how to load a testplan Be Testplan Editor Example 1 OF Xx Testplan Sequence Main lt i stgroup Testing for Variable 1
30. been developed for high throughput operations These actions are generally named Arb_DI_xxx where the DI indicates the actions with the high throughput capability see In all testplans the Arb connects to the Analog Bus ABus1 To view the output connect an oscilloscope to the ABus connector at the front of the system Be sure to make the necessary connection to the Mass Interconnect Express Connect so the interlock is shorted in order to use the system see the appropriate documentation Instead of an oscilloscope you can also use an VXI Technology E1563A Digitizer to read the waveforms and display them using the appropriate actions below Note DO NOT use the Arb DI xxx actions with the older ArbSetSegment and or ArbSetSequence actions on the same Arb channel Note When selecting different downloaded waveforms usually when there are 62 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter 3 Downloading and Executing Waveforms Using the Arb_DI_xxx Chapter 3 Actions Note major frequency differences the first few cycles of a newly selected waveform may appear to be distorted The reason is that the previous waveform must complete but the new clock adjust is already in effect which may change the timing of the last cycles of the previous waveform The following explains the methods used For each method there is a testplan available it The testplans are located in the following directory
31. is made Switching Path The counter panel supports the selection of a switching path The counter switches only the high connections of the output The low connections are automatically connected to system ground Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 33 Measurement Results Select the Single button to initiate a single measurement or the Continuous button to initiate a series of measurements The continuous button is changed to a Stop button once pressed Note that when the dialog box is brought up the measurement results box is blank Execute This button starts a measurement Close This button closes the debug panel System Interface The setting of the counter function will use the following action routines ctrMeasureFrequency ctrMeasurePeriod ctrMeasurePulse Width ctrMeasureTimelInterval ctrMeasureTotalize The measurement uses the level trigger specified in the dialog box using the slider control a default range and default resolution The input section uses the following action routine ctrMeasureInControls 34 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 VXI Technology E1563A Figure 2 15 shows the debug front panel for the VXI Technology E1563A Digitizer Digitizer Only the UUT connection screen is shown The custom path selection is the same as for the Agilent E1411B Digital Multimeter see Agilent E1411B Digital Multimeter on page 30 E1563A ADC Debug adc Iof x y 1
32. kHz square wave and 4 kHz triangle wave A review of the testplan is below Test Group Test Action Name Description testgroup Arb download waveforms Downloads standard waveforms Switching Connect Arb channel 1 output to ABus1 and UUT Common test setup Arb Setup arb output circuitry arbConfOutControls Configures Arb s output circuitry arbSet Sends setup data to Arb test download sine wave Downloads the standard sine wave to the Arb Arb_DI_Std_Waveform Downloads a sine wave into the Arb The function parameter is set to 0 to download a sine wave The waveform_name parameter is set to sine to give the downloaded waveform that name The frequency parameter is set for a 1 kHz waveform The Vpeak parameter is set for a 5 V peak waveform The waveform_name parameter is set to test download square wave Downloads the standard pulse wave to the Arb Arb_DI_Std_Waveform Downloads a square wave into the Arb The function parameter is set to 4 to download a pulse The waveform_name parameter is set to square to give the downloaded waveform that name The duty_cycle parameter is set to 0 5 so the pulse function downloads a square wave The frequency parameter is set for a 2 kHz waveform The Vpeak parameter is set for a 5 V peak waveform test download triangle wave Downloads the standard triangle wave to the Arb Arb_DI_Std_Waveform Downloads a
33. offset value used to set the DAC voltage in the switch load unit Program a DAC channel voltage on the Agilent E6198 switch unit using the gain value in the module parameter block dacSetTimeout Sets the Agilent E1328 or E1418 Digital to Analog Converter DAC operation time out value in milliseconds dacAdvanceConfigureExternalPacing Configure the trigger type and external clock divisor for the specified channels dacAdvanceConfigurelnternalPacing Configure the trigger type and internal clock period for the specified channels dacAdvanceConfigureWaveform Configure waveform output for the specified channels It will not start the waveform nor will it configure the clock or trigger for the channels dacAdvanceCreateTrace Load trace data from an array of real values dacAdvanceDebuglInstErrs Setting the debug flag to On will cause every action to query the instrument for errors upon completion of the action and raise an exception if there is an instrument error dacAdvanceDeleteAll Delete all traces NOTE Traces which are currently running will not be deleted 90 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 3 dac D A Converter Actions dacAdvanceDeleteTrace Delete the trace specified NOTE Traces which are currently running will not be deleted dacAdvanceEnable Enable disable or leave unchanged multiple DAC channels This will open or close the output relay for the
34. or chassis terminal Terminal is at earth potential Used for measurement and control circuits designed to be operated with one terminal at earth potential Switch setting indicator O Off On Standby supply units with this symbol are not completely disconnected from ac mains when this switch is off To completely disconnect the unit from ac mains either disconnect the power cord or have a qualified electrician install an external switch Table 2 ce N10149 ISM 1 A Regulatory Symbols Markings The CE mark is a registered trademark of the European Community The CSA mark is a registered trademark of the Canadian Standards Association The C tick mark is a registered trademark of the Spectrum Management Agency of Australia This signifies compliance with the Australian EMC Framework regulations under the terms of the Radio Communications Act of 1992 This text indicates that the product is an Industrial Scientific and Medical Group 1 Class A product CISPR 11 Clause 4 Safety and Support Information 5 Table2 Regulatory Symbols Markings This product complies with the WEEE Directive 2002 96 EC marking requirement The affixed product label see above indicates that you pe must not discard this electrical electronic product in domestic a household waste Ma Product Category With reference to the equipment types in the WEEE directive Annex 1 this product is classified as a Monitori
35. other negative going to the Arb to output a triangle waveform The number of segments is 20 for each waveform The waveforms require 2 sequences The segment_dwell is set to 49 for both waveforms to output at 250 Hz test execute waveforms Executes custom waveforms arblnitiate Initialize the Arb to output the waveforms Start outputting the waveform Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name Selects and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e wave1 This is the same name as the name in the waveform_name parameter of the Arb_Dl_Custom_Waveform action DialogOkay This optional action is used here to view waveform Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 77 Generating Custom This is similar to generating a data type custom waveform using the Waveforms From a Data Arb DI Waveform Data action except in this case the waveform data File comes from a data file using the WaveformDataRead action The following shows how to download custom waveform data from a file and other pertinent information Downloading from a File The following shows how the actions are used 1 The WaveformDataRead action reads the data from a file and stores it into its Waveform variable at first run of the testplan only 2 The data is then stored into the Waveform variable of the Arb DI Waveform Data action 3 The data is downloaded into the Arb and output whenever the
36. sense terminal Measurement Results Press the Single button to initiate a single measurement press the Continuous button to initiate a series of measurements The continuous button is modified to a Stop button once pressed When the dialog box is brought up the measurement results box is blank Switching Action Editor This button enables the editor to select the switching paths for the Chapter 2 Digital Multimeter See Fast Connection Selection on page 40 for a description on how to use the editor Execute This button starts a measurement Close This button closes the debug panel System Interface The setting of the Digital Multimeter function uses the following actions dmmMeasureDCV dmmMeasureACV dmmMeasureOhms The above actions also return the results of a measurement Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 31 Agilent E1328A amp Agilent E1328A and E1418A DAC Debug Front Panel shows the dialog box E1418A Digital to Analog for controlling the Agilent E1328 E1418 Digital to Analog Converter Converter DAC Module E1328A47E1418A DAC Debug daci o x C Current Voltage Type Update Output fa Voltage Figure 2 13 Agilent E1328A and E1418A DAC Debug Front Panel The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Voltage or Current You have the option to specify the output voltage or current for each channel of the DAC The Type selection sets the vol
37. supplies psTrigger Send a software trigger to the Power Supply psPbMsgSend Only send a SCPI command string to the power supply Only valid for 6673A amp N6700 Power Supply series only psPbMsgQuery To send a SCPI query string to the power supply and returns the result Only valid for 6673A amp N6700 Power Supply series only Table 4 13 Serial Interface Actions Low Level Actions scommBreak Sends or clears a break signal scomm Flush Flushes the specified port scommGetConfig Returns the current configuration of the given serial port scommReceive Reads the specified number of characters from the Serial Port and checks those numbers against the compareString parameter scommReceiveBytes Reads the Serial Port scommReset Resets the Serial Port scommSend Sends data to the Serial Port scommSendBytes Sends user specified bytes of data to the Serial Port scommSet Sends current setup information to the Serial Port scommSpawnSendBytes Sends user specified bytes of data to the Serial Port scommStop Flushes the transmit buffer used for the Serial Port and resets the number of bytes sent and received to 0 scommtTransmit Writes to and reads from the Serial Port the number of bytes requested scommtTransmitBytes Writes to and reads from the Serial Port the number of bytes requested scommWaitForSendBytes Sends user specified bytes of
38. system _ust E TC1 6 E TC1 W1 TC1 Wwe2 TC1 W3 E TC1 W4 E TC1 W5 E TC1 W6 2 TC1 x1 E TC1 X2 E TC1 X3 E TC1 x4 E TC1 Xx5 12 System Software Overview The data in the system ust file consists of modules instruments and instrument nodes 1 e connections at the 32 Pin Matrix and Instrument Multiplexer Module and other nodes connections at the 32 Pin Matrix Modules and load cards using the Aliases Wires and Modules designations The Module designations are used to determine the modules instruments installed in the system and the Aliases and Wires are used to generate switch paths A typical system ust file contains Aliases Wires and Modules These are alternate names for reference nodes The names are descriptive in nature to easily identify the node For example the node name for the high current output of the Agilent 34401 or E1411 Digital Multimeter is called IsrcHi Figure 1 2 shows typical Aliases in the system ust file These are names for wires that connect to or between nodes In some cases these names are the same aliases used for nodes For example the alias called DVMIsrcHi is often used for the wire name that connects to that node Figure 1 3 shows typical wires in the system ust file These are the names of the instruments in the system For example the name MCM indicates that there is an Agilent E6171B Measurement control module in the system The Figure 1 4 sh
39. to 10 step 1 p Program Start of Statement Testgroup Test Testg roup A named block of tests that can be executed in a predefined order Each testgroup in a testplan must have a unique name no duplicate names are allowed Test Name Summary Test Parameters Actions Limit Actions Insert Delete Details Switching Action Action ga End of Testgroup Test Description required if using a Testgroup Figure 1 1 Typical Testplan Components List of Statements Testor flow control statements executed in the order shown Test A named series of actions that can be executed as a group A test can contain actions and switching actions A test can have limit checking capabilities to determine if a test passes or fails A test must have a unique name no duplicate names are allowed Switching Action Actions that make connections from the instrument and loads to the Unit Under Test These actions are internal to Agilent TestExec SL The switching information in these actions are determined by the data in the system ust file and the user generated fixture ust and uut ust files Action The smallest component in a test or testgroup that can be called to perform functions such as setting up an instrument making measurements and prompting the user 10 System Software Overview Chapter 1 Actions System ust File Chapter 1 The system comes with a set of supplied actions These acti
40. triangle wave into the Arb The function parameter is set to 2 to download a triangle wave The waveform_name parameter is set to triangle to give the downloaded waveform that name The frequency parameter is set for a 4 kHz waveform The Vpeak parameter is set for a 5 V peak waveform test output waveforms This test executes the downloaded waveforms arblnitiate Initialize the Arb to output the waveform Start outputting the waveform The Arb at this time outputs the last downloaded waveform i e triangle DialogOkay This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e triangle wave Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name Selects and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e sine Since this is the name of the waveform_name parameter of the Arb_DI_Std_Waveform action in test download sine wave a sine wave is output by the Arb DialogOkay This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e sine wave Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 65 Test Group Test Action Name Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name DialogOkay Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name DialogOkay Test Group Test Action Name testgroup Arb output std waveforms Switching test output sine Arb_Output_Std_Waveform DialogOkay test output square Arb_Output_Std_Waveform DialogOkay test output triangle Arb_Output_Std_Waveform DialogOkay 66 Us
41. 0SelectWaveform To select a downloaded waveform by name and output it immediately Must call HP33120DownloadWaveform first HP33120SweepWaveform To output a swept waveform from the Agilent 33120 ARB 86 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 2 Counter Actions Low Level Actions Ag53220AConfinControls Using Agilent 53220A Universal Counter to configure the counter inputs Ag53220AErrorStatus Get error status from Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220AMeasTimelnterval To send a query command to an instrument and receives its response Ag53220AMeasureAgain Repeat the last measurement use for speed on Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220AMeasureFreq Measure frequency using Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220AMeasureNegPulse Measure negative pulse width using Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220AMeasurePeriod Measure period using Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220AMeasurePosPulse Measure positive pulse width using Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220AMeasureVpp Measure Peak to Peak Voltage using Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220AReset This action causes a hard reset of the Agilent 53220A Universal Counter Ag53220ASetTimeOut This action can be used to set operation time out value in milliseconds ctrConfFunction Selects function range and resolution of the Agilent E1333 Counter ctrConflinControls Configures the
42. 2 This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e forward and reverse sweep Using the DMM and ARB 69 Note Generating Custom Waveforms Test Group Test Action Name testgroup download custom waveform Switching test setup Arb arbConfOutControls arbSet test download custom waveforms Arb_DI_Waveform_Data test output custom waveform arblnitiate 70 Using the DMM and ARB Use the Watch Window to determine the amount of segment memory used by the swept sine waveforms Custom waveforms can be generated using the Arb _Dl_ Waveform Data action and or the Arb Dl Custom _ Waveform actions Downloading a Data Type Custom Waveform The Arb Dl Waveform Data action uses a Waveform type array variable called Waveform to generate a custom waveform The variable stores both the segments of the waveform i e amplitude and the time all segments are to be executed 1 e waveform frequency Figure 3 5 shows the data used to generate the waveform shown in the bottom part of the figure The segment data of the waveform is stored in the array part of the Waveform parameter You can view the resultant waveform by clicking on the View Waveform button as shown in Figure 3 5 How to download custom data type waveforms is shown in testplan arbcustom data tpa The waveform is a 1 kHz 1 mS 2 V peak ramp consisting of 21 segments A review of the testplan
43. 20 adding a switching to a Testplan 20 high level 19 low level 19 standard types 19 using 19 U Unit Under Test Pins specifying 40 using 61 Using Software Debug Features 23 Using the Action Wizard to Develop Actions 49 Using the Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator 61 Using the Product Version Capability 48 Using TS 5000 Supplied Actions 19 V Viewing Waveforms 45 VXI Technology E1563A Digitizer Debug Front Panel 35 W Wait Thread Statement 54 Watch Window 25 Instrument Status 26 Watch Window Menu Selections 25 Waveform outputting a standard immediately 66 Waveform Data Type 45 viewing 45 Waveform generator using 61 Waveforms generating Arb 62 viewing 45 Wires adding 58 modifying 58 Index 115
44. 5430 digital output ports m9187GetCardinfo A brief description of DIO M9187A module information m9187InputConfigThresHold Configures the level of both thresholds in one operation Note that the two levels may be set to the same value if desired m9187InputQueryAll Reads all 32 channels of input Return values are as follows 0 State Low below both thresholds 1 State High above both thresholds 2 State Middle in between the two threshold levels m9187InputQuerySingle Reads the specified input channel Return values are as follows 0 State Low below both thresholds 1 State High above both thresholds 2 State Middle in between the two threshold levels m9187InputReadThresHoldL evel1 To read back Input Threshold level 1 Specifies threshold level 1 Units are volts m9187InputReadThresHoldL evel2 To read back Input Threshold level 2 Specifies threshold level 2 Units are volts m9187OutputConfigAll Configures all 32 output channels m9187OutputConfigSingle Configures the output state on a single output channel m9187OutputQueryAll Returns all 32 output settings with channel 1 in the lowest order array element Each element contains a single channel s setting The values returned are 0 for a Sink driven low 1 for a Source driven high or 2 if the channel is Off inactive m9187 OutputQuerySingle Returns the current setting of the specified out
45. 6 0 El 5 Close x Input Differential I Filtering seas oo Trigger Positive Edge Level Trigger C Negative Edge fo Volts Switching Path C UUT Switching Custom Switching Connect ABus1 DVMLo TC1 K3 DVMLo Action Editor ABus2 Digitizer Hi ABus2 Arb1t Disconnect 16 0 D Single Execute Time 4 gt Continuous Figure 2 15 VXI Technology E1563A Digitizer Debug Front Panel The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Time Base and Range The range and timebase can be modified by selecting the arrow keys on the side and bottom of the waveform To update the display take a new measurement The time base allows the following range of selections 50 nS to 20 Sec in 1 2 5 steps the range has the following selections 0 1 to 100 volts in 1 2 5 steps When the dialog box is brought up the combo box contains the current time base and range All of the setting for the digitizer are saved until an actual sweep is initiated Input and Triggering These two sections allow you to set a variety of input and trigger functions The setting of each function is sent when a measurement is made Switching Path The debug panel supports the selection of a switching path The digitizer switches both the high and low connections of the output Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 35 Waveform Display Select the Single button to generates a single waveform d
46. 9141 message 1S09141SetUp Provides general purpose set up of IS09141 protocol 1S09141Write Writes unformatted data to the 1509141 protocol J1850BlockTransfer Reads data from a file and sends the data along with header data to the J1850 device J1850GetConfig Gets information on the configuration and mode of operation of the J1850 serial interface device J1850Read Reads unformatted J1850 data J1850SetConfig Sets information on the configuration and mode of operation of the J1850 serial interface device J1850SetSourceAddr Sets the physical ID of the sender of the message J1850Write Writes unformatted J1850 data J1939Read Reads J1939 bus J1939Write Writes unformatted J1939 data mComClirRxBuff Clears the receive buffer of the associated serial protocol interface mComConfigGroup Sets information on the configuration and mode of operation of the group message feature Chapter 4 Action Summary 105 Table 4 14 Automotive Serial Protocol Actions mComGetBoardInfo Returns results of Multicom serial interface board self test board serial number board version number and firmware hardware id numbers for on board functions amp Physical Interface Module PIM slots mComMask Converts string to real number mComReset Resets the Multicom box mComSetBitRate Sets the bit rate of the associated serial protocol interface mComStartGroup Starts group messages mComStopGroup
47. Agilent TS 5000 Functional Test System System Software User s Guide Agg Agilent Technologies Notices Agilent Technologies Inc 1999 2011 No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means including electronic storage and retrieval or transla tion into a foreign language without prior agreement and written consent from Agi lent Technologies Inc as governed by United States and international copyright laws Documentation History All Editions and Updates of this manual and their creation date are listed below The first Edition of the manual is Edition 1 The Edition number increments by 1 whenever the manual is revised Updates which are issued between Editions contain replace ment pages to correct or add additional information to the current Edition of the manual Whenever a new Edition is cre ated it will contain all of the Update infor mation for the previous Edition Each new Edition or Update also includes a revised copy of this documentation history page Edition 1 E8770 90000 System Software User s Guide July 1999 Edition 2 E8770 90023 September 2000 Edition 3 E8770 90033 January 2004 Edition 4 E8770 90033 January 2006 Edition 4 E8770 90033 April 2010 Edition 5 E8770 90033 May 2011 Manual Part Number E8770 90033 Printed in Malaysia Agilent Technologies Microwave Products Malaysia Sdn Bhd Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone 11900 Penang Malaysia Warranty
48. All Deletes all traces NOTE Traces which are currently running are not deleted To halt all traces call Agt34951HaltWaveform with all channels set to 1 and Disable set to 1 before calling this action 88 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 3 dac D A Converter Actions Agt34951DeleteTrace Deletes the trace specified NOTE Traces which are currently running are not deleted To halt all traces call Agt34951HaltWaveform with all channels set to 1 and Disable set to 1 before calling this action Agt34951Enable Enables disables or leaves unchanged multiple DAC channels This opens or closes the output relay for the specified channels Agt34951 GetChanState Returns the output state and trace state for a given channel Agt34951HaltWaveform Halts waveforms running on the specified channels Agt34951LoadTrace Loads trace data from a text file The file should contain one point per line each point betweend 1 0 and 1 0 with a minimum of 8 points per file Total trace data storage for the DAC is 512 000 points for all traces Agt34951MsgQuery Sends an instrument query and get the results Agt34951MsgReceive Reads the 34980 results buffer Agt34951MsgSend Sends a SCPI command to the 34980 NOTE This action is not slot specific and may affect other cards in the 34980 besides the 34951 If slot information is required for the command it must be supplied unlike most 34951 actions Agt34951SetCurrentDC Sets u
49. Send a query command to the ADC L453xA_SendCmd Send command to L453xA L453xA_SetMeasThreshold Abs Configures the absolute threshold level for the given channels L453xA_SetMeasThreshold Percent 94 Action Summary Configures the percentage threshold level for the given channels Chapter 4 Table 4 5 digitizer Actions L453xA_SetMeasThreshold TopBase Configures the Top Base method for the given channels If lt Method gt ABSO LUTE is selected vTop and Base value will be used to configure the absolute Top and Base threshold levels for the specified channels L453xA_SetMeasWin Sets the measurement window in which on board measurements are per formed digitalReadRegCC Low Level Action Reads a value from the specified E8794A custom card dig ital input register digitalWriteRegCC Low Level Action Write a value to the specified Agilent E8794A Custom Card digital output register digitalWriteRegQueryCC Low Level Action Returns the last value written to the specified register on the Agilent Technologies E8794A custom card Low Level Actions ADCClear Clears output buffer on digitizer ADC and aborts reading if in progress ADCConfArm Configures the arm subsystem of the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizers ADCConfFreq Configures the frequency subsystem of the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer ADC ADCConflinControls Configures the input circuit of
50. System Software actions Actions are located in sub directories and summarized in the following tables Sub Directory Table and Action Type arb Table 4 1 arb Arbitrary Waveform Generator Actions counter Table 4 2 Counter Actions dac Table 4 3 dac D A Converter Actions dgn Table 4 4 dgn Diagnostic Actions digitizer Table 4 5 digitizer Actions dio Table 4 6 dio Digital I O Actions dmm Table 4 7 DMM Actions dso Table 4 8 DSO Actions event Table 4 9 Event Detector Actions generic Table 4 10 Generic Actions mcm Table 4 11 Measurement Control Module Actions power Table 4 12 Power Supply Actions serial Table 4 13 Serial Interface Actions SerialProtocol Table 4 14 Automotive Serial Protocol Actions switch Switch and load card actions Table 4 15 Switch Actions Table 4 16 Load Card Actions vi Table 4 17 Voltage Current Source Actions daq Table 4 18 Data Acquisition Actions Note This chapter contains action summaries The actions are documented in detail in the TS5000 online help This help is available from the Help menu in TestExec SL Chapter 4 Action Summary 83 Table 4 1 arb Arbitrary Waveform Generator Actions Agt33220GetBurstPro
51. Value In TestStepPagns Reset lic Default P i In TestPlanGlobals ie cba In System In hweontig Enter a name to reference the waveform data ig Table SequenceLocals Modify value for wavel and press OK AEG p 5 Select data type Waveform i amaA 6 Add description optional Waveform 7 Click on OK OK Cancel Help Figure 3 14 Create a Symbol for the WaveformDataRead Action 80 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter 3 1 Click on action name to select the Arb_DI_Waveform_Data action TeX Parameters Actions Limits Options Documentation a Insert Delete JOVI Details imt Checker z Insert Switching m Description for Parameter waveform Waveform variable that holds data to be sent to the arb 1 Edit Symbols m Parameters for Arb_DIL Waveform_Data Ae abe waveform_name wavel te Undo hwconfig arb1 2 Click on Reference a Symbol menu item Feriti Cut Copy Paste Modify Value Reference a Symbol Reference a New Symbol gt Hovde avale Reset lio Default Properties 3 The program automatically selects a symbol If only one symbol is stored it selects that symbol If more than one symbol is stores you must select the symbol as shown in steps D to F 4 Click on parameter value to select the parameter 5 Click on the arrow to select
52. _DI_xxx Actions 63 F Features debug panel 28 using software debug 23 File generating custom waveform from a 78 For Next Sequences 23 Front Panels Debug 28 instrument 28 G Generating Arb Waveforms 62 Generating Custom Waveforms 70 Generating Custom Waveforms From a Data File 78 Generating Standard Waveforms 64 Generic Actions 101 H Handlers instrument Handlers module 48 High Level Actions 19 How the Arb Generates Waveforms 61 How to Download a Standard Waveform 64 How to Trigger the DMM 58 Instrument Debug Front Panel features 28 selecting 29 types 28 Instrument Debug Panels 28 Instrument Front Panels 28 Debug 28 Instrument Handlers 48 Instrument Status 26 Instruments adding 58 modifying 58 L Load Card Actions 107 Loading a Testplan 17 Looping 23 Low Level Actions 19 M mcm Actions 103 MCM See Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module Measurement Control Module Debug Front Panel 36 Memory Requirements for Downloading Waveforms 82 Menu Selections watch window 25 Messages debug 25 Modifying Aliases 58 Modifying Aliases Wires and Instruments 58 Modifying Instruments 58 Modifying Wires 58 Module Instrument Handlers 48 Monitor Testplans 25 Multithreading 50 thread safe action 50 threaded test settings 52 using resource locking 53 using timeout 56 using wait thread statement 54 O Outputting a Standard Waveform Immediately
53. ally monitor as a testplan executes Select an item to watch from a list the item is added to the watch window list and is updated each time the testplan pauses Items can be added or deleted at any time as long as the testplan is not running The watch window can monitor 4 types of objects Instruments e Switching Node e All Switching Nodes e Symbols The following shows some typical example of the window Watch Window Menu Watch Window Menu Selections shows how to select one of the four Watch Selections Window objects The object to be selected as shown in the figure is the instrument object The selection of the other objects is the same 1 Click on Insert Menu v Agilent TestExec 4 Testplan Editor My File Edit Seat cje Tiest trey Test Group iH Saved Test Other Statements 2 Click on Instrument menu item or a different item if so desired Testplan Bt HL trl ey bil Alias Wire Module Instrument Switching Node All Switching Nodes Symbols Figure 2 7 Watch Window Menu Selections Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 25 Watch Window Watch windows are available for many of the instruments in an Agilent Instrument Status TS 5000 system The instruments that can be monitored are e Agilent E1328A or E1418A Digital to Analog Converter Module DAC e Agilent E1333A Counter Module e Agilent E1411 Digit Multimeter
54. alues of the Agilent3352xBurst interface properties Agt3352xPutOutputProperties Sets the values of the Agilent3352xOutput interface properties CreateArbWaveform Uses the arbitrary waveform function to create an array that defines a square wave pulse with a calculated rise time and fall time The waveform consists of 4000 points awgGetBurstProperties This action is use to get the burst properties in the 33220A 33250A arbitrary waveform generator awgGetOutputProperties This action is use to get the Output properties in the 33220A 33250A arbitrary waveform generator awgOutputArbWaveform This action is use to downloads an arbitrary waveform an enables the output for the 33220A 33250A awgOutputStdWaveform This action is use to generate a basic waveform from 33220A 33250A awgPreset This action is to preset the 33220A 33250A parameter awgQueryCmd This action is use to send a SCPI query command awgSendCmd This action is use to send a SCPI command awgSendSoftwareTrigger This action is use to send a software trigger to the 33220A 33250A awgSetBurstProperties This action is use to set the burst properties in the 33220A 33250A arbitrary waveform generator awgSetOutputProperties This action is use to set the burst properties in the 33220A 33250A arbitrary waveform generator awgSetTrigger This action is use to configure the trigger source and slope in the 33220A 33250A arbitrary waveform
55. and how to use it The Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arb formerly the Agilent Z2471A is a register based two channel signal generator whose channels are isolated from each other and from ground The factory default configuration connects first channel to the Agilent E6171 Measurement Control Module MCM You can amplify channel one s output using the MCM s V I amplifier current source You can connect channel two directly to your Unit Under Test UUT or use one of the unassigned MCM inputs The Arb can also switch to any UUT pin by switching to Aux ports if using the default system pins The Arb can output standard waveforms such as sine square triangle knock or crank of a specified frequency amplitude and offset and custom arbitrary waveforms defined by the user The Arb generates waveforms using pre defined or user defined segment and sequence data Figure 3 3 shows a typical example of a waveform The segments of a waveform are the voltage levels of each point on the waveform The sequence consists of a group of pre defined or user defined number of segments To generate a waveform the Arb outputs the sequence consisting of the defined number of segments using a pre defined time The number of segments output 1 e how often they occur and the time of the Arb s internal clock i e segment duration time determines the time or frequency of the waveform to be output The Arb s internal clock time is
56. are 41 Select Switching Path Connect Add Path Cancel T 1 Click to add a path to the Connect field to enable the Switching Path Editor Disconnect Or Click to add a path to the Disconnect field to enable the Switching Path Editor Add Path Switching Path Editor PLE EL Use this dialog to define edit view a switch path Current Path MHI ABus1 VIStcH 2 Choose a node name to be used in the path Nodes Selected Ned otmation e g DVMHi v Description l Source Amplifier Output 7 ROOT 3 Click Select to select the node perform Filter DYVMHi step B and this step to select all nodes used ABust in the path VIStcHi ABus1 pie viam 117 1 ABus4 Akar oan 7 UUT Common PMen 4 Click on OK to add the node and close mem IStcHi the Switching Path Editor IV Sort node names Back Up Select Switching Path x Connect OK DVMHi 4Bust ISrcHi Add Path 5 Click on OK to return to the instrument panel Disconnect To add another path click Add Path again before clicking on OK This is the newly added path Figure 2 21 Adding a New Switching Path 42 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Select Switching Path xi _AddPah_ a Connect ie DVMHi Delete Path 1 Click on the Switch Path to be edited EditPath Disconnect 7 amu DVMISrcHi UUT Common aah 2 Click the Ed
57. cuting separate logic This capability becomes useful when a process thread stalls due to necessary data that are not yet available or when switching to another thread will yield a better result In a single threaded program once the main execution thread is blocked the whole application comes to a standstill However with multithreading blocked programs can be moved from the main execution to a separate thread and can be concurrently executed with the main execution This allows the application to stay responsive while executing tasks in the background Multithreading can lead to improved performance as many threads are executed concurrently However there are always disadvantages to complex application like this Executing a multithreaded test can be more difficult than a typical test as there can be time related defects In order for the operating system to track a large number of threads it is going to consume processor time If there are too many threads then each thread may not be given enough time to execute during its time slice In addition each thread is scheduled for execution less frequently due to the volume and time slice committed to each thread How Multith reading a Creating a Thread Safe Action IS working ona Thread safe is a concept that can be applied in multithreading A piece of Testplan code is thread safe if it functions correctly during simultaneous execution in multiple threads By using thread safe routines th
58. d Setting the trigedge parameter in the viConfCompare action set to 1 negative edge detection causes triggers when the input signal makes a high to low negative going transition The following is a review of the testplan Description Initializes the Digital Multimeter Disables autozero and set the power line frequency Waits for setup to complete Configures Arb and outputs a 10 Hz 5V Square wave Reset the Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arb to its turn on state Configures the Arb s output circuitry Download a 10 Hz square wave into the Arb Start outputting the waveform Select waveform downloaded above Configures MCM s analog comparator to trigger at OV and a low to high positive transition trigger Configures the comparator The trigedge parameter value 0 causes a backplane trigger when the input signal makes a low to high positive going transition trough trigger threshold Waits for setup to complete Trigger DMM and measure trigger voltage Chapter 3 Test Action Name Switching dmmMeasureTrigVoltage dmmGetResults test VI Config1 5 viConfCompare vilsSet test Meas V Expanded Switching DelayMillisecond dmminitiate dmmGetResults Trigger Mux sl Description Make the necessary switching to setup the Arb to DMM measurements and trigger signal paths Configures DMM for a measurement using the backplane TTL trigger line 0 Make the measur
59. dByName This action returns the module handle of the module referenced by string name getModuleName This action returns the string name of a module isThereA33120 This action returns a value of 1 if there is a 33120 Arbitrary Waveform Generator in the system isThereA34401 This action returns a value of 1 if a 34401 DMM is in the system isThereA53131 This action returns a value of 1 if a 53131 Counter is in the system PinAuxRelayTests Tests the Aux relays for opens and shorts on the Pin Matrix Module 92 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 4 dgn Diagnostic Actions PinAuxRelayTestsAll Tests the Aux relays for opens and shorts on all of the Pin Matrix Modules in the system PinProtBypass Closes relays to short the 200 ohm column protection resistors on the Pin Matrix Module PinRelayOpenTest Tests the Pin Matrix Module for shorted relays PinRelayOpentestAll Tests all of the Pin Matrix Modules for stuck open relays PinRelayPathTest Tests the Pin Matrix Module for stuck open relays PinRelayPathTestAll PinReset Tests all the Pin Matrix Modules for stuck open relays Reset Pin Matrix Module relays PinShortsTest PinShortsTestaAll Test for shorts between pins on the Pin Matrix Module Test for shorts between pins on all of the Pin Matrix Modules in the system VI Debug Port Test Tests debug ports 1 4 of the MCM using the DMM
60. dacConfSourceDCV Configures the Agilent E1418 DAC to output the specified voltage Agilent E1418 only Chapter 4 Action Summary 89 Table 4 3 dac D A Converter Actions dacConftrigIn Selects the Agilent E1418 DAC s trigger source Agilent E1418 only for all channels dacConnect Immediately connects the output relays on the selected Agilen E1418 DAC Agilent E1418 only dacDisconnect Immediately disconnects the output relays on the selected Agilent E1418 DAC Agilent E1418 only daclsSet Waits until the Agilent E1418 E1328 DAC is ready for output dacReset Resets all channels of the Agilent E1418 E1328 DAC to the power on state OV output and disconnects the output relay dacSelftest Runs selftest on the Agilent E1418 E1328 DAC returns a pass fail indication dacSet Sends current setup information to the Agilent E1418 DAC Agilent E1418 only dacSetDCl Sets the Agilent E1418 E1328 DAC to output the specified current causes an immediate output dacSetDCV Sets the Agilent E1418 E1328 DAC to output the specified voltage causes an immediate output dacSetDCVSU Program a DAC channel on the Agilent E6198 switch load unit to dacSetGainOffsetSU a desired voltage Change the gain offset values used to set the DAC voltage in the switch load unit dacSetGainSU Change the gain value used to set the DAC voltage in the switch load unit dacSetOffsetSU dacSetPSVSU Change the
61. data to the Serial Port 104 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 14 Automotive Serial Protocol Actions CANGetInfo Gets information on current state of J1939 or CAN interface including Bit Rate Mode and Header Style 11 or 29 bit version CANRead Reads CAN bus CANSetBitRate Sets J1939 or CAN Interface bit rate in Bits Sec CANSetIdMode Sets Header Style 11 or 29 bit version CANSetReadFilter Setup the CAN read filter CANSetTermination Sets 124 ohm termination resistor across CAN bus from CAN to CAN CANSetUp Performs general purpose set up of CAN J1939 protocol CANWrite Writes to CAN bus CANWriteAlternate Writes to CAN bus 1 09141EchoKeyword Provides detection for 2 keywords and echos the complement keyword 2 as specified in IS09141 2 IS09141F Read Reads IS09141 formatted data IS09141FReadConfig Constructs 1509141 frame for the IS09141FRead and ISO9141Read actions 1S09141F Write Writes formatted 1509141 data 1S09141FWriteConfig Configuration parameters for 1509141 formatted write action 1S09141GetInfo Gets information on the configuration and mode of operation of the ISO9141 serial interface device 1S09141InitSeq Initializes the IS09141 sequence 1S09141Read Reads unformatted IS09141 data 1S09141SetBitRate Sets the bit rate of the 1509141 serial protocol interface 1S09141SetByteTime Sets the time delay between bytes in an 150
62. e Ctl 0 Stap lAstrument Syitching Hode All Switching Wades Le End Test Group 4 Statement has been added make any necessary changes v Agilent TestExec SL Testplan Editor Ay UUT Name testplan tpa File Edit Insert View Debug Options Igos Window Help ff NON esa al W Testplan Editor UNTITLED 1 Mikl x Testplan Sequence Main For Variable Tofi for Variable 1 to 1 step 1 Figure 2 5 Selecting Looping and Other Statements Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 23 Single Stepping Agilent TestExec SL adds the ability to single step the execution of the operations that make up a test When stepping through the actions of a test the system pauses at entry point calls for each action routine Action stepping can be performed any time testplan execution is paused as a result of operator pause or test breakpoint The action step which is currently paused is listed in the trace window Refer to the Agilent TestExec SL documentation for additional information Figure 2 6 shows how to select the single stepping Click on Debug menu z Agilent TestExec SLYTestplan Editor My UUT Name testplan tpa File Edit Insert View Options Tools Window Help gt Ba Go F5 olej 1 na Aal aleh SlepTet F10 Stop F7 Testplan Sequence M sbort Shift F7 NewTest Paus Fa re 2 Click on Set Action Step test NewTest Set Breakpoint F9 menu item Set
63. e risk that one thread will interfere and modify data elements of another thread is eliminated by circumventing potential data race situations with coordinated access to shared data For a thread to be thread safe it first must behave correctly in a single threaded environment Furthermore for a thread to be thread safe it must continue to behave correctly when accessed from multiple threads regardless of the scheduling or interleaving of the execution threads by the runtime environment and without any additional synchronization on the part of the calling code The effect is that operations on a thread safe object will appear in a fixed globally consistent order to all threads The thread safe declaration is introduced as an indicator By default an action is not thread safe and is indicated by a visual cue 50 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Test Parameters Actions Limits Options Threading Documentation Actions for Test NewTest1 ea SendReportMessage This action is not thread safe Figure 2 30 Symbol of thread safe declaration If you do not wish to see a visual cue next to non thread safe action click Options Testplan Options and in the Threading tab uncheck the Mark non thread safe action checkbox Note If check Force testplan to run in sequential mode checkbox all testplans will run in sequential mode For multithreading mode the checkbox must be unchecked Testplan Options
64. e switching paths instrument handlers action access and reference parameters In partial locking mode TestExec SL allows you to manually apply one or more of the above mentioned locks to the object s Resource locking can be applied to each of the containing objects under the test object Tests can be manually locked by selecting the Threading tab Click the Lock All Test Objects checkbox for a full lock or click an individual lock to choose your preferred lock The visual cues for full locking and partial locking slightly differ in color Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 53 fo Testplan Editor My UUT Name testplan Testplan Variant Normal iv Test Name NewTesti Testplan Sequence Main v afen Summa Test Parameters Actions Limits Options Threading Documentation E Thread This Test OS All Test Objects Figure 2 35 Lock All Test Objects Testplan Editor My UUT Name testplan DEOR Testplan Variant Normal v prin Me Test Name NewTest Testplan Sequence Main v Dye Sama Test Parameters Actions Limits Options Threading Documentation Thread This Test C Lock Al Test Objects Lock Switching Paths Lock Instrument Handlers Lock Action Access Lock Reference Parameters OOaOsE Figure 2 36 Lock Test Objects partially d Using the Wait Thread Statement One way to think of the wait thread statement is to imagine an item of data s
65. e type of digitizer ADC installed either E1429 E1563 or E1564 Chapter 4 Action Summary 95 Table 4 5 digitizer Actions digitalReadCC Reads a value from the custom card digital input used in the Agilent E6198 switch load unit digitalReadRegCC Reads a value from the specified E8794A custom card digital input register digitalReadSU Reads a value from the Agilent E6198 switch load unit digital input ports digitalResetCC Perform a soft reset on the Agilent E8794 custom card digitalWriteCC Write a value to the Custom Card open collector digital output port used in the Agilent E6198 switch load unit DigitalWriteQuery digitalWriteQueryCC Returns the current output state of the TS 5430 digital output ports Returns the current output state of the custom card open collector digital output port used in the Agilent E6198 switch load unit digitalWriteQuerySU Returns the current output state of the Agilent E6198 switch load unit digital output ports digitalWriteRegCC Write a value to the specified Agilent E8794A Custom Card digital output register digitalWriteRegQueryCC Returns the last value written to the specified register on the Agilent Technologies E8794A custom card digitalWriteSU High Level Actions Write a value to the Agilent E6198 switch load unit digital output ports ADC_Analyze_Wave Measures a waveform using the E1563 E1564 or 1429 Digitizer to a
66. ement and return the reading Configures MCM s analog comparator to trigger at OV and a high to low negative transition trigger Configures the comparator The trigedge parameter value 0 causes a negative going backplane trigger when the input signal makes a high to low negative going transition trough trigger threshold Waits for setup to complete Trigger DMM and measure trigger voltage Make the necessary switching to setup the Arb to DMM measurements and trigger signal paths Wait for switching to complete Initiates a reading cycle Make the measurement and return the reading Measurement Control Module ABus4 5 V at 10 Hz Close these Switches using the Switch Manager E1411 DMM Hi Q Current Lo Source Close these Switches using the 4 Switch Manager l Chapter 3 Backplane TTL Trigger Lines Figure 3 1 Trigger Connections Using the DMM and ARB 59 Arb1Hi ABus1 Arb1Lo UUTCommon DVM1Hi ABus1 D M1Lo UUTCommon DYMISrcLo Balt atti vi ABus1 4Comp viCompOut vi Trigt vi xITTLTrigOOut vi Trig viExtT rig8Qut Figure 3 2 Switch Paths Listing 60 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter 3 Using the Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arbitrary Waveform Chapter 3 Generator Description How the Arb Generates Waveforms The following describes the Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform generator
67. ency to 20 49 2 uS 2 uS 20 98 uS 2 uS 20 100 uS 0 002 S a frequency of 500 Hz An example of using the segment_dwell parameter is in Figure 3 12 In the figure the dwell count is 49 for two 20 segment sequences which gives a total waveform frequency of 250 Hz Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 73 Sequence Number 1 Sequence Number 2 w voltage Real Array 21 x 7 Segment voltage values Segment Numbers i o vNtage 0 0 is 0 1 0 1 Ngee lt 3 i 0 0 1 20 0 0 0 0 Oe 1 02 1 9 0 0 0 0 o c 2 03 1 8 0 0 0 0 OC 3 04 17 0 0 0 0 o c 4 05 1 6 0 0 0 0 Oc 5 06 15 0 0 0 0 o 6 07 1 4 0 0 0 0 Oc 7 08 1 3 0 0 0 0 Oc 8 og 1 2 0 0 0 0 Oc 9 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Oc Figure 3 7 Segment Sequence Array Values Sequence Numbers Markers w marker Integer Array 2 x Segment Numbers oje 2 2 2 32 2 0 m AL JE 5E Si ff 1E 1E 1i 5 4 k ial Glia A 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Figure 3 8 Typical Marker Values 74 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter 3 ij next_sequence Integer Array 21x First Sequence point F y to Second Sequence N besems Dimensions Attributes Second Sequence points to First Sequence oO1olo o o o o o Figure 3 9 Typical Next Sequence Values w sequence_repeat Integer Array El x iza sequence_repeat at 0 is 0 Values Dimensions Attributes Second Sequence is repeated 1 times 1 0 0
68. erating arbitrary waveforms 70 generating custom waveforms from a file 78 generating standard waveforms 64 How to download a standard waveform 64 how to generate waveforms 61 memory requirements for downloading waveforms 82 outputting a standard waveform immediately 66 Index 111 arb Arbitrary Waveform Generator Actions 84 Arb Description 61 Arb Error Messages 82 Arb Waveforms generating 62 Arbitrary Waveform Generator generating arbitrary waveforms 70 generating standard waveforms 64 using 61 Arbitrary Waveform generator Description 61 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Error Messages 82 B Breakpoints 24 C Computer Hardware required 15 Counter Debug Front Panel 33 counter Actions 87 Counter See Agilent E1333A 3 Channel Universal Counter Counter See Agilent E1333A Counter Creating a Testplan 18 Creating a User Defined Switching Path 40 Custom Waveform downloading a data type 70 Custom Waveforms generating Arbitrary Waveform Generator 70 generating from a file 78 D dac D A Converter Actions 88 DAC See Agilent E1328A 4 Channel Digital Analog Converter or Agilent E1418A 16 Channel Digital Analog Converter Data Type Waveform 45 Debug Features using software 23 Debug Front Panel Agilent 141 1B Digital Multimeter 30 Agilent E1328A 4 Channel Digital Analog Converter 32 Agilent E1333A 3 Channel Universal Counter 33 112 Index Agilent E1333A Counter 33 Agilent E1418A 16 Channel Di
69. eriod for the specified channels After using this action to set up the internal clock and trigger call the following actions Agt34951ConfigureWaveform and Agt34951 StartWaveform Agt34951ConfigureTrigOut Enable or disable the external trigger output of the DAC This will cause the DAC to output a 3 5V trigger singnal when a waveform starts NOTE This line is also the Trigger Input for external triggers Thus this function can not be used at the same time an external trigger input is expected See ConfigureExternalPacing and ConfigurelnternalPacing Agt34951ConfigureWaveform Configures the specified channels for waveform output This action does not start the waveform or configure the clock or trigger for the channel Use the following sequence of actions Agt34951ConfigureTrigger Agt34951 ConfigureClock Agt34951ConfigureWaveform Agt34951StartWaveform Two shortcut actions Agt34951SetVoltWaveform and Agt34951SetCurrentWaveform perform these same tasks but do not allow control of the clock trigger or number of cycles Agt34951CreateTrace Load trace data from an array of real values Each point should be between 1 0 and 1 0 IMPORTANT The number of points in the array MUST be specified by the NumPoints parameter Agt34951DebugInstErrs Sets the debug flag to On which causes every action to query the instrument for errors upon completion of the action and to raise an exception an instrument occurs Agt34951Delete
70. essary for optionally triggering the DMM first dmmGetResults Return one reading from the Agilent E1411 34401 34980A or AG918X DMM It waits if necessary for optionally triggering the DMM first dmmlnitiate Initiate a reading cycle on the Agilent E1411 Agilent 34401 or AG918X DMM dmmlsSet Wait until the Agilent E1411 Agilent 34401 or AG918X DMM is ready for measurement dmmPbQueryCmd For 34401 DMM only Sends a SCPI query string to the DMM and returns the result dmmPbSendCmd For 34401 DMM only Sends a SCPI command string dmmQueryCmd For 34401 DMM only Sends a SCPI query string to the 34401 and returns the result dmmReset Reset the E1411 or 34401 or AG918X DMM to its power on state DmmSelfTest Runs a selftest on the E1411 or 34401 DMM that is provided by its Plug amp Play driver dmmSendCmd For 34401 DMM only Sends a SCPI command string dmmSet Send current setup information to the E1411 or 34401 DMM dmmSetTimeout Sets the E1411 or 34401 DMM operation time out value in milliseconds dmmVerifyTerminalSwitch For the 34401A DMM only Checks the state of the front rear terminal switch on and compares the current switch state with the value in the parameter block E1411 34401 34980A DMM High Level Actions 98 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 7 DMM Actions dmmAutoZeroEX For the 34980A DMM only Sets Auto Zero to ON OFF or ONCE for t
71. est checkbox A threaded visual cue will appear next to the test once the test has been threaded as shown below 52 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 pa Testplan Editor My UUT Name testplan Testplan Variant N l cipanas isas gt Test Name NewTestl Testplan Sequence Main v fet Newten Sumay Test Parameters Actions Limits Options Threading Documentation V Thread This Test T Lock All Test Objects Lock Switching Paths C Lock Instrument Handlers Lock Action Access _ Lock Reference Parameters Figure 2 34 Thread This Test c Using Resource Locking Resource locking is the process of protecting data in a multiprocessing environment It means at the same point of time only one thread can access to this method of created object Unless the lock is released after completion of the code the next routine or iteration cannot enter the block In the context of TestExec SL resources that can be locked are switching paths instrument handlers action access and reference parameters TestExec SL supports two types of resource locking which are full locking and partial locking By implementing multithreaded tests and choosing the correct resource locking that fits your test you can easily control the sharing of instruments and synchronize multiple UUTs In full locking mode TestExec SL will automatically perform locking on all objects underneath the test objects which ar
72. estExec SL n n nnn eee eee page 17 Loading a Testplan 0 0 0 ccc eee page 17 e Creating a Testplan 2 cen page 18 e Using TS 5000 Supplied Actions 0000 page 19 e Using Software Debug Features 0 000000 page 23 Instrument Handlers 0 0 c cece page 48 e Using the Action Wizard To Develop page 49 Multithreading 0 0 cece eens page 50 Required Computer Hardware and Software The following is a list of the computer hardware and software needed to run the Agilent TS 5000 Test System All necessary software was factory installed on your system e IBM compatible PC at least a Pentium with 256 MB of RAM 1024x768 graphics 100 MB of free disk space 20 MB for Agilent TestExec SL software Microsoft Windows XP e Agilent TestExec SL software Version 5 1 or later e Agilent TS 5000 Software version 5 1 or later Note For more detailed information about using the Agilent TestExec SL software refer to the software documentation Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 15 System Software Description The Agilent TS 5000 System uses Agilent TestExec SL and system specific software to test the Unit Under Test Agilent TestExec SL is a test executive designed for high volume high throughput functional test applications The other system specific software provides the communications between the test executive and system instruments Agilent T
73. estExec SL uses testplans and actions to perform the tests The actions are the building blocks from which the tests are created The actions are called from a test which are executed in a testplan The switching actions makes the connections from the system instruments and or loads on the load cards to the Unit Under Test The switching actions are built into Agilent TestExec SL Both actions and switching actions are used in a testplan to run the tests The testplan automatically closes the appropriate pin matrix and load card switches to make the connections setup and execute the appropriate sources and detectors and return any test results The switching information and the instrument types used in the system are located in the system ust file This file is generated at the factory and is custom for each system It has the necessary information for the switching actions to close the appropriate switches and for the other actions to communicate with the system instruments Instrument data in the system ust file can be generated and or modified using the System Configuration Editor see Using the System Configuration Editor in the TS 5000 System Integrator s Manual 16 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Selecting Agilent TestExec SL The Agilent TestExec SL software is pre installed on your PC controller s hard drive Start TestExec SL from this icon in the PC desktop You can also run TestExec SL by clicking
74. generator Arb_Disable_Download Not recommended for use in new testplans 84 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 1 arb Arbitrary Waveform Generator Actions Arb_DI_Custom_Waveform Downloads a custom user defined waveform consisting of up to 10 sequences with 50 segments per sequence to the Agilent E6173 Arb Arb_DL_Datafile Creates a waveform from a data file Arb_DI_Ext_Waveform Downloads a sine square or triangle waveform of specified frequency amplitude offset and phase with optional burst modulation to the Agilent E6173 Arb Arb_DI_Std_Waveform Downloads a sine square pulse or triangle waveform of specified frequency amplitude and offset to the Agilent E6173 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arb Arb_DI_Swept_Sine Downloads a basic swept sine waveform of specified frequency amplitude and offset to the Agilent E6173 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arb Arb_DI_Swept_Sine_Ex Downloads a swept sine waveform of specified frequency amplitude and offset to the Agilent E6173 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arb Arb_DI_Waveform_Data Arb_Download Downloads a waveform data type to the Agilent E6173 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Arb Not recommended for use in new testplans use Arb _DI_Std_Waveform or Arb_DI_Ext_Waveform Arb_Download_Deluxe Not recommended for use in new testplans Use Arb_DI_Ext_Waveform or Arb_Dl_Custom_Waveform Arb_Do
75. gital Analog Converter 32 Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module 36 Agilent E6174A 32 Channel Event Detector 37 Agilent E6174A Event Detector 37 Agilent E6198A Switch Load Unit 38 Agilent Power Supplies 39 Counter 33 Digital Multimeter 30 Digitizer 35 E1563A Digitizer 35 Event Detector 37 Measurement Control Module 36 Power Supplies 39 Switch Load Unit 38 Debug Instrument Front Panels 28 Debug Messages 25 Debug Panel selecting 29 Debug Panel Features 28 Debug Panel Types 28 Debug Panels instrument 28 Debug Path Selection 28 40 Deleting a New Path 41 Deleting a New Switching Path 41 Description Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator 61 Develop actions using the Action Wizard 49 dgn Diagnostic Actions 92 Digital Multimeter Debug Front Panel 30 Digitizer Debug Front Panel 35 digitizer Actions 93 dio Digital I O Actions 97 DMM how to trigger 58 DMM Actions 98 DMM See Agilent E1411B Digital Multimeter Download a Standard Waveform how to 64 Downloading a Data Type Custom Waveform 70 Downloading Waveforms memory requirements 82 Downloading Waveforms Using the Arb_D1 xxx Actions 63 E Editing a New Path 41 Editing a New Switching Path 41 Error Messages Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator 82 event Actions 100 101 108 Event Detector Debug Front Panel 37 EVT See Agilent E6174A Event Detector Example Testplans 20 Executing Waveforms Using the Arb
76. gram called Action Wizard to develop actions The Action Wizard automatically runs through the steps necessary to develop an action The wizard also includes a help file with more detailed instructions and information on how to use the wizard To run the Action Wizard use the procedure in Figure 2 29 Note Actions are the smallest components of a test and are used to setup and execute instruments perform cleanup functions and to make measurements 1 Click on Tools menu v Agilent TestExec SL Testplan Edito UUT Name testplan tpa File Edit Insert View Debug Options Window Help ojele ae eS nee Readme Sys Contig AutoAdj Options 2 Click on Action Wizard menu item Figure 2 29 Selecting and Running the Action Wizard Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 49 Multithreading Multithreading is an execution model which allows multiple threads to exist within a single process It contains more than one unit of execution in a single process In the context of TestExec SL multithreading is the capability of running more than one thread These threads share the process s resources but are able to execute independently A thread is a basic unit of execution A single thread executes a series of application instructions following a single path of logic through the application All applications have at least one thread but you can design your applications to use multiple threads with each thread exe
77. h of 100 uS Tpulse_width parameter Selects and outputs a burst waveform by name Initialize the Arb to output the waveform Start outputting the waveform The Arb at this time outputs the last downloaded waveform Selects and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e wave1 This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e forward and reverse sweep Chapter 3 Note Test Group Test Action Name testgroup Arb sine sweeps Switching test setup Arb arbConfOutControls arbSet test setup forward sweep Arb_Dl_Swept_Sine Downloading a Swept Sine Waveform The Arb Dl Swept Sine and Arb Dl Swept Sine Ex actions perform frequency sweeps of sine waves The Arb Dl Swept_Sine action only sweeps in the forward direction The Arb Dl Swept_Sine_Ex action can sweep in both forward and reverse directions with a selectable delay between sweeps i e last frequency remain for the selected time Testplan arbsweep tpa illustrates how to output a sine wave sweep using both actions In one test the sine wave sweeps from 1 kHz to 2 kHz with a sweep time of 0 5 seconds In another test the sine wave sweeps from 1 kHz to 2 kHz in both forward and backwards directions with a sweep time of 0 2 seconds In the The latter test the last frequency is held for 0 5 seconds before the next sweeps is initiated A review of the testplan is belo
78. he function specified without affecting the Auto Zero state of other functions dmmConfTrigInEX For the 34980A DMM only Lets you set up Bus software trigger mode as well as Immediate and External dmmGetMultipleResultsEX For the 34980A DMM only Returns the number of DMM measurements requested and generates an error if there are fewer measurements available than the number requested dmmGetResultEX For the 34980A DMM only Returns the most recent DMM measurement dmmMeas2WResEx Perform an immediate resistance 2 wire measurement without requiring configuration using 34980A or AG918X DMM dmmMeas4WResEx Perform an immediate resistance 4 wire measurment without requiring configuration using 34980A or AG918X DMM dmmMeasACCurrentEX For the 34980A DMM only Performs an immediate AC current measurment without requiring configration dmmMeasACVoltsEX For the 34980A DMM only Performs an immediate AC voltage measurment without requiring configration dmmMeasDCCurrentEX For the 34980A DMM only Performs an immediate DC current measurment without requiring configration dmmMeasDCVoltsEX For the 34980A DMM only Performs an immediate DC voltage measurment without requiring configration dmmMeasFrequencyEX For the 34980A DMM only Performs an immediate frequency measurment without requiring configration dmmMeasPeriodEX For the 34980A DMM only Performs an immediate period mea
79. he Low Level Actions These actions perform specific configuration or measurement function on a particular instrument The low level actions give you more flexibility in configuring instruments and making the measurements than do the high level actions Low Level actions are organized by instrument type and function For example an action that is to set up triggering for a voltmeter is a low level action How to Use the System Software 19 Example Testplans Example testplans to show how to use the actions are in the following directory C Program Files Agilent TS 5000 System Software testplan examples Adding an Action to Do the following a Testplan 1 Open Agilent TestExec SL using the procedure in Selecting Agilent TestExec SL on page 17 2 Either create a new or open an old testplan using the procedure in Loading a Testplan on page 17 or Creating a Testplan on page 18 respectively 3 Ifusing a new testplan do the procedure in Figure 2 2 on page 18 to add a test If using an old testplan select the test into which you wish to add an action and continue with step 4 4 Add an action to the test as shown in Figure 2 3 and Figure 2 4 There are two different actions that can be added a regular action and a switching action Figure 2 3 shows how to add a regular action and Figure 2 4 shows how to add a switching action 20 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 1 Select the place to add the action 2 C
80. head ers For an IEEE 488 2 instrument Reset sends the command string RST to the instrument lViDriverSelfTest Performs an instrument self test waits for the instrument to complete the test and queries the instrument for the results If the instrument passes the test TestResult is zero and TestMessage is Selftest passed lviDriverUnlockObject Releases a previously obtained multithread lock LogDoubleToReport LogIntToReport This action allows the user to place any double into the log data file by producing a report record which will use the string argument This action allows the user to place any integer into the log data file by producing a report record which will use the string argument LogReport This action allows the user to place any string into the log data file by producing a report record which will use the string argument LogReportimmediate This action allows the user to place any string into the log data file by producing a report record which will use the string argument NameSwitch Switch string name ParameterLoad UsecsElapsed Load or write file if flag set values for test parameters and skip control from to an ascii file This action returns the time elapsed since the last UsecsStart Action UsecsStart Starts clock for use with the UsecsElapsed Action UUTConnect Connects to UUT pins by constructing Path names by adding a prefix NamePrefix t
81. his action 2 Call any other configuration action s 3 Call adelsSet to wait until the Digitizer is ready to mak measurements x OK Cancel Apply Details Click on Cancel to close Click on D tail to open window without adding action Action Definition Editor Figure 2 3 Adding an Action Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 21 6 Select the place to add the switching action v Agilent TestExec SL Sestplan Editor UNTITLED File Edit Insert View DebSg Options Tools Window Help 7 Click on Insert Switching Djem 23 tl fi ii njajal JE em 29 Testplan Editor UNTITLED 1 i Test Name NewTest1 est NewT est Summary Testplan Sequence Main TesNRarameters Actions Limits Options Documentation Actions Details Limit Ghecker T TET Insert Switching Nasearintion 8 Click on the Value field to view button with the three dots r Parameters for Switching igxp Add Path Click here and then press to add nodes z t Setup 1 Connect Paths 23 At Cleanup 3 Undo Setup Paths 10 Click on arrow to view Node Names then click on name to select it Add Path Path 21x DMM high detector terminal Starts at 9 af OMM Hi Starts at E Altemate Nam s DMM Hi Endt atO MM HiSense DMM Lo DMM LoSense Isense lsense PinCard1 ABus1
82. ing the DMM and ARB Description Selects and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e square Since this is the name of the waveform_name parameter of the Arb_DI_Std_Waveform action in test download sine wave a square wave is output by the Arb This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e square wave Selects and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e triangle Since this is the name of the waveform_name parameter of the Arb_DI_Std_Waveform action in test download sine wave a triangle wave is output by the Arb This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e triangle wave Outputting a Standard Waveform Immediately The Arb Output_Std_Waveform action can also be used to generate and output standard waveforms This action enables the Arb to output a sine pulse or triangle wave Unlike the Arb_Dl_ Waveform action this action does not require arbIntiate to enable it to output a waveform however it also has the high throughput capability of the Arb_Dl_ Waveform action Arb Output Std Waveform can be used in any part of the testplan Testplan arboutputstd tpa illustrates how to output a 1 kHz sine wave 2 kHz square wave and a 4 kHz triangle wave A review of the testplan is below Description Outpu
83. input circuit of the Agilent E1333 Counter ctrConfTrigin Sets the input trigger of the Agilent E1333 Counter ctrGetResults Reads the Agilent E1333 Counter results ctrinitiate Starts the previously configured Agilent E1333 Counter measurement ctrisSet Waits until the Agilent E1333 Counter is ready for measurement ctrReset Resets all of the Agilent E1333 Counter s channels to the power on state CtrSelfTest Runs a selftest on the Agilent E1333 Universal Counter that is provided by its Plug and Play driver ctrSetReturnMode This action allows time outs on the specified Agilent E1333 Universal Counter to raise an exception when encountered ctrSetTimeout Sets the Agilent E1333 Counter operation time out value in milliseconds High Level Actions ctrMeasureFrequency An Agilent E1333 Counter action that measures frequency ctrMeasurePeriod An Agilent E1333 Counter action that measures period ctrMeasurePulseWidth An Agilent E1333 Counter action that measures pulse widths ctrMeasureRatio High level Agilent E1333 Counter Action to measure Ratio using the counter ctrMeasureTimelinterval High level Agilent E1333 Counter action that measures time interval ctrMeasureTotalize High level Agilent E1333 Counter action that starts a totalize measurement HP53131ConfinControls Using Agilent 53131A Universal Counter to configure the counter inputs HP53131Err
84. is below Description Downloads a user generated data type custom waveform Connect Arb channel 1 output to ABus1 and UUT Common Setup arb output circuitry Configures Arb s output circuitry Sends setup data to Arb Downloads custom waveforms to Arb Downloads data type waveform into Arb The waveform data is the data stored into the Waveform variable see Figure 3 5 for typical waveform data The waveform_name parameter is set to wave to give the downloaded waveform that name The maximum value in the Waveform array variable is 2 0000000000 which makes the peak Waveform voltage 2 0 V The Star and Stop values in the Waveform array are set to 0 0000000000 and 0010000000 respectively This outputs a 1 kHz waveform Stop Start 0010000000 0 0000000000 1 mS or 1 kHz This test executes the downloaded waveform Although the Arb outputs the waveform from the previous test after arbinitiate in test download custom waveform this test is to show that the waveform can be selected in any part of the testplan The Arb normally outputs the last downloaded waveform whether a custom waveform or a standard waveform but can output a different waveform in any part of the testplan using the action in this test Initialize the Arb to output the waveform Start outputting the waveform Chapter 3 Test Group Test Action Name Description Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name Selects
85. isplay or the Continuous button to generate a continuous update of waveforms The display updates at a rate of gt 10 update sec Close This button closes the debug panel System Interface The setting of the digitizer function will use the following action routines adcConfArm dcConfFreq adcConfInControls adcIsSet adcGetResults Agilent E6171B Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module Debug Front Panel shows Measurement Control the dialog box for controlling the Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module Module E6171 MCH Debug mcm Iof x Voltage Type b Voltage Update Output C Current Close Current Figure 2 16 Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module Debug Front Panel The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Voltage or Current You have the option to specify the output voltage or current for each channel of the MCM The Type selection sets the voltage or current mode Dependent on the type selected enter the voltage value or current value into the Voltage or Current field respectively Expected Current when enabled by the Type Current Defines the expected current of the MCM or VI i e Voltage Current source Update Output This button changes the output source of the MCM Close This button closes the debug panel System Interface The setting of the counter function will use the following action routines viSetSourceDCI viSetSourceDCV viSet 36 How to
86. it Path button Switching Path Editor Ea Use this dialog to define edit view a switch path OK Current Path Cafftel DVMHi ABu Nodes Selected Node Information Filter hd Description l Source Amplifier Output 3 Select the Node to be changed by clicking on Back Up until the node to be ABusl changed has been deleted then click on ABus A Select to add the new node and continue ABus3 Via mem 117 1 adding the previously deleted nodes you ABus4 wish to keep UUT Common Alternate Names IV Sort node names 4 Click on OK to make the changes and close the Switching Path Editor Back Up Select Switching Path Connect OK DVMHi ABus1 VISrcHi Add Path Cancel 5 Click one OK to return to the instrument panel Disconnect LE LLE Figure 2 22 Editing a Switching Path Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 43 1 Click on the Path to be deleted Select Switching Path DVMHiABus 2 Click on Delete Path to delete the path 3 Click on OK to return to the instrument panel Figure 2 23 Deleting a Switching Path 44 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Vi ewing Waveforms A Waveform data type is available in the ADC Analyze Wave High Level Action This data type includes a graphical viewer for data Sample Testplan Showing Waveform Data Type shows a sample testplan using the ADC_A
87. itoring Return input ports monitoring status and voltage triggered result This action must run parallel multithread with action m9216daqMultipleMonitoring 108 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 18 DAQ M9216 Action List IVI Version m9216daqMultipleMonitoring Perform monitoring Monitor with the specified voltage trigger level input ports to capture the electric spark voltage drop and etc It will return monitored and voltage triggered result after monitoring finished m9216daqSingleWave Do single channel measurement and return raw data in waveform format m9216daqMultipleWave Chapter 4 Do multiple channel measurement and return raw data in waveform format Action Summary 109 THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 110 Action Summary Chapter 4 Index A Action Debug Messages 25 Action Quick Reference AutoAdjust Actions 84 Diagnostic Actions 92 Low Level Actions 87 Action Wizard use to develop actions 49 Actions adding a standard to a testplan 19 adding a switching to a testplan 20 high level 19 low level 19 Using the Action Wizard To Develop 49 Using TS 5000 Supplied Actions 19 ADC See E1563A Digitizer Addig Instruments 58 Adding a New Path 41 Adding a New Switching Path 41 Adding Aliases Adding Wires 58 Adding Modifying Aliases 58 Adding Modifying Aliases Wires and Instruments 58 Adding Modifying Instruments 58 Adding Modifying Wires 58
88. lects the comparator s trigger threshold voltage of the MCM viSetSourceACV Configures the MCM to source AC voltages viSetSourceDCl viSetSourceDCV Configure the MCM to source DC current Configure the MCM to source DC voltage Low Level Actions Table 4 12 Power Supply Actions psConfTrigIn Selects the trigger input of the Power Supplies psConfvl Selects output voltage and current of the Power Supplies psConnect Enables output relays of the selected Power Supply psDisconnect Disconnects output relays from the selected Power Supply psGetCurrent Reads and returns the output current of the Power Supply psGetStatus Reads and returns Power Supply error status from last psSet or pslsSet Action psGetVoltage Reads and returns the output voltage of the Power Supply pslsSet Waits until the Power Supply is ready for output psProgVI Programs and outputs the voltage current of the Power Supply Chapter 4 Action Summary 103 Table 4 12 Power Supply Actions psReset Resets the Power Supply to its power on state psSelfTest Runs a selftest on the Agilent Power Supply specified psSet Sends configuration information to the Power Supply psSetReturnMode Sets sequencer behavior on Power Supply timeout errors psSetTimeout Sets Power Supply operation time out value in milliseconds psSetVI Selects the voltage and current parameters of the power
89. lick on Insert HP TestExec SL Testp an Editor UNTITLED File Edit Insert View Debug Options Tools Window Help opele Ae aN lols lel OS El gI Testplan Editor UNTITLED 1 rr Nece Testplan Sequence Main Test Name NewTest1 est NewT est mary Test Payameters Actions Limits Options Documentation 3 Either click on Step by Step Search or Quick Search Quick Search shows all actions in a column Insert Action r Find action s to ingert 4 Select the action Step by Step Search Quick Search r Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Begin your search by Refine your search by Select the desired action s selecting a keyword from selecting a second from those that contain all the available keywords keyword from those both keywords and choo associated with the first OK or Apply adcContF rer a adcConflnControls adcFastOff adcGetS ampleFreq adcGetS amplelnfo adclnitiate Or adelsSet adcLastReading click on Apply to adcReset add the action but adcSelfTest keep window open adcSetRetunMod to add more actions adcSetTimeout adcStart adcT ype Click on OK to add the action and close the window r Description of adcConfFreq Low Level Action Configures the frequency subsystem of the HP E163 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer a ABC Usage 1 Add the appropriate values into the parameters and then ca t
90. ll Agilent E6198 switch units and all cards contained therein SUreset Perform a soft reset on the Agilent Technologies E6198 switch unit High Level Actions switching This action connects disconnects up to 10 switching paths Table 4 16 Load Card Actions loadCardGetInfo Returns information about the load card referenced by the instrument handle parameter loadCardReset Routine to reset a given load card loadCardSwitchDiffAmp Applies only to the N9377A load card Controls the switching of the differential amplifier into the ISense path You must use a switching action to switch in the Current Sense node before you use this action Subsequent switching of any ISense paths on this card remove the differential amp from the path This includes the switching cleanup of the ISense path Default state does not have the differential amp in the ISense path loadCardTest Validates that a relay is set to a given position Chapter 4 Action Summary 107 Table 4 17 Voltage Current Source Actions m9186GetCardInfo This action retrieves the M9186A card information m9186Reset Reset the M9186A to its power on state m9186SetHighCurrent Set output current and level high range m9186SetHighVoltage Set output voltage and level high range m9186SetLowCurrent Set output current and level low range m9186SetLowVoltage Set output voltage
91. logies Inc assumes no liability for the customer s failure to comply with these requirements General This product is provided with a protective earth terminal The protective features of this product may be impaired if it is used in a manner not specified in the operation instructions N WARNING DO NOT OPERATE IN AN EXPLOSIVE ATMOSPHERE Do not operate the system in the presence of flammable gases or flames If the equipment in this system is used in a manner not specified by Agilent Technologies the protection provided by the equipment may be impaired Cleaning Instructions Clean the system cabinet using a soft cloth dampened in water N WARNING DO NOT REMOVE ANY SYSTEM COVER Operating personnel must not remove system covers Component replacement and internal adjust ments must be made only by quali fied service personnel Equipment that appears damaged or defective should be made inoperative and secured against unintended opera tion until they can be repaired by qualified service personnel Environmental Conditions Unless otherwise noted in the specifications this system is intended for indoor use in an installation category Il pollution degree 2 environment It is designed to operate at a maximum relative humidity of 80 and at altitudes of up to 2000 meters Refer to the specifications tables for the ac mains voltage requirements and ambient operating temperature range Before
92. me entered in the waveform_name parameter i e wave1 This is the same name as the name in the waveform_name parameter of the Arb_DI_Waveform_Data action This optional action is used here to view waveform Enter file name and path here Name Wavetorm abe FileName SequpnceLocals wavedatal waveform txt SampleT ime 0 000047691 Enter waveform time frequency here e g SampleTime of 0 000047619 frequency of 1 kHz 0 000047619 21 0 001 S 1 0 001 1 kHz Figure 3 13 Entering File Name and Sample Time Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 79 1 Click on action name to select the WaveformDataRead action 2 Click on Waveform name using the Tes Parameters Actions Limits Options Documentation right mouse button Actio Inset aveformDataRead we a i rb_Dl_wavefom_Data Delete E Ra Io etails Limit Ghecker Insert Switching m Description for Parameter W5eform Waveform to receive data a f Edit Symbols 3 Click on Reference a New Symbol menu item m Parameters for wAveformDataRead Name Z o Yawe OOOO A E ropeya Phat l i d ene Grace er Edit Undo gt ate FileN arr 4 Click on In Sequence Locals 3 Gut H menu item S e am Copy Paste Modify Value Reference a Symbol Peewee in lestStepLocdls Provide a
93. n a locked cabinet is required to gain access to them Additionally the operator cannot have access to a conductive surface connected to any cable conductor High Low or Guard ASSURE THE EQUIPMENT UNDER TEST HAS ADEQUATE INSULATION BETWEEN THE CABLE CONNECTIONS AND ANY OPERATOR ACCESSIBLE PARTS DOORS COVERS PANELS SHIELDS CASES CABINETS ETC Verify there are multiple and sufficient protective means rated for the voltages you are applying to assure the operator will NOT come into contact with any energized conductor even if one of the protective means fails to work as intended For example the inner side of a case cabinet door cover or panel can be covered with an insulating material as well as routing the test cables to the module s front panel connectors through non conductive flexible conduit such as that used in electrical power distribution Safety Symbols and Regulatory Markings Symbols and markings on the system in manuals and on instruments alert you to potential risks provide regulations Table 1 and information about conditions Table 2 define the symbols and and comply with international markings you may encounter Table 1 Safety Symbols and Markings SOF EF IO H de gt Warning risk of electric shock Caution refer to accompanying documents Alternating current Both direct and alternating current Earth ground terminal Protective earth ground terminal Frame
94. nalyze it for Vmin Vmax High pulsewidth Low pulsewidth and period values ADC_Config_1_Chan Configures E1563 E1564 or E1429 for capturing a waveform for later analysis on Channel 1 ADC_DCV Returns instantaneous DC voltage from the Agilent Technologies E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer using the offset parameter time from the trigger point ADC_DCV Avg Returns average DC voltage from the Agilent E1429 Digitizer in a window defined by the start parameter and stop parameter time values from the trigger point ADC_Min_Max ADC_Min_Max_ Win Measures a waveform by the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer and directly analyzes it for Vmin amp Vmax values Returns Vmin or Vmax DC voltage values from the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer in a window defined by the start parameter and stop parameter times from the trigger point ADC_Transform Transform E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer returned data with Measurement Control Module attenuator gain and offset terms 96 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 6 dio Digital I O Actions Low Level Actions ADDigitalRead Reads digital output data from the specified digital port on the Advantech 1750 PCI device ADDigitalWrite Writes digital output data to the specified digital port on the Advantech 1750 PCI device DigitalRead Reads a value from the TS 5430 digital input ports DigitalWrite Write a value to the TS
95. nalyze_Wave Action with the Waveform parameter Range Data on the Waveform Display Graphical Editor and Sample Waveform Display show the waveform editor and Figure 2 27 shows the waveform display v Agilent TestExec SL Testplan Editor My UUT Name testplan tpa File Edit Insert View Debug Options Tools Window Help plem e lol a Of e W Testplan Editor UNTITLED 1 Iof x Testplan Sequence Main Test Name NewT est Sapna Test Parameters Actions Limits Options Documentation Actions Insert Delete Up oa ADC_Analyze_Wave Details Limit bhecker Insert Switching r Description for Parameter waveform Output a waveform Edit Symbols r Parameters for ADC_Analyze_wave E sye Aname C logdi tmp adersl dat 123 siais 20 Paints from 0 to 10 _ Click on the parameter value to select it then click on the dots to enable the waveform editor Figure 2 24 Sample Testplan Showing Waveform Data Type Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 45 Click to add range data ig wavefoim Waveform Set Start and Stop time value for l f waveform Set the number of aramee wave ee oe a points on the waveform Figure 2 25 Range Data on the Waveform Display Graphical Editor Click to add amplitude data Click to view waveform see next figure w waveform Waveform Add amplitude data here Fig
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97. nloaded If more than one sequence is available and the parameter is set to 1 only the waveform using the first sequence is downloaded next_sequence Specifies which sequence is to be downloaded next An example is in Figure 3 9 sequence_repeat Specifies if the sequence is to be repeated i e value is set to 1 or more as shown in Figure 3 10 nr_segments Specifies the number of segments for each sequence If the number of specified segments is lower than the number of segments entered in the corresponding sequence of the voltage parameter only the number of segments specified here will be downloaded Figure 3 11 shows a typical example segment_dwell Specifies for how many 2 uS clock cycles each segment of a sequence is to be output Normally each segment is output in a single 2 uS clock cycle if the parameter is set to 0 which is a dwell count of 0 Setting the segment_dwell to a number above zero the clock cycles will increase by that new number plus a single clock cycle Since the number of segments and the duration time of the segments determines the waveform frequency each additional number added to segment dwell lowers the waveform frequency For example if the dwell count is 0 for a 20 segment waveform the total time the segments are output is 20 2 uS 40 uS a frequency of 25 kHz Changing the dwell count to 49 changes the time and resultant waveform frequ
98. o the base path name BaseNames WaveformDataRead Reads waveform sample data into waveform data type WaveformDataWrite Write samples from hWaveform one floating point number sample per line to Filename 102 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 11 Measurement Control Module Actions Low Level Actions viConfAttenuator Configures the knee voltage of the MCM s programmable attenuator viConfCompare Configures the MCM s comparator threshold voltage for triggering other instruments viConfSourceACV Configures the MCM to source AC voltage viConfSourceDCl Configures the MCM to source DC current viConfSourceDCV Configures the MCM to source a DC voltage vilsSet Waits until the MCM is ready for operation viReset Resets the MCM to its power on state viSet Sends current setup information to the MCM High Level Actions ForcelMeasV ForcelMeasValt Uses the MCM as a current source and measures the resultant voltage on the UUT using the DMM Uses the MCM as a current source to measures the resultant voltage on the UUT using the DMM ForceVMeasl Uses the MCM as a voltage source and measures the resultant UUT current flow using the DMM viOutputACV Configures the MCM to source AC voltages viOutputDCl Configure the MCM to source DC current viOutputDCV Configure the MCM to source DC voltage viSetCompare Se
99. ocal or external if threaded tests exist in the sequence library The Wait Thread statement is to ensure all the threaded tests in the sequence library have completed their execution before returning to Main sequence If the Wait Thread statement is not inserted threads in the sequence library might be still running upon returning to Main sequence e Using Timeout A specified period of time that will be allowed to elapse in a system before a the next specified event is to take place TestExec SL allows you to specify a timeout value as well as the behavior of the timeout The timeout value is set in the Wait Thread statement while it s behavior is set in Testplan Options In Options Testplan Options a new Threading tab has been added to allow users to specify the behavior of the timeout There are three options you can choose from e Generate exception e Generate error message on report window and continue execute Prompt timeout dialog Threaded objects are killed when timeout is exceeded This timeout feature is the simplest method of preventing of deadlocks 56 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter Contents This chapter describes how to trigger the DMM and how to use the ARB The chapter is separated as follows Triggered Voltage Measurement 004 page 58 Using the Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator page 61 Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 57
100. of a falling edge Rise time is defined as the time in seconds from the lower threshold to the upper threshold of a rising edge This query returns the amplitude for the specified lt channel gt as assessed by the histogram method or the absolute method L453xA_MeasVaverage This query returns the base voltage used for cycle based measurements This value forms the lower voltage of an amplitude measurement Base may be evaluated using the STANdard histogram method or the ABSolute method L453xA_MeasVmax This query returns the maximum voltage for the specified record and channel L453xA_MeasVmin This query returns the minimum voltage on the specified channel and record number L453xA_MeasVpp This query returns the peak to peak voltage for the specified record on the specified channel L453xA_MeasVrms This query returns the root mean square RMS average voltage for either a cycle or a measurement window L453xA_MeasVthreshold This query returns the base voltage used for cycle based measurements This value forms the lower voltage of an amplitude measurement Base may be evaluated using the STANdard histogram method or the ABSolute method L453xA_MeasVtop This query returns the top voltage used for cycle based measurements This value forms the higher voltage of an amplitude measurement Top may be evaluated using the STANdard histogram method or the ABSolute method L453xA_QueryCmd
101. on entering a pause state and is restored when entering the run state This allows the panels to be used 28 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 without affecting the testplan Selecting the Debug Debug Front Panel Selection and Select an Instrument from the Debug Front Panel Panel Selection show how to enable the debug instrument front panels 1 Click on View menu v Agilent TestExec SL Tzstplan Editor My UUT N File Edit Insert ebug Options Window Help Limits Ed ne aa Testplan litre gt Profiler Results gt Testplan Sequer Symbol Tables 2 Click Instrument ea amp item Figure 2 10 Debug Front Panel Selection 1 Select the Instrument of which the Debug Panel is to be displayed Select Instrument mem P dmm Cancel 2 Click OK to enable the Debug Panel Figure 2 11 Select an Instrument from the Debug Front Panel Selection The following sections show and explain the different debug instrument panels Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 29 Agilent E1411B Digital An instrument box which connects to the Agilent E6171 Measurement Multimeter Control Module such as the Agilent E1411 DMM usually has two different dialog boxes which depend on the type of path selected as shown in Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection A and Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection B This
102. on programs all channels of the 16 channel Agilent E1418 DAC either as a voltage or current source Table 4 4 dgn Diagnostic Actions Ag3499SlotCheck Verifies that the 3499 contains the N2261 N2262 and N2264 cards in one of the 5 slots ArbAdjust Measures Voltage Current V I gains using the MCM and DMM on external Arb connections to the system AutoAdjust Measures all Voltage Current V I gains and offsets using the MCM and DMM dgnConnectString Connects the switch path referenced by the parameter pathstring This action is helpful when the path you wish to connect may be a variable or a symbol table entry dgnDisConnect Disconnects the switch path referenced by the parameter path This action is helpful when the path you wish to disconnect may be a variable or a symbol table entry EFTMuxTestDebugPorts This action tests the Series 2 debug ports by prompting the user to put a 50 ohm resistor on each port one at a time EFTMuxtTestPath12 This action test the Series 2 instrument mux relays for ABus1 and ABus2 EFTMuxTestPath34 This action test the Series 2 instrument mux relays for ABus3 and ABus4 fetchDeviceByName getiICA Diagnostics Action This action returns the module handle of the module referenced by string name This action returns 0 no ICA defined 1 Mass Interconnect MAC panel ICA 2 Test System Interface Express connect ICA 1 error condition getMo
103. ons are used for such things as configuring instruments making measurements and prompting users for inputs You can also generate custom actions using the Action Wizard and an application program such as Visual C C The action directory path is C Program Files Agilent TS 5000 System Software actions Actions are located in the following sub directories Sub Directory Action Type arb Arbitrary Waveform Generator Actions counter Counter Actions dac D A Converter Actions dgn Diagnostics Actions digitizer Digitizer Actions dio Digital I O Actions dmm Digital Multimeter Actions dso Digital Storage Oscilloscope event Event Detector Actions generic Miscellaneous Actions mcm Measurement Control Module Actions power Power Supply Actions serial Serial Interface Actions SerialProtocol Automotive Serial Protocol Actions switch SLU and Switching Actions vi Voltage Current Source Actions daq Data Acquisition Actions The system ust file is created at the factory with the appropriate module instrument and wiring data according to the system option The file can be edited using the System Configuration Editor see System Configuration Editor on page 14 or the Topology Editor in Agilent TestExec SL System Software Overview 11 Aliases Wires Modules Alias Name
104. ooo Update Output Voltage Protection V Current Protection i 0 MV Output Enabled Figure 2 19 Power Supply Debug Front Panel The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Voltage Current Specifies the output voltage or current for each channel of the power supplies The Type selection sets the voltage or current mode Dependent on the type selected enter the voltage value or current value into the Voltage or Current field respectively Update Output This button changes the power supply output Close This button closes the debug panel System Interface The setting of the counter function uses the following action routines psConfVI psSet psIsSet psConnect psDisconnect Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 39 Fast Connection You can select a switching path to a module instrument either by selecting Selection pins on the Unit Under Test UUT see Switching Path box in Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection A on page 30 or by creating a custom path using the Switching Action Editor see Switching Action Editor button in Agilent E1411 DMM Debug Front Panel showing Path Selection B on page 30 Specifying Unit Under When selecting UUT pins you normally specify from 1 to 4 connections Test Pins depending on the module instrument For example for the Digital Multimeter DMM you define these four connections high low high current sense and low current sense
105. orStatus This action is received error status from Agilent 53131A Universal Counter HP53131MeasTimelnterval To send a query command to an instrument and receives its response HP53131MeasureAgain This action only for repeats the last measurement use for speed on Agilent 53131A Universal Counter Chapter 4 Action Summary 87 Table 4 2 Counter Actions HP53131MeasureFreq Measure frequency using Agilent 53131A Universal Counter HP53131MeasureNegPulse Measure negative pulse width using Agilent 53131A Universal Counter HP53131MeasurePeriod Measure period using Agilent 43131A Universal Counter HP53131MeasurePosPulse Measure positive pulse width using Agilent 53131A Universal Counter HP53131MeasureVpp Measure Peak to Peak Voltage usiang Agilent 53131A Universal Counter HP53131Reset This action causes a hard reset of the Agilent 53131A Universal Counter HP53131SetTimeOut This action can be used to set operation time out value in milliseconds Only for Agilent 53131A Universal Counter Table 4 3 dac D A Converter Actions Agt34951ConfigureExternalPacing Configures the trigger type and external clock divisor for the specified channels After using this action to set up the external clock and trigger type call the following functions Agt34951ConfigureWaveform and Agt34951StartWaveform Agt34951ConfigurelInternalPacing Configures the trigger type and internal clock p
106. ows a few typical modules in the system ust file Alias Description Name Description Row 1 of internal swith matrix on PinCard1 Keywords sys iff pincard Reference Layer system ba Filter Jatt bs Reference Node PinCard Rowl PinCard1 Row Reference Node Figure 1 2 Typical Aliases Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Wire Name Wire Description system_ust QiAliases Wires B isense E lsense Arb1Lo 2 Arb1Hi B Description Digital Multimeter High Input connection to P Keywords mem port detector vi dmm Connections Ref Layer Ref Node s DMM Hi Modules Reference Node Figure 1 3 Typical Wires Module Name Module Description system ust Name I Disable Description MP E1411 5 1 2 Digit Multimeter in slot 8 at A matrix4 A matrix i Loadcardd Prefix oT A matrix3 Library hwhdmm di Browse Go switchunit ps1 Parameter Block Cicustomcard Device ID HP E1411 i Gade _s9 Vxl Cagett 0 Ed B adci VxI Slottt8 B adc Logicaldddress 8 LineFreq 60 B adc3 InGlobalReset 1 B adc4 Raise Exception On Timeout zl A Loadcard1 comi Update Mi matrixi Module Related Data Figure 1 4 Typical Modules Instruments System Software Overview 13 System Configuration Editor 14 System Software Overview This editor can be used to add new modules instruments or delete old modules instruments to from the system us
107. p a DAC channel to output DC current Agt34951SetCurrentWaveform Applies the specified trace to the output channels selected and enables the channels Defaults Clock Internal Trigger Immediate of Cycles Infinite To change these defaults or to avoid enabling the channels use the ConfigureWaveform action Agt34951SetStandardWaveform Creates trace data from a standard waveform Ramp Sine Square or Triangle Points are generated between 1 0 and 1 0 Minimum of 8 points per trace Total trace data storage for the DAC is 512 000 points for all traces Agt34951SetVoltDC Sets up a DAC channel to output DC voltage Agt34951 SetVoltWaveform This action will apply the specified trace to the output channels selected and enable the channels Defaults Clock Internal Trigger Immediate Cycles Infinite To change these defaults or to avoid enabling the channels use the ConfigureWaveform action Agt34951 StandardTrace Creates trace data from a standard waveform Ramp Sine Square or Triangle Points are generated between 1 0 and 1 0 Minimum 8 points per trace Total trace data storage for the DAC is 512 000 points for all traces Agt34951 StartWaveform Starts the waveforms on the specified channels Use the Agt34951ConfigWaveform action to configure the waveforms before using this action dacConfSourceDCl Configures the Agilent E1418 DAC to output the specified current Agilent E1418 only
108. perties Returns the values of the Agilent33220Burst interface properties Agt33220GetOutputProperties Returns the values of the Agilent833220Output interface properties Agt33220MsgReceive Receives SCPI commands via the Agilent33220System interface Agt33220MsgSend Sends SCPI commands via the Agilent33220System interface Agt33220MsgSendReceive Receives SCPI commands via the Agilent33220System interface Agt332200utputArbWaveform Downloads an arbitrary waveform and enables the output Agt332200utputStdWaveform High level action to generate a basic waveform Agt33220PutBurstProperties Sets the values of the Agilent33220Burst interface properties Agt33220PutOutputProperties Sets the values of the Agilent33220Output interface properties Agt3352xGetBurstProperties Agt3352xGetOutputProperties Returns the values of the Agilent3352xBurst interface properties Returns the values of the Agilent3352xOutput interface properties Agt3352xMsgReceive Agt3352xMsgSend Receives SCPI commands via the Agilent3352xSystem interface Sends SCPI commands via the Agilent3352xSystem interface Agt332xMsgSendReceive Receives SCPI commands via the Agilent3352xSystem interface Agt332xOutputArbWaveform Downloads an arbitrary waveform and enables the output Agt3352xOutputStdWaveform High level action to generate a basic waveform Agt3352xPutBurstProperties Sets the v
109. put channel The value returned will be either 0 1 or 2 where 0 Sink driven low 1 Source driven high and 2 Off inactive Spare Dig Read Reads a value from the digital input port of the Agilent E1330 Digital I O Module Spare Dig Write Sends a value to the digital output port of the Agilent E1330 Digital I O Module Chapter 4 Action Summary 97 Table 4 7 DMM Actions E1411 34401 34980A DMM Low Level Actions dmmConfCal Configures the 50 60Hz line frequency and enables disables autozero of the Agilent E1411 DMM Ignores the line frequency parameter for the Agilent 34401A amp 34980A DMMs dmmConfFunction Set the DMM function range and resolution of the Agilent E1411 Agilent 34401A 34980A or AG918X DMM dmmConfSample Selects the sample count is relevant for the Agilent 34401 and 34980A DMMs Selects the sample source sample count and sample period of the Agilent E1411 DMM dmmConfSimple Select one of three measurement types fast measurement speed with low resolution medium measurement speed with medium resolution and slow measurement speed with high resolution dmmConftrigin Selects the trigger input parameters of the Agilent E1411 or Agilent 34401 DMM dmmConftTrigOut dmmGetMultipleResults Lets you route the E1411 DMM s voltmeter complete signal to the VXIbus TTL trigger lines Returns multiple readings from the DMM waits if nec
110. ract clause Use duplication or disclosure of Software is subject to Agilent Technologies standard commercial license terms and non DOD Departments and Agencies of the U S Gov ernment will receive no greater than Restricted Rights as defined in FAR 52 227 19 c 1 2 June 1987 U S Govern ment users will receive no greater than Limited Rights as defined in FAR 52 227 14 June 1987 or DFAR 252 227 7015 b 2 November 1995 as applicable in any technical data Safety Notices Caution A Caution notice denotes a hazard It calls attention to an operating procedure practice or the like that if not correctly performed or adhered to could result in damage to the product or loss of important data Do not proceed beyond a Caution notice until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met WARNING A WARNING notice denotes a hazard It calls attention to an operating procedure practice or the like that if not correctly per formed or adhered to could result in personal injury or death Do not proceed beyond a WARNING notice until the indicated condi tions are fully understood and met Safety Summary The following general safety precautions must be observed during all phases of operation of this system Failure to comply with these precautions or with specific warnings elsewhere in this manual violates safety standards of design manufacture and intended use of the system Agilent Techno
111. rig Retrieve the trigger configuration of the M9185A card m9185dacSetRelay1Ch Turn on off the output relay for a single channel of M9185A m9185dacSetRelay8Ch Turn on off the output relay for 8 channels simultaneously of M9185A m9185dacSetRelay16Ch Turn on off the output relay for 16 channels simultaneously of M9185A m9185dacGetRelay1Ch Return the output relay state for a single channel of M9185A m9185dacGetRelay8Ch Return the output relay state for 8 channels of M9185A m9185dacGetRelay16Ch Return the output relay state for 16 channels simultaneously of M9185A m9185dacSetOut1Ch Set the voltage current output for a single channel of M9185A m9185dacSetOut8Ch Set the voltage current output for 8 channels of M9185A m9185dacSetOut16Ch Set the voltage current output for 16 channels of M9185A Chapter 4 Action Summary 91 Table 4 3 dac D A Converter Actions m9185dacGetOut1Ch Return the voltage current output level for a single channel of M9185A m9185dacGetOut8Ch Return the voltage current output level for a 8 channel of M9185A m9185dacGetOut16Ch Return the voltage current output level for 16 channels of M9185A m9185dacReset Reset the M9185A to its power on state High Level Actions DAC 16 Chan Individual This action programs each channel of the 16 channel Agilent E1418 DAC either as a voltage or current source DAC 16 Channels This acti
112. ring parameters arbConfTrigOut Set trigger parameters for output arblnitiate Starts the arb sequencer to output the waveform arblsSet Program arb transfers all arb settings specified by the arbConf arbReleaseWaveforms Causes the Agilent E6173 handler and driver to forget about all previously downloaded waveforms arbReset Causes a hard reset of the arb hardware arbSet Program arb transfers all arb settings specified by the arbConf arbSetClkAdjust Change a channel s clock timing on the fly arbSetSegment Not recommended for use in new testplans use Arb_DI_Custom_Waveform arbSetSequence Not recommended for use in new testplans use Arb_DI_Custom_Waveform arbSetWaveform Not recommended for use in new testplans arbStop Stops waveform output at end of current sequence on a given channel CreateArbWaveform This program uses the arbitrary waveform function to create an array that defines a square wave pulse with a calculated rise time and fall time The waveform consists of 4000 points HP33120ApplyWaveform To output a waveform from the Agilent 33120 ARB HP33120ClearWaveforms To clear the currently downloaded waveforms from the Agilent 33120 ARB HP33120DownloadWaveform To download a waveform to the Agilent 33120 ARB HP33120ErrorStatus To receive the error status from the Agilent 33120 ARB HP33120Reset To cause a hard reset to the Agielnt 33120 ARB HP3312
113. rm is as follows In the example a waveform is generated and stored using a particular name 1 e Arbwavel Once this waveform is generated it can then be selected in any part of the testplan Generate the waveform using Arb_D1 Std_Waveform with the waveform name Arbwavel parameter waveform name Arbwavel to select the waveform set waveform name of an Arb_Select_Wave_By_ Name action Arbwavel parameter waveform_name Arbwavel and then execute that action The waveform names are NOT case sensitive Using the above actions allow you to download and store several different waveforms into the Arb that can be selected in different parts of the testplan One way to do this is to download several different waveforms with different names at the beginning of the testplan and then select the different waveforms throughout the testplan An example to use different downloaded waveforms in different parts of a testplan is as follows Testl Arb Dl Std Waveform waveform name sine Arb DI Std_Waveform waveform name square Arb DI Std_Waveform waveform name triangle e e Test2 Arb _Select_Wave By Name waveform name triangle e Test3 Arb Select_Wave By Name waveform name sine e Chapter 3 e Test4 Arb Select Wave By Name waveform name square Testplan arbdown name tpa illustrates how to download a 1 kHz sine wave 2
114. rmDataRead Arb_DI_Waveform_Data test output custom waveform arblnitiate Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name DialogOkay r Parameters for WaveformD ataRead A data file using this format can be generated by an E1563A Digitizer using an appropriate action or the using the WaveformDataWrite or other supplied standard action How to download a custom data type waveform is shown in testplan arbcustom file tpa The downloaded waveform is a 1 kHz 1 0 mS 2 V peak ramp consisting of 21 segments A review of the testplan is as follows Description Downloads a waveform from a file Connect Arb channel 1 output to ABus1 and UUT Common Setup arb output circuitry Configures Arb s output circuitry Sends setup data to Arb Gets download waveform data from file and downloads the data to the Arb Reads data from file and store it in an array variable Download the data into the Arb that was read from the file to generate a data type waveform The waveform_name parameter is set to wave to give the downloaded waveform that name The waveform time or frequency is set to 1 kHz using the SampleTime parameter value in the WaveformDataRead action where frequency 1 sample time number of samples 1 0 000047619 21 0 001 S 1 kHz Executes the downloaded waveform Initialize the Arb to output the waveforms Start outputting the waveform Selects and outputs the waveform using the na
115. s 1 frequency 2 uS Using the DMM and ARB 67 Test Group Test Action Name testgroup Arb burst waveform Switching test setup Arb arbConfOutControls arbSet test download burst Arb_DI_Ext_Waveform test output waveform arblnitiate Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name DialogOkay 68 Using the DMM and ARB Normally force_seg_count is used set to 1 or 1 if you wish to have the segment counts of two waveforms be a multiple of each other to guarantee phase lock However this method uses more segment memory since the number of segments determines the frequency width y freq a Waveform Frequency F_burst parameter width Pulse Width in seconds Tpulse_width parameter freq Burst Frequency in Hz frequency parameter Figure 3 4 Typical Burst Waveform Testplan arbburst tpa illustrates how to generate a burst modulated waveform with waveform frequency set to 30 kHz burst frequency set to 1 kHz and burst pulse width set to 0 0001 seconds A review of the testplan is below Description Outputs a burst waveform Connect Arb channel 1 output to ABus1 and UUT Common Setup arb output circuitry Configures Arb s output circuitry Sends setup data to Arb Setup arb to download a burst waveform Setup a burst waveform with waveform frequency set to 30 kHz F_burst parameter burst frequency of 1 kHz frequency parameter and a burst pulse widt
116. s con tinuously or is cleared at each INITiate command L453xA_Init L453xA_MeasDutyCycle This sets the command changes the state of the triggering system from the idle state to the wait for arm state This query returns the duty cycle starting at the midpoint of a falling or rising edge Chapter 4 Action Summary 93 Table 4 5 digitizer Actions L453xA_MeasFreq L453xA_MeasOvershoot This query returns the frequency in Hz of the given cycle starting at the midpoint of a falling or rising edge The frequency of a signal is defined as the reciprocal of the period 1 period For the MEASure FALL FRE Quency VERBose query the period is defined as the time from the mid point of the specified falling edge to the midpoint of the next falling edge This query returns the falling or rising overshoot as a percentage L453xA_MeasPeriod This query returns the period of the given cycle in seconds L453xA_MeasPreShoot This query returns the falling or rising preshoot overshoot as a percentage L453xA_MeasPulseWidth L453xA_MeasTime L453xA_MeasVamplitude This query returns the pulse width in seconds of the given cycle starting at the midpoint of a rising falling edge This query measures and returns the fall time value of the falling or rising edge closest to the trigger reference Fall time is defined as the time in sec onds from the upper threshold to the lower threshold
117. seecseseeseeeeseecseenseeneenes 20 Using Software Debug Features 0 0 0 0 cccceccccsccessceeeeeseeesceeseeeeeeeeeeseecseenseeseeeneeeseesaeens 23 1e o T A A L E A EA E baa enna 23 Single Stepping EEEE EE E E E 24 Action Debug Messages rnini a aiee era EE Ea aE E ie 25 Wath Window a e A E aT E E EE E A 25 Instrument Debug Front Panels seinors inae i 28 Fast Connection Selection cccceecceceseesceseeesceseeseceecaeeeseeaeeeecaeeaeeaeeeeseneeaeeneenee 40 Viewing Waveforms swis netsan nE aaia a a settee ates seta tates 45 Instrument Handlers mentees bse sae othse cant hisanetidtscstdesetudadaied O EE AARET 48 Using the Action Wizard To Develop c cccccescesseeseesteeteceseeeseeaecaecneeseeeeseeesaeeaeees 49 Multithreading s3 sate veseceses detaes hfe asin EA AE EEE ETA T Ea a aAa 50 How Multithreading is working on a Testplan ccccecccecseceteceeeeeeeeseeneesees 50 Contents 7 8 Contents Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB eosoessooesoessoessosssesssessessseossossoossosssosssesssessessseossossoossoossosssosssee 57 Chapter Contents anr eieae nE eA EEEE PETE N RRT ESA 57 Triggered Voltage Measurement ccccecccessessseeseceteceseeeeeeeeeessecsaeceeeeeeseeeeseeeseenseens 58 How to Trigger the DMM srate rre E EEEE E 58 Using the Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator s sssseseesessssssessseeee 61 Arbitrary Waveform Generator Description ccccccsccessceseeeseeceneeeeceseeeneesaes 61
118. software trigger to the DMM Table 4 8 DSO Actions dsoConfigureTrigger To configure the trigger setting of the oscilloscope dsoGetDutyCycle To measure and outputs the duty cycle of the signal dsoGetFallTime To measure and outputs the fall time of the displayed falling negative going edge closest to the trigger reference dsoGetFrequency To measure and outputs the frequency of the cycle on the screen closest to the trigger reference dsoGetPeriod To measure and outputs the period of the cycle on the screen closest to the trigger reference dsoGetPulseWidth To measure and outputs the width of the displayed positive pulse closest to the trigger reference dsoGetRiseTime To measure and outputs the rise time of the displayed rising positive going edge closest to the trigger reference dsoGetVmaxVmin To measure and outputs the maximum and mininum vertical value present on the selected waveform dsoGetVpp To measure the maximum and mininum vertical value for the selected source then calculates the vertical peak to peak value and returns that value dsoGetWaveform To acquires the signal and save the data in the Waveform parameter array dsoMsgQuery To send a SCPI query string to the oscilloscope and returns the result THE RESULT BUFFER IS LIMITED TO 32767 CHARACTERS dsoMsgSend To send a SCPI command string to the oscilloscope 100 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4
119. specified channels dacAdvanceGetChanState Return the output state and trace state for a given channel dacAdvanceHaltWaveform This action will halt waveforms running on the specified channels dacAdvanceLoadTrace Load trace data from a text file dacAdvanceMsgQuery Send an instrument query and get the results dacAdvanceMsgReceive Read theL4451A results buffer dacAdvanceMsgSend Send a SCPI command to the L44xx dacAdvanceReset This action is used for L4451A reset dacAdvanceSetCurrentDC Setup a DAC channel to output DC current dacAdvanceSetCurrentWaveform Apply current waveform of the specified trace to the output channels selected and enable the channels dacAdvanceSetStandardWaveform Create trace data from a standard waveform Ramp Sine Square or Triangle dacAdvanceSetVoltDC Setup a DAC channel to output DC voltage dacAdvanceSetVoltWaveform Apply voltage waveform of the specified trace to the output channels selected and enable the channels dacAdvanceStandardTrace Create trace data from a standard waveform Ramp Sine Square or Triangle dacAdvanceStartWaveform Start the waveform on the selected channel The waveform must have already been configured with the dacAdvanceConfigWaveform action m9185dacGetCardInfo This action retrieves the M9185A card information m9185dacSettTrig Set the trigger configuration of the M9185A card m9185dacGettT
120. st NewTest Wait Thread ae Radha Available threads Wait For test NewTes Serre ae SES es test NewTest4 test NewTest2 test NewTest1 test NewTest3 j aitthread Neww aitthread FSLN OWLOS Maximum timeout ms 0 Figure 2 37 Wait Thread statment Using Wait Thread Statement in Loop For In and For To Step Statements It is recommended to insert Wait Thread statement right before Next statement in Loop For In and For To Step statements if threaded tests exists within these statements The Wait Thread statement needs to wait for all threaded tests within the Loop and For Loop statements otherwise the results might be unexpected Using Wait Thread Statement for Throughput Multiplier Threaded Test Statement It is also recommended to insert Wait Thread statement after a throughput multiplier threaded test statement to wait for all the threads running for all the UUTs to complete execution before proceeding on with next statement How to Use the System Software 55 Using Wait Thread Statement in Testgroup Statement A Wait Thread statement should be inserted right before end testgroup statement if threaded tests exist within the testgroup statement The Wait Thread statement needs to wait for all threaded tests within the testgroup otherwise the results might be unexpected Using Wait Thread Statement in Sequence Library A Wait Thread statement should be inserted as the last statement of a sequence library l
121. surment without requiring configration dmmMeasureACl Measure AC current using 34980A or AG918X DMM dmmMeasureACV Measure AC voltage using the E1411 34401 or AG918X DMM dmmMeasureCurrent Measures voltage across a user supplied shunt or sense resistor to calculate current using the E1411 or 34401 DMM dmmMeasureDCl Measure DC current using 34401 or AG918X DMM dmmMeasureDCV Measure DC voltage using the Agilent E1411 Agilent 34401 or AG918X DMM dmmMeasureFrequency For the 34401 DMM only Measures frequency dmmMeasFrequencyPxl For AG918X DMM only Measure frequency dmmMeasureOhms Measure resistance using the Agilent E1411 Agilent 34401 DMM or AG918X dmmMeasurePeriod For the 34401 DMM only Measures period dmmMeasPeriodPXI For AG918X DMM only Measures period dmmMeasCAPPxXI For AG918X DMM only Measures capacitance Chapter 4 Action Summary 99 Table 4 7 DMM Actions dmmMeasureTrigVoltage Configures the Agilent E1411 or Agilent 34401 DMM to measure a DC voltage triggered by a VXI backplane TTL signal Agilent E1411 only or external signal dmmSelfTestEX For the 34980A DMM only Resets the DMM and all cards in the chassis sets the timeout to 20 seconds executes the DMM Selftest returns the result code and message then returns the timeout to the previous value even if the action fails dmmSendSWTrigEX For the 34980A DMM only Sends a Bus
122. t file see System ust File on page 11 for information It can add delete any supported GPIB or VXI instruments Pin Matrix Modules and or load cards The editor has the following functions Shows all supported modules instruments e Automatically detects all modules instruments currently in the system e Able to add new custom modules instruments to the system ust file Able to edit module instrument parameters Any of the supported and custom modules instruments can be added to the system ust file Dependent on the system type and option e g Test System Interface vs Mass Interconnect the System Configuration Editor automatically generates the appropriate wires and aliases see System ust File on page 11 for information The wiring etc data is located in a spreadsheet that is specifically generated for your system type and option The System Configuration Editor is available from the TestExec SL Toolbar or from a shortcut in the Desktop on the system PC controller Refer to the System Configuration Editor s online help for more details Chapter 1 Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software Chapter Contents This chapter lists the needed software to run the system and shows some system specific software operation The chapter is separated as follows Required Computer Hardware and Software page 15 System Software Description 2 0 0 00 ee eens page 16 Selecting Agilent T
123. tage or current mode and defines contents of the input field Dependent on the type selected enter the voltage value current value into the Voltage Current field Note the E1328A cannot programmatically select the voltage or current option Update Output This button changes the output setting Close This button closes the debug panel System Interface The setting of the DAC uses the following action routine dac16i_setup 32 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Agilent E1333A Counter Agilent E1333 Counter Debug Front Panel shows the dialog box for Agilent E1333A Counter Only the UUT connection screen is shown The custom path selection is the same used by the Digital Multimeter see Figure 2 12 on page 30 E1333A Counter Debug ctrl io x Function s Frequency X m Input I Attenuation Level Trigger 0 0 T Filter T Coupling Input Impedance Ac 50 High C75 m Switching Path UUT Switching Custom Switching Counter High Pini j Using Jabust j m Measurement Results Execute Singe Continuous Figure 2 14 Agilent E1333 Counter Debug Front Panel The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Function Choose Frequency Period Positive Pulse Width Negative Pulse Width Totalize Input Coupling Input Impedance Allows you to set input functions The setting of each function is sent before a measurement
124. tching Action Editor to select the next Select Switching Path window Single m Measurement Results e Execute C Continuous Figure 2 20 Enabling the Select Switching Path Screen Adding a New Path To add a new path first determine the end nodes or points in the path Then use the Switching Action Editor to find a path using the intermediate nodes between the end notes or points For example to connect the Hi input of the Agilent E141 1B Digital Multimeter DMM to the Hi output of the Agilent E6171 Measurement Control Module MCM you must know the node names for these connections Also since the DMM has no direct connections to the VI source or MCM it must connect using ABusx Thus the nodes for this path would be DVMHi ABus VISrcHi Before adding a new path first use the procedure in Figure 2 20 to enable the Select Switching Path screen Then use the procedure in Figure 2 21 to add the path Editing a Switching Path To edit a path first use the procedure in Figure 2 20 to enable the Select Switching Path screen if the screen is not enabled Then use the procedure in Figure 2 22 to edit the path Deleting a Path To delete a path first use the procedure in Figure 2 20 to enable the Select Switching Path screen if the screen is not enabled Then use the procedure in Figure 2 23 to delete the path Chapter 2 How to Use the System Softw
125. te Use the waveform names in the waveform name parameters of the of Arb _Dl_xxx actions to select them A typical sequence to generate a waveform is as follows 1 Setup Arb using the arbConfOutControls action 2 Send the setup data to the Arb using the arbSet action 3 Download waveform data using the Arb DI xxx action use a unique waveform name in the waveform_name parameter 4 Initialize the Arb to output the waveform using the arbInitiate action 5 Select the downloaded waveform using the Arb_Select_Wave_By_ Name action using the waveform name in the Arb DI xxx action Using the DMM and ARB 63 Generating Standard Waveforms Note 64 Using the DMM and ARB The following shows how to download standard waveforms for output using the standard actions For high throughput capability use the Arb_D1 xxx actions Downloading a Standard Waveform Use the Arb DI Std Waveform action to download the waveform and the Arb Select Wave By Name action to select the waveform In this case the same waveform name is referenced by both actions to select the waveform for output Using this method a waveform can be selected on the fly to allow fast waveform access This is because the waveform has previously been generated and stored in memory All that is needed is to select the waveform to output it An example to download and then select a wavefo
126. the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer ADC ADCFastOff This action shuts off the Agilent1429 Digitizer s fast fetch mode until it is re opened ADCGetSampleFreq Returns the sample rate values from the most recent setup of the Agilent E1429 Digitizer ADCGetSamplelinfo Returns sample rate and data point count values from the most recent setup of the Agilent E1429 Digitizer ADC ADClInitiate Arms the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer ADC and retrieves the data after triggering occurs ADClsSet Waits until the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer ADC is ready for ADCLastReading measurement Transfers the current digitizer data from the E1563 E1564 or E1429 from memory into a waveform data type to allow easy viewing ADCReset Resets the digitizer ADC to its power on state for all channels ADCSelfTest Runs a selftest on the Agilent E1429 Digitizer ADC that is provided by its Plug and Play driver ADCSetReturnMode This action allows time outs on the specified E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer ADC to raise an exception when encountered ADCSetTimeout Sets the E1563 E1564 or E1429 Digitizer ADC operation time out value in milliseconds ADCSetTimeoutException This action allows enabling disabling exception response to a timeout on the specified E1563 E1564 or E1429 digitizer ADC ADCStart Arms the Agilent E1429 Digitizer ADC for the configured trigger event and returns ADCType Returns th
127. the symbol you can also click on the three dots to select it but a different procedure is used IVAW Waveform 6 Click on the appropriate symbol name Fati E All Public to select it TestStepLocal zi E TestPlanGlobals E System E hwconfig Figure 3 15 Reference a Symbol in the Arb_DI_Waveform_Data Action Chapter 3 Using the DMM and ARB 81 Memory Requirements for Downloading Waveforms Note Agilent E6173A Arbitrary Waveform Generator Error Messages 82 Using the DMM and ARB Creating a Data File The data file is an ASCI file that contains waveform data You can add data manually where each segment data point is a line in the file You can also use the WaveformDataWrite action to store the data into the file For example you can use the action to store a waveform read by the E1563A A D Converter into a file then download the file to the Arb and output For the Arb to achieve high throughput it downloads into memory all waveforms to be used in the testplan A waveform can then be output in any part of the testplan The Arbis limited on how many waveforms can be stored depending on the size of the waveforms Normally the Arb has sufficient memory for all the waveforms in a testplan unless the testplans use a very large number of waveforms or several long waveforms The Arb driver then generates an error normally an Segment count too big during download
128. tion starts group messaging for one ID Call this action as many times as needed to send multiple IDs softCANStopGroupMsg For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Stops group messaging for one ID If you wish to stop group messaging for all IDs enter ALL no quotes in the HexStringID parameter 106 Action Summary Chapter 4 Table 4 14 Automotive Serial Protocol Actions softCANWrite For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Writes one ID and data to the CAN channel specified The ID must be defined first see softCANDefinelD Once a read or write has occurred no more IDs can be defined until the card is reset via softCANSetup or a global reset softCANWriteFifo For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Transmits a data frame onto the specified channel CanChannel The transmit request is processed through the transmit FIFO The ReturnCode parameter indicates if the FIFO is full or any other errors occured softCANWriteFifoAlt For the Softing CAN AC2 PCI card Transmits a data frame onto the specified channel CanChannel using integers This is similar to the softCANWriteFifo action which uses strings The transmit request is processed through the transmit FIFO The ReturnCode parameter indicates if the FIFO is full or any other errors occured Table 4 15 Switch Actions Low Level Actions GetLoadCardID Reads the configuration register of the load box hardResetSU Reset a
129. ts standard waveforms Connect Arb channel 1 output to ABus1 and UUT Common Output sine wave Immediately outputs a sine wave function parameter is set to 0 This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e sine wave Output square wave Immediately outputs a square wave function parameter is set to 1 pule and duty_cycle parameter is set to 0 5 for the pulse function to output the square wave This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e square wave Output triangle wave Immediately outputs a triangle wave function parameter is set to 2 This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e triangle wave Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Downloading a Standard Phase Shifted or Burst Modulated Waveform Use the Arb Dl Ext Waveform action for phase shifted and burst modulated waveforms This action has the following functionality Square wave generation Positive and negative ramp generation Positive and negative pulse generation Burst modulation Phase shift Pulse width for positive and negative pulses and burst pulses ON ge To correctly generate a waveform it is important to understand how to set some of this action s different parameters These are explained as follows frequency Specifies the output frequency if the waveform is NOT a burst waveform F_ burst parameter set to
130. tware Chapter 2 E Watch Iof x Shows that the dmm is watched Click here to see the expanded view of the parameters see below E Watch of x Function DCV Range 0 Aperture 0 02 Autozero On E Trigger This is an expanded view of the dmm Source IMM Agilent E1411 Digital Multimeter Count 1 parameters Delay Auto Sample Source IMM Count 1 Period 0 0002 LineFrequency 50Hz Figure 2 9 Agilent E1411B Digital Multimeter Watch Window with Parameters Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 27 Instrument Debug Agilent TestExec SL provides a series of debug instrument front panels for Front Panels the Agilent TS 5000 system instruments The debug panels provide two main features The ability to interactively view the current Unit Under test UUT state The ability to interactively view the current state of points within the system Debug Panel Types The following debug panels are supplied with the system dependent on the modules instrument currently installed in the system e Agilent E1411B Digital Multimeter page 30 e Agilent E1328A amp E1418A Digital to Analog Converter page 32 e Agilent E1333A Counter 0 0 cece page 33 e VXI Technology E1563A Digitizer 04 page 35 e Agilent E6171B Measurement Control Module page 36 e Agilent E6174A Event Detector 0 000000 page 37 e Agilent E6198A Switch Load Unit
131. uch as an integer variable as if it were a field in a database If you do not have some locking mechanism in the database you stand a chance of corruption to the data Thus one user might retrieve the data and perform a calculation and write back the data If in the meantime someone else has retrieved the data performed the calculation and written it back the second user s calculations will be lost when the first person writes back to the database In the way that a database has to handle updates at unpredictable times so a multithreaded program has to cater for this possibility TestExec SL has a wait thread statement especially to resolve matters like this 54 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Chapter 2 H Testplan Editor testing testplan tpa The Wait Thread statement allows you to block remaining statements from execution prior to completion of threaded tests statement in the Wait For column To insert a Wait Thread statement click Insert Wait Thread in TestExec SLs menu bar The maximum timeout value is used to specify the maximum duration a Wait Thread statement would need to wait for the threads A timeout of 0 ms means the program will wait forever until all the waited threaded tests have completed execution The below testplan shows that NewWaitthread needs to wait for NewTest1 to complete execution Testplan Variant Normal v SS Testplan Sequence Main al Wait Thread Name NewWwaitthread te
132. ug Front Panel shows the dialog box Switch Load Unit for controlling the Switch Load Unit E6198 gpio Figure 2 18 Agilent E6198A Switch Load Unit Debug Front Panel The debug panel boxes and buttons do the following Digital I O Read Reads a value from the Agilent E6198 switch load unit digital input ports Fixture ID is value from Fix _ID 0 7 of access connector J104 and Spare is value from Spare DigIn 0 7 of access connector J104 Digital I O Write Write a value to the Agilent E6198 switch load unit digital output ports Open Collector writes to output port on the switch load unit backplane Spare writes to output Spare DigOut 0 7 on backplane connector J104 Digital to Analog Converter DAC 1 DAC 2 Change the voltage gain and offset values used to set the DAC voltage in the switch load unit for both DAC 1 and DAC 2 System Interface The setting of the switch load unit will use the following action routines digitalWriteSU digitalReadSU dacSetDCVSU dacSetGainOffsetSU 38 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Agilent 6642A 6643A Power Supply Debug Front Panel shows the dialog box for controlling the 6652A 6653A 6673A Agilent 6642A 6643A 6653A 6673A Power Supplies You can specify the Power Supplies vtput voltage or current for each channel of the Power Supply You must specify a protection voltage greater than the voltage setting 66XXA Power Supply Debug ps1 BEE Voltage Current pooo p
133. ument StoreLogString This action allows the user to place any string into the log data storage area which will be used by any log record which accesses that field High Level Actions ConcatenateStrings The value of String2 is concatenated onto the end of String1 DelayMicroseconds Delays the test by the specified number of microseconds DelayMillisecond Delays the test by the specified number of milliseconds DelaySecond FormatString Delays the test by the specified number of seconds The value of Argument is processed through the FormatString and will show up in ResultString Chapter 4 Action Summary 101 Table 4 10 Generic Actions IViDriverDisable Quickly places the instrument in a state where it has no or minimal effect on the external system to which it is connected This state is not necessarily a known state lViDriverErrorQuery Queries the instrument and returns instrument specific error information This function can be used when QuerylnstrumentStatus is True to retrieve error details when the driver detects an instrument error lVIDriverLockObject lViDriverReset Obtains a multithread lock on the driver after waiting until all other execution threads have released their locks on the instrument session Places the instrument in a known state and configures instrument options on which the IVI specific driver depends for example enabling disabling
134. ure 2 26 Amplitude Data on the Waveform Display Graphical Editor 46 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 waveform Waveform URZGTT J Action Gutput Click on OK to store waveform Figure 2 27 Sample Waveform Display Chapter 2 How to Use the System Software 47 Instrument Handlers Instrument Handlers are a layer of software between Agilent TestExec SL and standard instrument drivers see Figure 2 28 In general Instrument Handlers are designed to be called from C C code action Instrument Handler Driver Figure 2 28 Software Layers Instrument handlers contain functions written in C code that are organized by instrument type and function and require parameters relevant to the function For example the call to set up triggering for a voltmeter is dmmConfTrigiIn dmm trigselect count delay Function dmmConfTrigIn accepts four parameters dmm trigselect count and delay The generic name of the function is ConfTrigIn and the name of the instrument in this case dmm is added as a prefix to form the full specific name of the function Note Instrument handlers are maintained constant in different TS 5000 software releases which is not the case with the drivers Thus use instrument handlers for actions whenever possible 48 How to Use the System Software Chapter 2 Using the Action Wizard To Develop The Agilent TestExec SL application used in the TS 5000 System comes with a pro
135. utput looks more staircased on an oscilloscpe due to the 47 62 uS segment time Figure 3 6 Arb Waveform Downloading User Defined Waveforms This Arb D1 Custom _Waveform action uses several double and single dimensioned array type parameters to set the voltage segments sequences markers dwell next sequences and other values to download and generate user defined custom waveforms Figure 3 3 shows a typical custom waveform The figure shows a triangle waveform that shows the relationship between the segments sequence and segment execution time To generate a waveform it is important to understand how to set the different parameters of the action This is explained as follows voltage Specifies the voltage value of the waveform segments for one or more sequences voltage range is 16 4 V This is a double dimensioned array where the column is the sequence number and the rows are the segment numbers Figure 3 7 shows a typical example marker Specifies a marker on the selected segment in a valid sequence The marker pulse will only be output if the sequence is non zero The marker signal always appears on the Arb s front panel BNC connector It can also be routed to the VXI TTL backplane Figure 3 8 shows a typical example on how to specify markers 72 Using the DMM and ARB Chapter 3 nr_sequence Specifies the number of sequences to be downloaded This value must be 1 or above or no waveform will be dow
136. w The number of segments needed to generate the swept sine waves depend on the frequency span between the start and end frequencies and the sweep time Large spans and or sweep times could exceed the maximum allowable segments Description Sweeps Arb sine waves Connect Arb channel 1 output to ABus1 and UUT Common Setup arb output circuitry Configures Arb s output circuitry Sends setup data to Arb Sweeps a sine wave in the forward direction Downloads a sine wave for a forward sweep from 1 kHz to 2 kHz for a time of 0 5 seconds test setup forward amp reverse sweeps Sweeps a sine wave in both forward and reverse direction Arb_Dl_Swept_Sine_Ex test execute sweeps arblnitiate Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name DialogOkay Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name DialogOkay Chapter 3 Downloads a sine wave for a forward and reverse sweep from 1 kHz to 2 kHz for a time of 0 2 seconds with a delay of 0 5 seconds between sweeps Execute both sweeps Initialize the Arb to output the waveform Start outputting the waveform The Arb at this time outputs the last downloaded waveform i e forward and reverse sweep Selects and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e wave1 This optional action is used here to view the current waveform i e forward sweep Selects and outputs the waveform using the name entered in the waveform_name parameter i e wave
137. wnload_Waveform Not recommended for use in new testplans use Arb_DI_Waveform_Data Arb_Enable_Download Not recommended for use in new testplans Arb_Output_Std_Waveform Arb_Select_Synced_Waveforms Configures Agilent E6173 Arb to generate a sine pulse or triangle waveform of specified frequency amplitude and offset Not recommended for use in new testplans Use Arb_Select_Synced_Waves_By_Name Arb_Select_Synced_Waves_By_Name Allows selection of Agilent E6173 Arb waveforms on the fly of both channels referenced by name assigned in the Arb_DI_ xxx actions Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name Allows the selection of Agilent E6173 Arb waveforms on the fly referenced by name assigned in the Arb_DI_xxx actions Arb_Select_Waveform Not recommended for use in new testplans Use Arb_Select_Wave_By_Name Arb_Source_MDA High Level Action Programs the arb to act as the MDA source arbConfOutControls Configures the Agilent E6173 Arb s output circuitry arbConfSync arbConfTimebase Enable disable synchronous mode on a given arb channel pair Select internal 10MHz clock or an external clock supplied through the front panel BNC Chapter 4 Action Summary 85 Table 4 1 arb Arbitrary Waveform Generator Actions arbConfTimeout Sets the I O timeout value in milliseconds for communication with the Agilent E6173 Arb arbConftTrigIn Set input trigge

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