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Quick Start Guide
Agilent Technologies
14565A Device
Characterization Software
for Windows 95,
Windows 98, and
Windows NT 4.0
Contents

Description ...........................................................................................................3

System Requirements ...........................................................................................3

Installing and Running the Software.....................................................................4

Configuring the I/O ..............................................................................................4

Performing Basic Operations................................................................................5

Display Area.........................................................................................................6

Making Triggered Measurements.........................................................................7

Performing Measurements on Waveforms............................................................8

Placing a Waveform on the Display .....................................................................9

Printing and Saving Measurement Data..............................................................10

Advanced Measurement Settings........................................................................10

Display Preferences ............................................................................................10

Source Settings ...................................................................................................11

Sample Waveforms.............................................................................................11

Warranty.............................................................................................................12

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Description
What the The Agilent Technologies 14565A Device Characterization
Agilent Software is an easy-to-use graphical user interface for the
14565A Agilent 66300-series Dynamic Measurement DC Sources. With
Will Do it, you can:
a Control output and measurement functions from a single
screen.
a View an oscilloscope-like display of dynamic output
measurements.
a Superimpose up to two stored waveforms on active
waveform data.
a Get measurement details by zooming in on active
waveforms.
a View calculated measurements based on active waveforms.
a Save and recall waveform data.
What the The Agilent 14565A Device Characterization Software does not:
Agilent a Control instruments other than Agilent dc sources.
14565A
a Provide drivers for other GPIB instruments.
Will Not Do
a Operate with Windows 3.1.

System Requirements
PC a 486DX66 (minimum)
a 16 Mbytes RAM
a 4 Mbytes of disk space
32-bit a Windows 98
Platforms a Windows 95
a Windows NT 4.0
Supported a Agilent 82340B, 82341C, 82341D, 82335B1
I/O a National AT GPIB/TNT, AT GP-IB/TNT PnP (Windows 95)
a RS-232
1
The Agilent 82335B is only supported for Windows 95, provided you have
either the E2094F or E2094E I/O library.

Supported a Agilent 66309B/D
Dc Source a Agilent 66311A/B/D
Models a Agilent 66312A/66332A
a Agilent 66319B/D; 66321B/D

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Installing and Running the Software

NOTE: Before running the Agilent 14565A application, you must have installed
and connected your dc source to the PC using the appropriate interface
cable. You must also have the appropriate interface card installed and
configured. If you are using an Agilent interface card, you must have
the appropriate 32-bit SICL or VISA library drivers installed.

1. Place Disk #1 in the A: drive of your computer and run SETUP.EXE.
2. Follow the directions on the screen to install the software. The
README.TXT file contains product updates or corrections that are not
documented in the help file. Use any text editor to open and read this file.
3. To run the Agilent 14565A application, click on its desktop icon.
You can also click on the Start button and select:
Programs | Agilent 4565A DCS | Agilent 14565A DCS

Configuring the I/O
Make sure that the dc source is turned on. To configure the I/O, select the I/O
Configuration command in the Edit menu. This step is necessary to establish
communication with the dc source. The I/O configuration screen comes up
automatically when you turn Simulation mode off in the Source menu.
Note that the serial port is much slower than the HP-IB interface.
Select I/O type. Serial port only.
(HPIB, GPIB, Specifies the comm
VISA, or serial) port on the PC.

Address must Serial port only. Dc
match setting of source must match
instrument. these Baud rate,
(HPIB/GPIB only) Parity and Flow
control settings
For HPIB cards
only. Must match Click to automatically
SICL name used search for any dc
in GPIB card's source on the
configuration. interface.

If there seems to be no communication between the Agilent 14565A application
and the dc source, select Auto Detect to detect any dc sources connected to your
pc. Also, try resetting the I/O interface by clicking the red reset button. This also
resets the dc source to its default settings.

NOTE: If you program the Agilent dc source from the front panel of the unit,
you will need to refresh or update the Agilent 14565A application. Go
to the View menu and select the Reread Instrument State command.

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Performing Basic Operations
The Main window appears when you run the Agilent 14565A application. From
this window you can control the output of the dc source and view output
measurements.

NOTE: Not all controls are displayed when you initially run the Agilent
14565A application. Output 2 controls are only available on Agilent
66309B/D and 66319B/D. DVM controls are only available on
Agilent 66311D/66309D and 66319D/66321D.

Click V to
measure voltage;
Click A to
Turn on measure current.
output 1.

Enter voltage Click to make a
and current measurement.
for output 1. This overwrites
the previous
waveform.
Output 2 and
DVM controls
not available Adjust values to
on all models. vary sample rate
Use View menu and vertical scale.
to display. Can be done
before or after
measurement.

To display a sample waveform:
a Select the Load Waveform command in the File menu, and then select
DemoWaveform1.txt.
a Select Active Waveform in the Load Waveform Location dialog box. The
waveform should match the one shown in the above figure.
To set the voltage, current, and resistance levels:
a Click in the field labeled Voltage, type in the desired output voltage and
press Enter.
a Enter a current limit value in the field labeled Current.
a For units that have programmable output resistance, enter a resistance value
in the field labeled Resistance.
To turn on the output:
a Enable the dc source output by pressing the ON button. On some models,
each output has its own output control. If the message OVLD appears in
the display, set the Current Measurement control to the Hi Range.

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To make a measurement:
a Click the A button to select current measurements; click the V button to
select voltage measurements.
a Click the Measure button to make the measurement.
a Adjust the time/div and amps/div fields to adjust the sample rate and vertical
scale. Click Auto Scale to fit the display to the acquired waveform.
To view the output 2 controls and the DVM display:
a If your dc source has a second output or a DVM input, go to the View menu
and check the item that you wish to display.
Second Output
Digital Voltmeter
If the item is greyed out, your dc source does not have this feature.

Display Area
The display area displays the output measurement after the Measure button is
pressed. Only measurements from the main output can be displayed. The
following figure describes the various measurements displayed in the window.

Maximum
measured
value.

Vertical axis Average high
displays level.
amplitude.

Minimum
measured Average low
value. level.

Displays the
measurements
calculated from
the waveform.

The values in the measurement area at the bottom of the display are calculated
from the all of the data that is captured in the display. If horizontal markers have
been set, measurements are calculated only from the data between the markers.
Refer to Performing Measurements on Waveforms.
Calculated measurements at the bottom of the display may not agree exactly with
values shown on the front panel of the instrument if the sample rate of the
display differs significantly from the instrument's front panel sample rate.

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Making Triggered Measurements

Triggered measurements let you control when the measurement trigger will
occur. The following figure describes the various trigger controls.

NOTE: If you do not know where to set the trigger level, you can make a
measurement with the trigger set to Auto Trig. Then view the
measurement to see where to place the trigger level. Set the trigger
controls and make another measurement.

Click to
initialize a
triggered
Move slide to measurement
specify the
trigger level.
Trigger level
is identified by
Set up the a red line.
triggered
measurement Trigger offset
is identified by
Move slide to a vertical red
specify a line.
trigger offset.

Specifies a
Specify # of hysteresis band
sweeps. Refer around the
to online help. trigger level.

a Click the A button to select current measurements; click the V button to
select voltage measurements.