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Agilent E1465A/E1466A/E1467A
Relay Matrix Switch Modules
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Contents
Agilent E1465/66/67A Relay Matrix Switch Modules

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
User Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 1. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Matrix Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Instrument Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Programming the Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Specifying SCPI Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Initial Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 2. Configuring the Matrix Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
WARNINGS and CAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setting the Module Address Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting the Interrupt Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing the Relay Matrix Switch Module in a Mainframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Wiring the Standard Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Attaching the Standard Terminal Module to the Relay Matrix Switch Module . . . . . 27
Connector Pin-Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Agilent E1465A Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Agilent E1466A Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
The Agilent E1467A Standard Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Creating Larger Matrices with Agilent E1465/66/67A Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Module Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Agilent E1467A Option 211 Matrix Expansion Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Option 211 Expansion Terminal Module Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Attaching the E1467A Option 211 Matrix Expansion Terminal Module . . . . . . . . . 38
Attaching Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using Multiple Mainframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 3. Using the Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Matrix Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power-On and Reset Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Module Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Example: Sequencing Through the Agilent E1466A Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Scanning Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Example: Scanning Channels with System Multimeter Using TTL Trigger . . . . . 48
Example: Scanning Channels with an External Instrument
Using Trigger In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49



Agilent E1465/66/67A Relay Matrix Switch Modules Contents 1
Querying the Matrix Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the Scan Complete Bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recalling and Saving States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Detecting Error Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Synchronizing the Matrix Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Understanding the Relay Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Advantages of Latching Relays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Increased System Throughput . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Chapter 4. Relay Matrix Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Command Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Common Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SCPI Command Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Command Separator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Abbreviated Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Implied Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Linking Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SCPI Command Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ABORt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
:COUNt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
:COUNt? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DISPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
:MONitor[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
:MONitor:CARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
INITiate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
:CONTinuous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
:CONTinuous? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
OUTPut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
:EXTernal[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
:EXTernal[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
:TTLTrg[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
:TTLTrg[:STATe]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
[ROUTe:] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CLOSe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CLOSe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
OPEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
OPEN? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
SCAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
STATus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
:OPERation :CONDition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
:OPERation:ENABle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
:OPERation:ENABle? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
:OPERation[:EVENt]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
:PRESet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
SYSTem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
:CDEScription? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
:CTYPe? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82



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:CPON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
:ERRor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
TRIGger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
[:IMMediate] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
:SOURce? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
IEEE 488.2 Common Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
SCPI Command Quick Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Appendix A. Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Relay Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
End-of-Life Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Replacement Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Appendix B. Matrix Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using This Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Addressing the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Base Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Register Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Register Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Reading and Writing to the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Register-Based Programming Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Reading the Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Making Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Scanning Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Appendix C. Matrix Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113




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