agilent e3642a

[jjbelang]

Hi!

I'm working on a DC power supply Agilent E3642A.

Is it possible to use an external control knob to control the voltage output, and to display the voltage output on an external screen, without using a computer ?!

Thanks for your answers,

[JÞB]

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jjbelang wrote:

Hi!

I'm working on a DC power supply Agilent E3642A.

Is it possible to use an external control knob to control the voltage output, and to display the voltage output on an external screen, without using a computer ?!

Thanks for your answers,

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No.

All the remote for this device must pass through either a GPIB bus or a RS-232 interface and must be forrmatted as SCPI MLMs (Multi Line Messages)

Several (OLDER) supplies allow for analog programming but may meet your needs.  Kepco still sells some of analog programable models 

[Dennis_Knutson]

The power supply has a knob and a screen that displays the current voltage. You question makes no sense to me.

[JÞB]

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Dennis Knutson wrote:
The power supply has a knob and a screen that displays the current voltage. You question makes no sense to me.

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Yeah but only on the front panel.  Sometimes a remote indicator is useful-  set the voltage with a knob next door and have a current loop feedback the output to a guage.  Its pretty old-school but was common in the '50's

[jjbelang]

Actually, on the project I'm working on, the power supply will be located quite far IN the machine, in a quite messy and hardly reachable location. I won't be able to get to it easily. That's why I want a knob to control the output voltage and a small screen to display it...

Is there anything I could plug in the RS-232 serial port that would allows me to set the voltage directly...?!

thanks again 

[JÞB]

Again- no

not with this power supply

<have you read the user's guide ?>