266 L4400 User’s Guide
Index
distribution board
Y1150A (L4445A), 161
Y1151A (L4445A), 165
Y1152A (L4445A), 170
Y1153A (L4445A), 175
Y1154A (L4445A), 180
Y1155A (L4445A), 185
distribution boards
L4445A, 160
downloading firmware updates, 39
drivers
recommended, 16
D-sub pinouts
L4421A, 109
L4433A (two-wire mode), 123
L4433A one-wire mode), 127
L4437A, 135
L4450A, 224
L4451A, 232
L4452A, 244
E
editing LAN settings, 30
electrical operating conditions, 3, 66
environmental operating conditions, 2, 66
error queue, 97
example programs, 59
L4421A, 105
L4433A, 116
L4437A, 133
L4445A, 194
L4451A, 228
L4452A, 241
examples
IVI-C, 61
IVI-COM (.NET), 59
L4400 and 34980A, 64
porting to other instruments, 65
VISA and VISA COM, 62
Visual Basic 6.0, 61
Visual Basic.NET, 60
execution times
L4445A, 155
Ext Trig connector, 75
Ext Trig port, 51
external DMM, 83
external pullups
L4450A, 208
external reference, 110
external scanning, 75, 82
applicable instruments, 81
connections, 81
F
firmware updates, 39
downloads, 39
installation, 40
update utility, 39
utility installation, 39
format
reading, 79
frequency measurements
L4450A, 223
front panel LEDs, 48
front panel overview, 48
G
global error queue, 97
GPIB
adding additional instruments, 38
adding instruments to the configuration, 34
address string, 35
changing the address, 35
using Agilent Connection Expert, 33
verifying communication, 35
GPIB cables
connecting, 33
GPIB configuration, 33
grounding requirements, ii
H
handshake line drive mode
L4450A, 210
handshake line output voltage level
L4450A, 210
handshake line polarity
L4450A, 210
handshake line threshold
L4450A, 210
handshake sequence, 82
handshaking
L4450A, 209
handshaking digital data
L4450A, 209
hardware configuration, 17
hardware descriptions
L4421A, 106
L4433A, 120
L4437A, 134
L4450A, 205
L4451A, 224
L4452A, 236
high energy sources, 3, 66
host names, 20, 21
humidity, 2
humidity limits, 66
I
identifying instruments, 27
initiated measurement mode
L4450A, 223
installing instrument drivers, 14
installing the Agilent IO Libraries, 14
instrument addressing, 21
instrument command summary, 55
instrument configuration, 17
instrument cooling, 5
instrument grounding, ii
Instrument overviews
L4421A, 102
instrument overviews
L4433A, 114
L4437A, 130
instrument state storage, 96
instrument states, 96
instrument ventilation, 5
instrument web interface, 28
instruments
identifying, 27
locating, 22
Interactive IO, 26
interconnections, 4
interrupt lines
L4450A, 219
IP addresses, 21
IP addresses and host names, 20
isolated LAN networks, 17
isothermal block, 110
K
keywords, 53
L
L4400
front panel overview, 48
instrument addressing, 21
instrument configuration, 17
instrument driver installation, 15
instrument drivers, 14
programming environments, 16
programming examples, 59
rear panel overview, 50
L4400 channel addressing scheme, 52
L4421A
connector pinouts, 109
hardware description, 106
simplified schematic, 108
valid measurement functions, 102
L4421A example program segments, 105
L4421A SCPI command summary, 103
L4433A
channel numbering, 116
connector pinouts (one-wire mode), 127
connector pinouts (two-wire mode), 123
linking multiple modules, 118