Manual - 8500A Series Peak Power Meter - Giga-tronics

Remote Operation
3.2.2 Front Panel Menus
See Appendix B for a listing of menus that can be accessed with the front panel MENU and MEM keys.
Appendix C contains illustrations of top level menu formats.
Before attempting to control the PPM over the GPIB, it should be kept in mind that there are various
front panel menu selections that will affect bus activity. The front panel menu selections relating to the
GPIB will include the following capabilities:
1. Enter the PPM address
[MENU] (6) [F3] [nn] [UNITS]
☛ NOTE: This is most important as the PPM will not respond to bus commands unless this
has been correctly accomplished.
2. Enter the plotter address
[MENU] (6) [F2] [nn] [UNITS]
The address entries are self-explanatory; valid values are 0 to 30. The addresses entered are
stored in non-volatile memory and need to be entered only when they change, but not when
power is turned off and on again.
3. Emulate 1018B (see Section 3.5). The instrument will always power-on in the normal PPM mode
and not the 1018B emulation mode.
4. Plot (see Plot Output Mode in Section 3.2.5).
5. Stop current plotting activity (see Stand Alone Plot Output Mode in Section 3.2.5).
3.2.3 Power-On Condition
When the PPM is first turned on, it will automatically go into its Power-On Self-Test (POST) function.
When POST has completed, the routine returns to the last setup before the instrument was powered off.
After POST, the instrument will be ready to receive instructions from the GPIB controller to go to the
Remote state.
The address to place the PPM in Remote at power-on will be the same address that was used before
power-off (the default address is 4).
Manual No. 20790, Rev C, November 1998 3-3
Superceded by Revision D, March 2009