User`s manual

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Chapter 1 General Information
General Information
This chapter provides a general description of your power supply. And it also contains
instructions relate to initial inspection, selecting the power-line voltage, and
connecting your power supply to AC power.
Safety Considerations
This power supply is a safety instrument with a protective earth terminal. The
terminal must be connected to earth ground through a power source with a 3-wire
ground receptacle when being connected to AC power supply.
Before installation or operation, please check the power supply and read safety
markings and instructions introduced in this manual first. Please see relevant chapters
for related specific information about safety operations.
Description
ARRAY 366XA is a series of programmable switching-mode DC power supply with
stable voltage and constant current. The excellent line and load regulation, extremely
low ripple and noise make it well suited as a high preference power system. 366XA,
as a kind of high-efficient switching-mode supply, features wide supply input voltage
from 100-240AC, high power factor and a minimum output of 0V.
Output voltage or current can be adjusted independently from front panel, or
controlled over RS-232, USB, or GPIB interface. Buttons and knobs on the front
panel can be used to adjust voltage and current of a selected output; calibrate again
without opening the case when the precision falls down (including change password
for calibration); switch the power supply from remote control mode to local mode; set
and monitor the power supply over remote interface; monitor the setting and output of
power supply via the liquid crystal display in front panel, and all the status indication,
error information displayed during working.
When being controlled over remote interface, it can be used both as a listener and a
speaker at the same time. The power supply can be set and data can be returned over
RS-232, USB, or GPIB interface by an external controller. The following functions
can be performed through RS-232, USB, or GPIB interface:
* Voltage and current setting
* Voltage and current readback
* Enable or disable track mode
* Present and stored status readback
* Programming syntax error detection
* Calibration
* Output on/off
* System self-test