HI-6100 Field Monitor User Manual HI-6100 Field Monitor shown with optional probes
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Table of Contents Table of Figures ....................................................................... vi Notes, Cautions and Warnings ............................................... vii General Safety Considerations ............................................. viii 1.0 Introduction .......................................................................... 9 Standard Configuration ............................................................................. 10 Optional Items ...........................
Probe Menu ...................................................................................... 30 —Temperature Units ................................................................. 30 —MinMax Reset ....................................................................... 31 —Range ................................................................................... 32 —Axis Enable ........................................................................... 32 Display Menu ...................................
—Read Battery Voltages ........................................................... 51 —Read Peak ............................................................................ 51 —Reset Peak ............................................................................ 51 —Read Temperatures............................................................... 52 —Setup Recall .......................................................................... 52 —Setup Save.......................................................
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Notes, Cautions and Warnings Note: Denotes helpful information intended to provide tips for better use of the product. Caution: Denotes a hazard. Failure to follow instructions could result in minor personal injury and/or property damage. Included text gives proper procedures. Warning: Denotes a hazard. Failure to follow instructions could result in SEVERE personal injury and/or property damage. Included text gives proper procedures.
General Safety Considerations Caution: Uninsulated voltage within the unit may have sufficient magnitude to cause electric shock. Therefore, it is dangerous to make any kind of contact with any parts inside this unit. Warning: This is a Safety Class I product (provided with a protective earthing ground incorporated in the power cord). The mains plus shall only be inserted in a socket outlet provided with a protective earth contact.
1.0 Introduction The ETS-Lindgren HI-6100 Field Monitor is a broadband electric and magnetic field probe monitor designed for use in radio frequency interference/electromagnetic compatibility (RFI/EMC) test system applications. It accepts inputs from up to four isotropic field probes and analyzes and displays that information on a user-configurable LCD display. It also provides two digital interfaces: IEEE-488 and RS-232.
Standard Configuration ETS-Lindgren may substitute a similar part or new part number with the same functionality for another part/part number. Contact ETS-Lindgren for questions about part numbers and ordering parts.
Part Description Part Number Fiber Optic Cable (SMA) H-491106-XX Fiber Optic Cable (FC/ST) H-491263-XX Cleaning Kit H-34F01 ETS-Lindgren Product Information Bulletin See the ETS-Lindgren Product Information Bulletin included with your shipment for the following: Warranty information Safety, regulatory, and other product marking information Steps to receive your shipment Steps to return a component for service ETS-Lindgren calibration service ETS-Lindgren contact information I
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2.0 Maintenance Before performing any maintenance, follow the safety information in the ETS-Lindgren Product Information Bulletin included with your shipment. WARRANTY Maintenance of the HI-6100 is limited to external components such as cables or connectors. Clean the exterior of the cabinet using a damp cloth and mild cleaner. Always unplug the unit before cleaning. To prevent electrical shock, do not remove cover. Warranty may be void if the housing is opened.
Laser Probes and Maintenance of Fiber Optics The fiber optic connectors and cables used with laser-powered probes can be damaged from airborne particles, humidity and moisture, oils from the human body, and debris from the connectors they plug into. Always handle connectors and cables with care, using the following guidelines. Before performing any maintenance, disconnect the fiber optic cables from the unit and turn off power.
Use the cleaning tape shipped with the HI-6105 kit for cleaning the end face of the connector. Softly press the connector face on the exposed cleaning tape and move in a figure eight motion. After three figure eights inspect with a microscope and repeat if necessary. The mating connectors such as bulkhead feedthrough, transmit, and receive ports can be cleaned with canned dry air. Fiber optic connectors should be cleaned every time they are mated and unmated.
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3.0 Specifications Electrical Specifications Nominal AC Voltage: 115/230 V Input Frequency: 50/60 Hz Maximum Output Power: 250 W Physical Specifications Outer Dimensions: Length: 48.3 cm (19 in) Width: 35.6 cm (14 in) Height: 13.3 cm (5.25 in) Approximate Weight: 5.9 kg (13 lb) Approximate Weight, including Optional Bench Top Case: 11.
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4.0 Assembly and Installation Before connecting or operating any components, follow the safety information in the ETS-Lindgren Product Information Bulletin included with your shipment. Prior to assembly and installation, see Cleaning Instructions on page 14 and Handling Instructions on page 15. Set Up Procedure Perform the following procedures to verify system operation before installation in the test environment. BATTERY PROBE SET UP 1. Make sure the battery powered probes are fully charged.
5. Connect the AC power cord to the IEC connector on the back of the HI-6100 Field Monitor. Verify the power supply switch is in the ON position. 6. Plug the other end of the power cord into an electrical outlet. 7. Turn on the battery powered probe(s). 8. Turn on the power switch on the front panel. It may take several seconds for the display to appear. 9. To display the probes attached, press the Find All Probes key on the main menu of the display screen to see information for all of the probes.
Remote Connections For remote-controlled operation of the HI-6100 connect the RS-232 or IEEE-488 cable to the appropriate connector. If RS-232 remote control is used, see Remote Operation on page 47 for information on setting the device baud rate. If IEEE-488 remote control is used, set the DEVICE ADDRESS to the appropriate bus address for your installation. See Operation on page 25 for information on setting the device address.
Mounting Data Modules Optical data modules or laser data modules may be mounted on any available channel.
Figure 4: Laser Data Module 1. Remove the cover by removing the two screws on the back panel and the nut on the laser data module angle bracket, if installed. 2. Place the new module in the desired channel location and secure with two screws on the back panel and the nut on a laser data module angle bracket, if available. 3. Attach one end of the data module cable to the data module and the other end to the corresponding channel and data module interface board.
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5.0 Operation This instrument is shipped with a three-wire power cable, in accordance with international safety standards. When connected to an appropriate power line outlet, this cable grounds the instrument cabinet. Back Panel Do not block the power supply fan. It must remain unobstructed at all times. Figure 5: HI-6100 Back Panel The back panel of the HI-6100 Field Monitor includes: Dedicated connection ports—IEEE-488 GPIB, RS-232, and Update.
Front Panel Figure 6: HI-6100 Front Panel (shown with optional case) The front panel of the HI-6100 includes: Display—Enables the user to see the active probe(s). Function keys (6)—Allow the user to easily navigate the menus of the controller. Power button—Includes an indicator light allowing the user to easily verify if the unit is on or off. To turn off the HI-6100, press and hold the power button for three to four seconds.
Overview of HI-6100 Menu Options Figure 7: Overview of HI-6100 Menu Options Operation | 27
HI-6100 Display PREVIOUS OPTION Select Previous at the top of each menu series to return to the previous screen and, eventually, to the main menu.
FIND PROBES MENU The HI-6100 display simultaneously exhibits up to four probes. Select Find Probes to automatically display the number of probes that are enabled. The system will search each channel, determine which of the enabled channels are active, and then display those channels. Figure 9: Find Probes Menu To enable a channel, see the Display Menu on page 33. When selections are made in the menu they are immediately saved. Only enabled channels will be detected by selecting Find Probes.
PROBE MENU Selecting Probe provides several choices that relate directly to the information available for the probe(s) in use. Figure 10: Probe Menu —Temperature Units Select Temperature Units to toggle between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperature readings.
—MinMax Reset Select Min/Max Reset to reset the individual probe values. Please note that the min/max values may not be visible. Figure 12: Probe Menu—Min/Max Reset The Range and Axis Enable options under the Probe menu will only appear when the mode is set to FM5004 under the Systems menu.
—Range Select Range to manually set the range. The HI-6XXX probe range is not adjustable; these are single range probes. Figure 13: Probe Menu—Range —Axis Enable Use Axis Enable to select the channel or probe to be adjusted and the axis to be enabled or disabled.
DISPLAY MENU Select Display from the main menu to customize the display. Figure 15: Display Menu —Channel Enable Choose Channel Enable from the display menu to manually select the channel(s) to view on the display. Up to four channels may be viewed on one screen.
Once Channel Enable is selected, the user may distinguish which channels are currently on/off by selecting the screen where each channel and their status are noted. In addition, the user has the option to turn on/off a channel by pressing that channel button. To maximize the system performance, only enable the channels that contain active probes.
—Probe Parameter When selecting Probe Parameter, the lower right corner of the active channel screen(s) will toggle between parameters, min/max/avg, and laser warning views. When the program is closed, upon re-starting the system the display automatically appear as it was last configured.
—Lower Display Lower Display corresponds to the window shaded gray at the bottom of the display. By pressing the button for this option, the system will toggle between the probe, min/max/avg for all active probes, controller error, and probe error information. When the controller and probe error readouts are selected, the last six errors the system experienced will be visible.
—Color Select Color to scroll through several pre-determined color schemes. These color schemes are designed to allow optimal display of the monitor information accommodating unique user environments.
REMOTE MENU Select Remote to set the communication parameters. Figure 21: Remote Menu —GPIB Address By selecting GPIB Address in the Remote menu, the address will scroll between 31 available addresses.
—RS-232 Baud Select RS-232 Baud to set the baud rate for the external serial ports.
SYSTEM MENU Select System to access systems settings. Figure 24: System Menu —Set Time Select Set Time to set the time.
—Reset Select Reset to return the HI-6100 to the factory default configuration. Figure 26: System Menu—Reset —More Select More to display a list of additional system selections.
—Software For informational purposes only. The button has no effect.
—Mode Allows the HI-6100 to operate as an FM5004 field monitor. Figure 29: System, More Menu—Mode In this mode the HI-6100 will communicate with the FP2000, FP5000, HI-6000, and HI-4400 series of probes. See Appendix D on page 65 for a list of supported FM5004 commands. In the HI-6100 mode only the HI-6000 series probes are supported and a new GPIB command set is utilized. See Appendix C on page 63 for HI-6100 commands.
—Update Software Allows the user to upgrade the software. Figure 30: System, More Menu—Update Software To download and install upgrades for the HI-6100 operating system: Go to www.ets-lindgren.com. On the Resources menu, click Software/Firmware. Find the HI-6100 upgrade file in the Software column and follow the on-screen instructions to download. Follow the instructions included with the file to install the updated software. Any changes made to the system setup are automatically saved.
—GPIB Output Mode Allows the user to configure the HI-6100 to format the output data while in FM5004 mode. The 4-Lines setting requires four consecutive reads (ibrd). The 1-Line setting requires a single read. This setting has no effect when the HI-6100 mode is selected.
GPIB STATUS MENU GPIB Status allows the user to return the HI-6100 to local mode. This enables all other menu functions. Figure 32: GPIB Status Select Remote/Local to toggle between the two selections.
6.0 Remote Operation Before connecting or operating any components, follow the safety information in the ETS-Lindgren Product Information Bulletin included with your shipment. This chapter describes remote operation of the HI-6100 Field Monitor using either the IEEE-488 parallel port or the RS-232 serial port connected to a remote device, such as an IEEE-488 bus or a personal computer. IEEE-488 Requirements For IEEE-488 operation, the device address is set to 4 at the factory.
IEEE-488 (GPIB) Communications For General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) communications, the End or Identify (EOI) control line may also be used for command termination. Terminate the command with , EOI, or both when sending commands to the receiver via the GPIB. No characters are permitted after or EOI; the system interprets characters following or EOI as the start of another command. When an error condition is present at the receiver, the service request (SRQ) signal is asserted.
Signifies output from the HI-6100 Signifies input to the HI-6100 HI-6100 Pin # Signal Data Direction 1 DCD Device Carrier Detect 2 RD Receive Data 3 TD Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND N/A Description Ground 6 NC N/A No Connection 7 RTS Ready to Send 8 CTS Clear to Send 9 NC N/A No Connection Figure 35: HI-6100 Pin # Designations Table A null modem cable or adapter (supplied by the user) is required for interfacing the HI-6100 to a stan
Remote Commands The commands described in the following pages are available to the user for remote communications with the HI-6100. The following conventions are used: 1. A lower case x in the command or returned data syntax represents a numeric value. 2. A lower case n in the command or returned data syntax represents a channel number (1 through 4) associated with a system probe. 3. A lower case m in the command or returned data syntax represents a mode selection.
—Read Battery Voltages Returns the current battery percentages of probes in use. Syntax: RBAT? Parameters: None To check the current battery percent of the probes in use: RBAT? Response: 62%,100%,, Channels 3 and 4 are not on or not ready. —Read Peak Writes the peak probe field values to a remote port.
—Read Temperatures Returns the current temperature reading from the probes in use. Syntax: RTMP? Parameters: None To check the current temperature of the probes in use: RTMP? Response: 77F,100F,, Channels 3 and 4 are not on or not ready. —Setup Recall Recalls a saved HI-6100 setup.
—Setup Save Saves the HI-6100 current configuration into memory. Syntax: SAVE,x Parameters: (x) 1 = Saves to setup #1 3 = Saves to setup #3 2 = Saves to setup #2 4 = Saves to setup #4 To save the current configuration to setup #1: SAVE,1 The setup will be saved to memory and can be recalled with the command RECL,1. —Software Revision Returns the current revision of the HI-6100 operating software.
—Verbose Mode Sets the HI-6100 to respond to all remote commands or to respond to inquiries only. Syntax: VERB,x Parameters: (x) 0 = Verbose mode disabled 1 = Verbose mode on Examples To enter verbose mode: VERB,1 Response: -VERB,1 To disable verbose mode: VERB,0 Response: The HI-6100 will not respond (verbose mode off).
—Channel Enable Used to set a channel on or off. This command should not be used to toggle a channel on and off frequently. Probes may require several seconds to reinitialize. Syntax: CHAN,m,n Parameters: Channel number (m) on/off (n): 1 = Channel 1 3 = Channel 3 2 = Channel 2 4 = Channel 4 To enable channel 1: CHAN,1,1 —Local Mode Returns the HI-6100 to local mode when it is in remote mode. Local mode allows the operator to use the front panel buttons.
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7.0 Error Handling and Troubleshooting Error Handling The user interface display contains two error list boxes. These error list boxes may be displayed from the DISPLAY menu by selecting LOWER DISPLAY. If any errors have occurred since the system was powered on, each box will display up to the last six error messages. Troubleshooting Following are some common troubleshooting tips for the HI-6100 Field Monitor.
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Appendix A: Warranty See the Product Information Bulletin included with your shipment for the complete ETS-Lindgren warranty for your HI-6100. DURATION OF WARRANTIES FOR THE HI-6100 All product warranties, except the warranty of title, and all remedies for warranty failures are limited to three years.
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Appendix B: EC Declaration of Conformity EC Declaration of Conformity | 61
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Appendix C: Commands For a list of FM5004 compatibility commands, see Appendix D: Commands in FM5004 Mode on page 65. IEEE 488.
Command Description SREV Software revision RDPK Read min/max peak RSPK Reset min/max peak VERB Verbose mode | Commands
Appendix D: Commands in FM5004 Mode Unsupported Commands in FM5004 Mode The following commands are not supported in either the HI-6100 mode or the FM5004 mode. In general, the HI-6100 Field Monitor does not have alarm or analog output capabilities. Functions to adjust the LCD and the display have also been removed. ALARM FUNCTIONS Alarm functions are not available on the HI-6100. These commands are included for test software compatibility purposes only and have no effect on the HI-6100.
ANALOG OUTPUT FUNCTIONS Analog output functions are not available on the HI-6100. These commands are included for test software compatibility purposes only and have no effect on the HI-6100. An error entry will be added to the CONTROLLER COMMUNICATIONS error list. Command Response Analog Output Mode ANAO,0 Analog Output Range ANAR,0 OTHER COMMANDS These commands are included for test software compatibility purposes only and have no effect on the HI-6100.
Command Response Sample Rate SMPR,00 The sample rate is probe-dependent and set run as fast as possible. System Alarm, Hard Probe Failure — System Alarm, Momentary Probe Failure — Display Update Rate DUPR,5 The display update rate is fixed at 7 samples/second. FM5004 Commands IEEE 488.
Command Description *TRG Trigger *TST Self-test query *WAI Wait to continue SUPPORTED COMMANDS 68 Command Description BAUD Baud rate entry CHRA Change probe range CLED Channel LEDS DSFM Display format GPIB GPIB address LERR Last errors LOCL Local RBAT Read battery voltage RDIS Read display RECL Recall RTMP Read probe temperature REMT Remote SREV Software revision SAVE Save setup VERB Verbose mode ZERO Zero probes | Commands in FM5004 Mode
UNSUPPORTED COMMANDS Command Description ADFM Alt Display Format ALAT Alarm Latch ALOV Alarm Lower Value ALOE Alarm Lower Enable ALSR Alarm Silence ANAO Analog out ANAR Analog Range AUPE Alarm Upper Enable AUPV Alarm Upper Value BUSV Buss Voltage CLCK Key Click DATE Software Date DUPR Display Update Rate ERRQ Error Register Query FTSZ Filter Size HELP This command LCDB LCD brightness LCDC LCD Contrast LOGS Log Scale RDMD Read Display Mode SALH System Alarm Hard Pro
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*ESR? *CLS PCN Figure 36: GPIB Register V *CLS V 7 6 7 6 PON Serial Poll CLR V V V V CLR V 0 *ESE (data) *ESE? V Standard Event Status Reg. 0 read by *ESR? | RQS S R Any Bits Standard Event Status Reg.
