Pulse Current Measurements 3-15
Command notes (pulse current measurements)
SENSe[1]:FUNCtion ‘PCURrent’ Applies to battery channel (#1)
SENSe2:FUNCtion ‘PCURrent’ Applies to charger channel (#2)
This parameter name can also be enclosed in single quotes (as shown above).
SENSe[1]
:PCURrent
:FAST Enable or disable pulse current fast readings. OFF
:SEARch Enable or disable pulse current search. ON
:DETect Enable or disable pulse current detection mode. OFF
:TimeOUT Specify length of timeout: 5ms - 32s incrementing in 1ms. 1 (sec)
SENSe2 SENSe subsystem for Channel #2 (charger channel):
:FUNCtion “PCURrent” Select pulse current measurement function. VOLT
:PCURrent Pulse current configuration:
:AVERage <NRf> Specify average count:
1 to 100 (pulse current measurements), or
1 to 5000 (pulse current digitization).
1
:MODE <name> Select measurement mode; HIGH, LOW or AVERage. HIGH
:TIME Set integration times:
:AUTO Integration times set automatically.
:HIGH <NRf> Specify integration time (in sec) for
high pulse measurements; 33.33e-6
to 0.8333.
3.333e-5
:LOW <NRf> Specify integration time (in sec) for low pulse measurements; 33.33e-6 to
0.8333.
3.333e-5
:AVERage <NRf> Specify integration time (in sec) for a
verage pulse measurements; 33.33e-
6 to 0.8333.
3.333e-5
:DIGitize <NRf>
Specify integration time (in sec) for digitizing or burst measurements (B10
firmware and later); 33.33e-6 to 0.8333.
3.333e-5
:SYNChronize Pulse detection triggering:
[:STATe] Send ON to select pulse current measurements or OFF to select pulse cur-
rent digitization.
ON
:TLEVel <NRf> Set trigger level in amps: 0.0–5.0 0.0
:DELay <NRf> Specify trigger delay in seconds:
0.0–0.1 (pulse current measurements) or
0.0–5.0 (pulse current digitization).
0.0
:FAST Enable or disable pulse current fast readings. OFF
:SEARch Enable or disable pulse current search. ON
:DETect Enable or disable pulse cu
rrent detection mode. OFF
:TimeOUT Specify length of timeout: 5ms - 32s incrementing in 1ms. 1 (sec)
READ[1]? Trigger and return one reading for Channel #1 (battery channel).
READ[1]:ARRay? Trigger an array of readings and return them for Channel #1 (battery
channel).
READ2? Trigger and return one reading for Channel #
2 (charger channel).
READ2:ARRay? Trigger an array of readings and return them for Channel #2 (charger
channel).
Table 3-2
SCPI commands — pulse current measurements (cont.)
Command Description Default
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