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1. B Type of parameter The size is the width of Range of the page When the size is changed the upper limit of range specification is changed Amplitude is peak to peak value Period specifies how many cycles waves of the waveform should be generated within the range The unit of phase is deg For a triangle waveform slope symmetry can be set The unit of slope is 6 For a square wave duty ratio and transition can be set The unit of duty ratio is 76 Transition sets the time needed for the wave height to reach from 0 to 100 using the ratio against the cycle If Offset or Amplitude that exceeds full scale value is set the waveform is clipped at full scale 57 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 8 4 Waveform Function Setting When Function is selected in Select a Waveform LF 7 8 2 constant input section Constant and Wave Function Y All Page Clear Rangel Function Setting 4096 000000 formula input section Y are displayed 32767 00 0 000000 32767 0 aa gt Enable Disable Figure 7 9 When Waveform Function is Selected By entering constant and formula and clicking Execute button you can check the calculated waveform in waveform display area of New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel W Constant Constant is described as constant value or formula format for example fs 327675 s
2. a unit of vertical axis by clicking in the list or pressing N WH o e key Selecting a user defined unit as the unit of vertical axis allows you to specify Name Min and Max In the area on the right of the Name enter a string of up to 4 characters 2 two byte characters as the name of the unit of vertical axis In the areas on the right of the Min Max enter the minimum value the value at the bottom end of the waveform and maximum value the value at the top end of the waveform of the user defined unit 7 13 Memory Arbitrary waveform editing tool allows you to transfer the generated waveform data to the APS power source 7 13 1 Memory Transfer Select Tool Memory Transfer or click Memory Transfer button on the Tool Bar to display the Memory Transfer dialog Specify the memory number on the APS power source you want to set Click the OK button to start the waveform data transmission to the APS power source A CAUTION This software processes wave data with 16 bit 32768 to 32767 while APS power source with 15 bit 16384 to 16383 Therefore this software transfers wave data to APS power source after compressing it into a 15 bit compatible format 7 13 2 Memory Clear 78 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing Select Tool Memory Clear or click Memory Clear button on the Tool Bar to display the MemoryClear dialog
3. sssssssseeeene eene nennen 32 Figure 6 1 Measurements Logging Window sesseeeee eene 37 Figure 6 2 Measurements Logging Window Menus ssee meme 38 Figure 6 3 Measurements Logging Tool Bar sssee eee 38 Figure 6 4 Eogging Setting Dialog iiri tete Ped i er pe bare 39 Figure 7 1 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples sm 42 Figure 7 2 The Confirmation Dialog When Finishing Editing Arbitrary Waveforms 43 Figure 7 3 The Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window eeeeen mmm 44 Figure 7 4 Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window Menus see mH 45 Figure 7 5 Tool Bar in the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window eeeeee 46 Figure 7 6 Transitions for Control Panels esssenee eene nene 46 Figure 7 7 Operations with the Clip Board seem mmm 50 Figure 7 8 Editing a New Arbitrary Waveform ssssseeneeeem meme 55 Figure 7 9 When Waveform Function is Selected ooooococcnnnocccccnconcnconananncnonnnonononnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnns 58 Figure 7 10 Irterpolate r nort er e eere ee tr ede 65 Figure 7 11 Operation ioi edet Rr Sai ia 70 Figure 7 12 Compression Expansion sseessseneneeeenmeeem mener nennen eren 73 Figure 7 13 Memory Transfer Memory Clear Dialog em 79 Figure 8 1 System Setting Dialog Window ooooccnnnccccc
4. Should you find any fault or any questions please contact us or our agent from whom you purchased the product When you contact us or our agent tell us the model name or product name version number and more detailed symptom condition of use Contents Page Preta cnt hail nun ROW see ade hed aan da Sete see elds i Safety Precautiorns u noire ce Lovin Aiea eub et Ee evens ii Disclaimer About Copyrights Contact US sssesseeeneeeen mener iii Table 6t Contents toS ieiuniis 1 Brut 5 List ot Tables ze eid ed nite eR E dene enu 6 Ts Outline dois a etu imu 1 INEO TUI AME 2 1 25 Software GonfIguratiOn e ai edere ree cae ade da deis 3 1 3 Communication with APS Power Source at Software Startup eeeeeesssese 3 1 4 Conventions Used in This Manual ooocnnnncccnnnnccccnononaccnonanennnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnn non canon eene 3 25 lhnstallatiOnizz mte tenda i een 4 2L System Bequirements ioa a Hei teda Ht e ads 5 2 2 Installation Procedure eo ii eo P ier ERR dies at XR RR Gata 6 2 2 1 Installation of USB Driver Software oooooooccinonccccnnonoccnnnnoncnnononnnnnnnnnnn cnn nn ee 6 2 2 2 Installation of Control Software for APS Series 7 3 Control Software Operation nennen nnne nnne nennen nennen nnn 8 3 1 Start A ducendum 9 3 1 1 ICM TET 9 Bolsa XM eyecare DE dade a tad a xot cU E LM B ME IMS 9 3 2 Communication with APS Power Source ssses
5. riinan etaha i nennen pa Tian aeda Aea Yaa aariad aipin niai 81 8 2 Replace Damaged CD ROM sse eene nnnm ener eene enn nne 81 8 3 Gheck Version tee e eet eredi iere ecu oer dao need ue ae nn 81 Figures and Tables Bl ist of Figures Page Figure 3 1 Shortcut Icon on Desktops isere aieiaiei nennen nennen nennen enn 9 Figure 3 2 Exit Confirmation Dialog ssessseeeeneneeeene mener enne 9 Figure 3 3 Dialog that Opens when the Software was Started in Communication Offline State 10 Figure 3 4 Composition of Main Window seeeennnnnmm emen 11 Figure 3 5 Operation Bar 6 e e ui cs doe ec rede c neget ae e EU dad 12 Figure 3 6 Status moenltOrs 5 aiam ete eese ute ens 12 Figure 3 7 Status Bla 12 Figure 3 8 System Setting Dialog ooococcnonoccconnnaccccnonanacnnnnnnanncnnnnonnnnnnnnnonnnnn enne nnne nnne 13 Figure 4 1 Basic Controller Window ooooooconnnccccnnononccnnnonnncnnnnncnnnnnnnanonnnnnnno cnn nn enn nn nnne ranma nana 15 Figure 4 2 Basic Controller Window Menus seem enne 16 Figure 4 3 Basic Controller Tool Bar ooooooccconnococicnnonccncononancnnnnnancnnonnnnoncnnnnnn nemen eene 16 Figure 4 4 Reload and Set Buttons trice t re c i eee eds 17 Figure 4 5 Basic Setting sida 17 Figure 4 6 Confirmation Dialog for Clearing the Setting se 17 Figure 4 7 Output Setting eie eden cr romeo c recu ide 18 Figure 4 8 Example of Setting Rang
6. In the Operation Bar click Control Edit S 5 2 7 35 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 6 Measurements Logging 6 1 Open or Close the Measurements Logging Window cert 37 6 2 Name of Each Component in the Window 37 6 3 Operations on Each Section 38 6 4 Log Display Section certero 40 6 5 Measurements Log File M M e e e Hee e eyw 40 36 Gw INSTEK 6 Measurements Logging 6 1 Open or Close the Measurements Logging Window 6 1 1 Open the Measurements Logging Window Following two methods are available O In the Basic Controller Menu Bar select Tool Logging Click Logging icon F 4 2 2 on the Basic Controller Tool Bar 6 1 2 Close the Measurements Logging Window Click the X in the upper right corner of the Logging window 6 2 Name of Each Component in the Window a Menu Bar b Tool Bar C Log display section 4 Figure 6 1 Measurements Logging Window a Menu Bar 6 3 1 b Tool Bar G 6 3 2 C Log display section Us 6 4 37 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 6 3 Operations on Each Section 6 3 1 Menu Bar The menu of Measurements Logging appears in Figure 6 2 Stop E lt q Stops the logging Clear Log lt Clears the collected log Set S lt q Opens the Logging Condition window Figure 6 2 Measurements Logging Window Menus 6 3 2 Tool Bar On the Measurements Logging Tool Bar you just c
7. When a step that is set as the destination of any jump to step or branch step is deleted the dialog as shown in Figure 5 7 appears When you select Yes the step is deleted and then the step number of the jump to or branch step is automatically updated to disable If you select Noj deletion of the step is canceled Guidance A Delete the Jump to step OK Figure 5 7 Confirmation Dialog for Deleting a Step 28 GW INSTEK 5 Sequence B Add Step Adds a new step after the last step line Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Add Step On the keyboard press Alt E S Click Add Step button of the step arrangement B Insert Step Adds a new step just above the current cursor step line Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Insert Step On the keyboard press Alt E Il Click Insert Step button of the step arrangement B Delete Step Deletes the current cursor step line Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Delete Step On the keyboard press Alt E El Click Delete Step button of the step arrangement B GoUp Exchanges the current cursor step line with the step above it Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Go Up On
8. the coordinate values of the selected control point are displayed In the Waveform display section the corresponding coordinate point mark turns to red The control point can also be selected by clicking mark in the Waveform display section However if the magnification of the screen is lower the mark may not be caught due to the screen resolution While a control point is selected updating the value of Y and clicking Add button moves the selected control point Clicking Add button after updating the value of X adds a new control point if the identical coordinate point does not exist or updates the control point if exists M Move a control point by mouse A control point can also be moved by dragging mark of the Waveform display section However if the magnification of the screen is lower the mark may not be caught due to the screen resolution 66 Gw INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing BM Delete control points Click Delete button to delete control points being selected at that time There is no way to restore control points after delete operation Caution is required for this function B Delete all control points Click Delete All button to delete all control points being set at that time There is no way to restore control points after all delete operation Great caution is required for this function 7 9 2 Execute Interpolation After
9. GW INSTEK 4 Basic Controller 4 2 3 Reload and Set Buttons a b Figure 4 4 Reload and Set Buttons a Reload button Obtains the basic output and limiter settings from the connected APS power source and updates the setting values for the windows of the software b Set button Sets the basic output and limiter settings entered in the windows of the software to the connected APS power source 4 2 4 Basic Setting a b Output Mode AC NT Output Range 100V 200V Figure 4 5 Basic Setting a Output mode Click yl and select from the output mode list that opens b Output range Click the radio button to switch the selection When the output mode or output range setting is changed the confirmation dialog opens as shown in Figure 4 6 In the communication online state if Yes is selected the software asks the APS power source for each setting value after the change process of output mode or output range of the connected APS power source is completed then updates the setting values displayed in the window In the communication offline state each setting value is cleared to the default value held by the software When you select No the change to the output mode or output range is canceled 2 This operation resets settings on the window Continue Figure 4 6 Confirmation Dialog for Clearing the Setting When you change the output mode or output range setting it may tak
10. Specify the memory number on the APS power source you want to clear Click the OK button to clear the data for the selected memory number in the APS power source Memory Transfer MemoryGlear Memory No if y Figure 7 13 Memory Transfer Memory Clear Dialog CAUTION When this operation is executed a sine wave is written to ARB1 to ARBS a square wave is written to ARBO to ARB12 and a triangle wave is written to ARB13 to ARB16 79 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 8 Maintenance 8 1 CD ROM Management aaa 81 8 2 Replace Damaged CD ROM 77HmBnMM Ree eej 81 8 3 Check Version ii 81 80 GW INSTEK 8 Maintenance 8 1 CD ROM Management CD ROM should be handled carefully paying attention to the followings Do not store your CD ROM under direct sunlight or in high temperature or humidity Store and use the CD ROM avoiding dusty environment Do not touch the recording surface It may cause damage or error When the recording surface gets dirty wipe the surface with dry soft cloth Do not use solvent such as benzene Store the CD ROM horizontally and vertically to avoid twisting or curving Use a felt pen when you write letters to the label surface of the CD ROM do not use a pen such as ball point pen or pencil of which tip is hard 8 2 Replace Damaged CD ROM If your CD ROM has been damaged contact GW Instek or our agent For a fee we will replace
11. To activate the right side of X click the input area or press Alt X To activate the right side of Y click the input area or press Alt Y Click Add button to display the mark at the specified position of the Waveform display section The positions of the control points are displayed also in the list of control points of Interpolate Panel using their values In the list of the control points control points are displayed after sorted by the ascending order of their X values B Specify a control point by mouse If any mark of control points is shown if red selected first click in the waveform display area where there is no mark displayed to change all marks to light blue not selected Move the mouse cursor to the position to which you want to add a control point and then click it while pressing Ctrl key A control point will be added You can know approximate position of the mouse cursor in Cursor on the top left of the Waveform display section The added control point is also added to the list of control points in the Interpolate Panel Check the coordinate values B Move a control point by values When you select click any control point from the list of control points in the Interpolate Panel the point is selected and the following processes are performed The specified part of the list is displayed inverted O In the input area of X and Y
12. In the interpolation editing a point that is set in step 6 is called control point In linear interpolation a waveform is created by interpolating between control points In continuous spline interpolation interpolation is performed so that the waveform can concatenate also with the vicinity of the selected range smoothly When all the range is selected the waveform is interpolated so that the first and last waveform is concatenated smoothly when it is repeated 68 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 9 4 Control Point File Operation Control point setting of Interpolate Panel can be saved as a text file Click Save button on the top of Interpolate Panel to display a screen titled Save As Select the location where the file will be saved enter the file name and click the Save button Select a on file extension from prn tsv or csv It can be omitted when entering a file name Extension prn Control point information file delimited by space Extension tsv Control point information file delimited by tab Extension csv Control point information file delimited by comma To load a control point setting file click Open button on the top of Interpolate Panel The screen titled Open File is displayed Select the location to save the file and enter the file name and then click Open button This file can be read with any text editor or sp
13. User Leave Min Max as the initial value of 0 000000 to 1 000000 Click OK button to return to waveform display screen Click Create button on Select Item Panel You can also click Tool Create to obtain the same result Select Item Panel is changed to New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel Click button on the right side of Wave and then click Function in the displayed list Enter s 2 pi in the input area on the right side of Constant Enter sin x s sin x s 3 3 sin x s 5 5 in the input area on the right side of Y Clicking Execute button displays a waveform as a calculation result in the Arbitrary waveform editing screen Click All Page OK button to return to waveform display section Description 1 Here entire horizontal axis X is processed as the range of 0 to 1 by using the user defined unit Also entire vertical axis Y is processed as the range of 1 One cycle of a sine wave is easily expressed by defining s 27 as a constant and specifying x s in the formula Description 2 In step 2 if the range of X is set as O to 6 283185 27 using the user defined unit the formula becomes more simple as sin x sin x 3 3 sin x 5 5 63 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 8 6 Operation of Parameter File for Arbitrary Waveform Editing Parameter setting of New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel can be saved as a text file Cli
14. Editing Panel is displayed Operations on waveform display sections disabled during New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel is displayed Just after editing an arbitrary waveform on New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel and returning to waveform display screen the generated waveform can be restored to the state before the edited contents were reflected by selecting Edit Undo A t E U or Ctrl UL Wave Sine Initialize Rangel 0 000000000 4096 000000 32767 00 0 000000 32767 0 v All Page Clear Standard Waveform Setting Offset Q Period P 0 000000 1 Size z Phase H 4096 000 0 Amplitude A laa gt gt Enable Disable Figure 7 8 Editing a New Arbitrary Waveform 55 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 8 1 Range Page In Edit new arbitrary waveform a waveform is generated by applying a range and a definition of waveform that are independent for each page When New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel is displayed for the first time the present range for marker specification is applied as the range for New arbitrary waveform editing The range for each page is set on the two numeric input areas under Range If the ranges of two or more pages overlap together the waveform definition of the page with larger number the later page is effective By utilizi
15. INSTEK 5 Sequence 5 1 Name of Each Component in the Window b Tool Bar a Menu Bar 2 Control ware for APS 1102A c Basic setting Output Mode AC INT Output Rang d Step arrangement Add Step l Insert Step Delete Step Aa d Enable setting setting e Step transition parameter f Step execution parameter Jump to Sep Time s EE Termination Jump 00 CONTINUE CONTINUE CONTINUE CONTINUE CONTINUE Const Step DOVIV ACVIV Frea Hz Pow Product Control Software e 100V 200V Disable Count Wave O Keep a Sweep Ea am SIN Vrms SIN Vrms SIN Vrms SIN Vrms SIN Vrms 9 Operation Bar OUTPUT Connected Model APS 1102A Connection Type VISA Edit Mode cm D O o eee See See AE oso wa control ea m o 1 ENG Elapsed Time Figure 5 1 Sequence Window Menu Bar Tool Bar Basic setting Step arrangement Step transition parameter setting Step execution parameter setting Operation Bar 25 8 5 2 1 8 5 2 2 8 5 2 3 8 5 2 4 I8 5 2 5 8 5 2 6 8 5 2 7 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 5 2 Operations on Each Section 5 2 1 Menu Bar New N Ctrl N Creates a new sequence setting file Open O Ctrl O Opens the sequence setting file
16. Manual 7 9 3 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples As an example of editing an arbitrary waveform by interpolation we will create a smoothed pulse Select Set System Setting to display a dialog titled Unit Click User from the combo box on the right side of Unit X Leave Min Max as the initial value of 0 000000 to 1 000000 Click User from the combo box on the right side of Unit Y Leave Min Max as the initial value of 1 000000 to 1 000000 button to return to waveform display screen Set the coordinate value of A marker read as 0 2 and then press ENTER key Set the coordinate value of B marker blue as 0 8 and then press ENTER key button on Select Item Panel You can also click Tool Interpolate to obtain the same result Select Item Panel is changed to Interpolate Panel Enter 0 5 as the coordinate value of X and 1 as the coordinate value of Y and then click waveform Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Click OK Step 4 Step5 Click Interpolate Step 6 Add button Step 7 Click the Continuous Spline The interp Step 8 Click OK Description 1 Description 2 Description 3 button olated waveform is displayed in the Waveform display section button to return to waveform display section with a straight line In spline interpolation control points are interpolated smoothly with a spline curve
17. Save S Ctrl S Overwrites and saves the sequence setting file Save As A lt Saves the sequence setting file using a new name Exit X lt 4 Exits the software Copy C Ctrl C Copies the selected parameter Paste P Ctrl v Pastes the copied parameter Select All L Ctrl4A Makes all the parameters to selected status Initialize A Ctrl lt Initializes the selected parameter Add Step S Adds a step Insert Step l lt Inserts a step just above the selected step Delete Step E Deletes the selected step Go Up U Exchanges the selected step with the step above it Go Down D Exchanges the selected step with the step below it Control R Start S Starts a sequence execution Stop E lt Stops the sequence execution 4 Hold H Pauses the sequence execution Branch 0 Goes to the step set on the branch 0 Branch 1 Goes to the step set on the branch 1 Turns on the output of EC power source Output ON N Output OFF E lt Turns off the output of ECpower source Switch Mode lt Switches between the Control Mode and the Edit Mode of this software Figure 5 2 Sequence Window Menus 26 GW INSTEK 5 Sequence 5 2 2 Tool Bar On the Sequence Tool Bar you just click each icon shown in Figure 5 3 to execute the corresponding function Figure 5 3 Sequence Tool Bar a New Creates a new sequence setting b O
18. To obtain 1 wave of sine wave from the simplest formula set the unit of the horizontal axis to User and Min Max to 0 to 6 283185 The value of Y in the formula is affected by the unit of vertical axis I 7 12 2 which is set on the system setting screen Consider the following cases that a sine wave is provided by a formula like Y sin X The value of sin function is 1 In the case that the unit of a vertical axis is Data its range is 32768 to 32767 Therefore the result of this formula is a waveform around 0 with very small amplitude In the case that the unit of a vertical axis is ACV and the amplitude is 20 Vp p its range is 10 Therefore the result of this formula is a sine wave of 1 10 of full scale In the case that the unit of a vertical axis is User and its range is 1 to 1 the result of this formula is a full scale sine wave If the result of calculation exceeds full scale the waveform clips at full scale 59 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual B Operator In constant input section Constant and formula input section Y combination of Table 7 4 operators can be used The operators in the following table are shown in the descending order of the priority Logical operator returns 1 when the given condition is true and returns 0 when false Table 7 4 Operators Operator Coupling rule Remarks Function Constant User define
19. X and End X and click OK button The waveform in the selection that is already selected by the markers can be compressed expanded or moved to the selection specified by the start and end points The area with no data as the result of the compression expansion is filled with the data immediately before or after it 73 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual M Expand selection to fit Click the Expand All button to expand the selection that is already selected by the markers to the entire waveform data For example the actual data collected by the digital oscilloscope usually does not represent an exact one cycle In this case you can use this feature to clip one cycle B Notes Note that when the expansion rate is too high the distortion may occur in the waveform 7 11 2 Compression Expansion along Vertical Axis Because the compression expansion operation affects only the selected range by markers you must set the selection by using markers in the waveform display section CF 7 5 3 before you compress expand along the vertical axis To set the compression expansion along the vertical axis you use the items in the Y axis on the Compression Expansion screen B Compression expansion using maximum minimum value When Max Min option button is selected 8 the maximum value and the minimum value in the selected range specified by the markers are displayed on the right of Max
20. and a APS power source The state in which the communication is not established between them is called communication offline state W Start in the communication offline state When the software is started it attempts to communicate with the APS power source If the communication cannot be established it starts in the communication offline state In this case a dialog opens as shown in Figure 3 3 In the communication offline state the APS power source cannot be controlled from the computer The setting data and sequence data can still be created and saved to file However even when the software is used in the communication offline state the system setting should be adjusted in advance for the APS power source to which this is to be connected S 3 6 A Cannot Communicate with the device Figure 3 3 Dialog that Opens when the Software was Started in Communication Offline State 10 GW INSTEK 3 3 a Function switching b Function display section E Composition of Main Window Control Software for APS 1102A r Basic Controller Sequence File F Memory M Status S Toom RN NO Output Mode AC INT v Output Setting ACV 0 0 vms DCv M Freq 50 0 H3 Start Phase 0 0 deg Wave SIN Y Gain c Common display section gt OUTPUT 3 4 Connected Modet APS 11024 Connection Type VISA Output Range Sync Source 3 Control Software Op
21. board the remained portion is processed as 0 If the selected range is longer than the data in clip board the data is used beginning with its front part Though the data in the clip board is 16 bit integer it is converted using the unit of vertical axis before the operations For example in the case that the unit of vertical axis is a user defined unit 1 to 1 data in the clip board is converted and processed after adjusted to the range of 1 7 10 3 Operation Execution Operation is executed automatically every time the operation type is changed or data in Clip Board Created Waveform is changed The result of operation is displayed as a waveform in Operation Result area To reflect the operation result to the Waveform display section click OK button Or click Cancel button to discard the result of calculation and return to the Waveform display section 71 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 10 4 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples As an example of operations we will create a waveform of sine wave with noise superimposed Display New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel In its initial state a sine wave is selected Change the value on the right side of Amplitude from 65534 to 50000 to make the amplitude smaller Click All Page OK button to return to waveform display screen Click Operate button on Select Item Panel You can also click Tool Operate to obtain
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23. it with new one 8 3 Check Version The version of this software is displayed in the upper right of the dialog window which appears when you press System Setting System Setting Model Setting Model APS 1102A Connection Setting Connection f Tyne VISA Cancel Figure 8 1 System Setting Dialog Window 81
24. or expanding the waveforms in the selection vertically horizontally When you click the Compress Expand button in the Select Item Panel or perform Tool Compress Expand Alt T P Compress Expand Panel is displayed Operations on waveform display sections disabled during Compress Expand Panel is displayed Just after editing an arbitrary waveform on Compress Expand Panel and returning to waveform display section the generated waveform can be restored to the state before the edited contents were reflected by selecting Edit Undo Alt El U or Ctrl U X Start S End E x 000000000 xm 4096 000000 Y 0 000000 Y 0 000000 Expand All Y 9 MaxiMin v O Amplitude Offset O MaxQ9 32757 0000 Min N 32 57 000 Expand with Offset Expand with Fixed Clear Offset Figure 7 12 Compression Expansion 7 11 1 Compression Expansion along Horizontal Axis Because the compression expansion operation affects only the selected range by markers you must set the selection by using markers in the waveform display section I 7 5 3 before you compress expand along the horizontal axis To set the compression expansion along the horizontal axis you use the items in the X axis on the Compression Expansion screen B Compress expand selection to start end point Enter the numeric values in the input areas of the Start
25. please read this manual first All the warning items contained in this instruction manual are intended for preventing risks that may lead to serious accidents Ensure to obey them If you notice anything strange If the power system controlled by this product produces smoke unusual odor or strange sound immediately stop using it Should you encounter any anomaly like above make sure the system cannot be used until the repair is completed and immediately contact us or our agent Disclaimer APS 1102A Control Software hereinafter abbreviated as this software is shipped after being tested and inspected sufficiently by GW Instek Should you encounter any failure caused by a manufacturing defect or accident during transportation contact us or our agent We have no responsibility for any damage caused by using this software We also are not obligated to provide any modifications or support if you have problems with this software Use this software on your own responsibility About Copyrights This software is the copyright of GW Instek and is protected by copyright law and international agreements You may make a copy of this software for backup or archival purposes only or you may retain the original for backup or archival purpose only and install this software onto the hard disk You may not reproduce any part of or all of this instruction manual without permission Contact Us
26. the same result This operation pastes the waveform data from the clip board to the last half of the waveform Description 1 The operation such as clicking the C key with the Ctrl key held down is described by Ctrl C in the following sections When Ctrl C Copy is performed the waveform from the copied area remains without changes When Ctrl X Cut is performed the data from the selected area is copied to the clip board too but the waveform from this area is deleted When Ctrl D Delete is performed the waveform from the selected area is deleted but the contents in the clip board are not changed Description 2 Markers A and B are used to select the range For example if the range specified with the markers is 0 4096 the actual selected range is 0 X 4096 7 5 6 Grid When you select or deselect Set Grid Alt Sj G a check mark appears or disappears to the left of Grid When the check mark is shown the grid drawing function is enabled in the waveform display area When the check mark is hidden the function is disabled in this area The grid is not printed when printing waveforms L8 7 7 51 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 6 File Operation You can read write the following types of files by using the Arbitrary wave
27. the range is selected and the control point is set execute the interpolation There are the following three types of interpolation Linear interpolation interpolates using straight line between control points Spline interpolation interpolates using smoothed curve between control points Continuous spline interpolation interpolates with curved line so that the line forms an unified shape also with the waveforms outside the selected range To execute linear interpolation click Linear button or press Alt L To execute spline interpolation click Spline button or press Alt S To execute continuous spline interpolation click Continuous Spline button When a part of the waveform is selected as the range interpolation is performed by interpolating the both ends of the range and the control points within the range When entire waveform is selected continuous spline interpolation interpolates so that the waveforms would be concatenated smoothly when repeated In linear or spline interpolation the first and last value are different resulting in the waveform discontinuous when repeated If that exceeds full scale is set as the result of interpolation the waveform is clipped at full scale After executing interpolation click OK button to return to the waveform display screen 67 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User
28. the same result Select Item Panel is changed to Operate Panel Click the Created Waveform button Select Waveform combo box and then click Noise in the list displayed Change the value on the right side of Amplitude from 65534 to 15000 Return to Operate Panel by clicking Page OK button In this stage the result of the addition is displayed in the Operation Result field Click OK button to return to waveform display section This produces a waveform of a sine wave with noise superimposed Description 1 Subtraction multiplication and division are also available as well as addition which was shown in this example Description 2 You can operate for only a part of a waveform by selecting that part of the waveform using and B markers in the waveform display screen beforehand Description 3 In this example the waveform created on the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel is used for operation In step 3 the contents in clip board can be used for operation by clicking Clip Board button Description 4 When executing multiplication it is convenient to set the unit of the vertical axis as 1 of the user defined unit This makes the result of the multiplication between full scale values to a full scale value also 72 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 11 Compress Expand Compress Expand Panel generates a waveforms by compressing
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30. wave of 30 symmetry Click All Page OK to close New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel and display the generated waveform in the waveform display section Description 1 In this example a waveform is generated over entire horizontal axis X In the Arbitrary waveform editing tool a waveform can be divided into two or more pages for example the first 1 4 of a waveform to page 1 the last 1 2 to page 2 and others In this case specified effective waveforms on multiple pages can be executed all at once by clicking All Page OK button If you want to execute only the waveforms displayed on the current page click Page OK button In the example above since page is the only page specified the result is same for clicking either button Description 2 You can select sine wave square wave variable duty ratio noise DC and waveform definition by a formula waveform function as well as triangle wave 62 Gw INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing W Formula waveform As an example of editing an arbitrary waveform by formula we will create a waveform of a fundamental wave with the 3rd and 5th harmonics waves superimposed Select Set System Setting A dialog titled Unit Setting appears In the Unit X combo box of X axis Unit Setting click User Leave Min Max as the initial value of 0 000000 to 1 000000 In the Unit Y combo box of Y axis Unit Setting click
31. 00 in the step 3 the waveform will be flipped While you used Max Min to specify the compression expansion rate in this example you can also use Amplitude Offset to do so Click option button on the left of Amplitude Offset to turn it to selected Next set Amplitude to 200000 and Offset to 0 to obtain the same result as this example In this example you generated the trapezoidal waveform by clipping the triangle waveform You can generate it more easily by setting Transition against the square waveform 76 Gw INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 12 System Setting 7 12 1 X Axis Unit Settings In Arbitrary waveform editing tool you can use time and user defined unit in addition to the address of waveform data as a unit for displaying setting horizontal axis Time coordinates with Freq For a user defined unit you can arbitrarily specify the start point and end point of the waveform data and name of the unit Some examples of user defined units for the horizontal axis are listed in Table 7 6 When you use mathematical expressions to generate the waveform it is useful to use values from 0 to 6 283185 because the unit of the trigonometric function such as sin is radian Click the Y button on the right of Unit to display a list of available units for the horizontal axis Select a unit of horizontal axis by clicking in the list or pres
32. 2 pi 4096 Always add semicolon at the end of a constant definition or formula A constant or formula is described in single byte Alphabetical characters are case independent Any constant should start with an alphabetical character and consist of alphanumeric characters Name of a constant should not be same as any of the embedded functions S Table 7 5 It is also recommended to avoid using the same string as one of the embedded constants Table 7 3 With the All Page OK button constant is effective for all pages on and after the defined page For example constants defined on page 1 are effective for all the pages Constants defined on page 3 are not effective for page 1 and 2 but effective for page 3 and after When creating only the waveforms that are displayed by the Page OK button constants are effective only for pages being displayed For example constants defined on page 2 are not effective for page 1 or pages on and after 3 In this case to make the constant given on other page effective click Execute button on the page where the constant is defined to perform a calculation beforehand 58 Gw INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing B Embedded constant Constants shown in Table 7 3 are embedded into Arbitrary waveform editing tool If you use the above stated method to define a constant with the same name as one of the embedded constants the definition of that embed
33. 4096 000 det f Create New 0 000000 0 000000 YE Q om A 3276700 Q 327670 D a 11 B Interpolate c Control panel Modify Operate Compand a EITITTEE 0 000000 2048 000 4096 000 Woy Word d Waveform display section Figure 7 3 The Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window a Menu Bar 27 4 1 b Tool Bar 7 4 2 c Control panel ES 7 4 3 d Waveform display section 7 4 4 44 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 4 Operations on Each Section This section provides how to operate each section assuming that the operation is performed in the communication online state In the communication offline state you cannot perform any action requiring communication because the communication with the APS power source is disabled Based on the APS power source side status you may encounter an error message when setting an item Handle the error according to the message content 7 4 1 Menu Bar The menu of Arbitrary Waveform Editing appears in Figure 7 4 Open Q Save S Save As wdb A Save As txt T Print P Exit X Undo U Redo Y Cut T Copy C Paste P Delete D Create W Interpolate l Operate O Compand P Memory Transfer Memory Clear Setting O System Setting S Grid G Ctrl O Ctrl S Ctrl A Ctrl T Ctrl U Ctrl Y Ctrl X Ctrl C Ctrl V Ctrl D lt Opens a wavef
34. 50 sqw arg1 arg2 arg3 Square wave whose angle is the 1st argument duty ratio is the 2nd transition is the 3rd The 2nd and the 3rd arguments are optional When omitted the 2nd is regarded as 50 and the 3rd regarded as 0 The 2nd argument cannot be omitted when the 3rd is specified rnd White noise whose magnitude is uniformly distributed within 1 No argument is specified 60 Gw INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing B Examples of waveform function formulas This section shows several examples of waveform function formulas In the example consisting of only page 1 the range is whole range of the horizontal axis and descriptions are omitted One cycle of a sine wave unit of the horizontal axis address 0 to 4096 unit of the vertical axis data 32767 Page 1 Constant fs 32767 s 2 pi 4096 lt Address 4096 corresponds to 27 Y fs sin x s One cycle of a sine wave unit of horizontal axis time Oms to 1ms unit of vertical axis voltage 10V Page 1 Constant fs 10 s 2 pi 1e 3 lt 1 ms is 2x Y fs sin x s One cycle of a sine wave unit of horizontal axis user defined unit 0 to 1 unit of vertical axis user defined unit 1 to 1 Page 1 Constant s 2 pi Y2 sin x s One cycle of a sine wave unit of horizontal axis user defined unit 0 to 6 283185 unit of vertical axis user defined unit 1 to 1 Page 1 Constant None Y sin x On
35. 6 Operation of Parameter File for Arbitrary Waveform Editing 64 EGP PRIN Su enne ee meds iet der dete aer eI eL eae repete eeu deae 64 FAQs nterpolatesinnedcnimeidie so ua a ease imu 65 7 9 1 Control Point Settirig a iia 66 7 9 2 gt Execute Interpolation cid oua eret aad 67 7 9 8 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples ooocconnccccnnonococcnononccnnononnnnccnannnccnnnnancnnnnnnns 68 7 9 4 Control Point File Opera O a a r a aaan Ae eaea EREE eaa ES 69 1 10 Operation casita dd r cod ca 70 7 10 1 Types of Operatilorn ied de d E ME ie xem 71 7402 Seta Operation Target eere tetti niet etes 71 7 10 3 Operation Execution ira tie ebd ero act a ria 71 7 10 4 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples ssseeee e 72 To Gompress EXpalid zia beet end eee 73 7 11 1 Compression Expansion along Horizontal Axis 73 7 11 2 Compression Expansion along Vertical Axis sseeeeeen 74 7 11 3 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples sseeeene 75 7 12 System Setting ede ai 77 74323 A AXIS UNI SONS cuidad ariete 77 12 2 Y AxisS Unit Settings seite ttc eh eicere nte 78 FECE DAE EET EEEN 78 AIST Memory Transfer iui eec dt du e PU eH E t pet 78 7 19 2 Memory Glear coii tereti ict reiten o eee e epe ETE ERE ce eve sevi e eld Pa eph 78 8 MaintenanGe iiic eni ia FERRE pe ERROR poe gate a 80 8 1 CD ROM Management
36. Clip Board Created Waveform Created Waveform w Operation Result Clip Board B a Figure 7 11 Operation 70 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 10 1 Types of Operation When clicking v button between Selected Area and Clip Board Created Waveform a list of arithmetical operation is displayed Select an operator by clicking in the list or pressing M H kG key represents multiplication and represents division 7 10 2 Set a Operation Target B Generated waveform When clicking Created Waveform button or pressing Altj W the Arbitrary waveform editing screen appears Operations can be executed according to Edit a New Arbitrary Waveform F 7 8 However there are the following limitations for an arbitrary waveform editing in operations e Range or Size cannot be changed A range cannot be divided over two or more pages After you create a waveform according to Edit a New Arbitrary Waveform I 7 8 and click the Page OK the created waveform is displayed in Clip Board Created Waveform area m Clip Board Click Clip Board button or pressing Alt B to display a waveform stored in clip board in Clip Board Created Waveform area For operation with the clip board see 7 5 4 If the selected range is longer than the data in the clip
37. Edit Redo Alt key El Y or press the Ctrl key and Y B Cut copy paste delete With the Arbitrary waveform editing tool you can cut copy paste delete the waveform data or edit waveforms as needed O Cut Edit Cut A e Copy Edit Copy Alt E C or Ctrl and C O Paste Edit Paste Alt E P or Ctrl and VJ Delete Edit Delete Alt E D or Ctrl and D t E T or Ctrl and X When performing the cut or copy operation the waveform data of the selected part is sent to the clip board In this case the waveform data of the selected part which is 16 bit data 0 to 65535 is sent to the clip board as a number string with one data per one row If a data value is originally negative 65536 is added to it to convert into a positive value These contents can be pasted to any text editor or spreadsheet software or can be pasted to itself or any other Arbitrary waveform editing tools which are currently active 49 Gu INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual v The selected part is deleted Clipboard N Jd The selected part is not changed Clipboard T LJ The size of the clipboard is smaller Trailing Os are filled T E The size of the clipboard is larger The part that did no
38. Ex Programmable AC DC Power Source APS 1102A CONTROL SOFTWARE USER MANUAL REVISION 1 0 December 2013 ISO 9001 CERTIFIED GW INSTEK MANUFACTURER This manual contains proprietary information which is protected by copyrights All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without prior written consent of Good Will company The information in this manual was correct at the time of printing However Good Will continues to improve products and reserves the rights to change specification equipment and maintenance procedures at any time without notice About registered trademarks National Instruments is a trademark of National Instruments Corporation in the United States Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States Other company or product names are generally the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Good Will Instrument Co Ltd No 7 1 Jhongsing Rd Tucheng City Taipei County 236 Taiwan Preface Thank you for purchasing our Programmable AC DC Power Source APS Series For safe and correct use of the electrical product please first read Safety Precautions on the next page e Alert symbols in this manual This manual uses the following alert symbols Ax CAUTION It co
39. and Min respectively When you enter the maximum minimum value for the target in the respective display section after compression expansion and press ENTER key the waveform in the display waveform section will be changed You can also flip the waveform by setting the maximum value smaller than the minimum value When you are satisfied with the generated waveform click OK button To return to the waveform display screen without performing compression expansion click Cancel button B Compression expansion using amplitude offset When Amplitude Offset option button is selected amplitude value and offset value in the selection selected by the markers is displayed on the right of Amplitude and Offset respectively The following shows the relationship between amplitude offset and maximum minimum value amplitude width from maximum value to minimum value offset center of maximum value and minimum value maximum value offset amplitude 2 minimum value offset amplitude 2 You can also flip the waveform by setting amplitude to a negative value When you are satisfied with the generated waveform click OK button To return to the waveform display screen without performing compression expansion click Cancel button 74 Gw INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing M Expand selection to max amplitude Click the Expand wi
40. at the operation is performed in the communication online state In the communication offline state some functions are restricted because the APS power source status cannot be obtained F 4 8 Based on the APS power source status you may encounter an error message when setting an item In that case handle the error according to the message content 4 2 1 Menu Bar The menu of Basic Controller appears in Figure 4 2 Open Q Ctrl O ff Opens the device setting file Save S Ctrl S Overwrites the device setting file Save As A lt lt Saves the device setting file using a new name Exit Exits the software Store lt q Opens the Store dialog Recall lt q Opens the Recall dialog nea dd initializes the devices to factory defaults Status S dd Clears the status monitor Logging Opens the Logging window Edit Waveform lt q Shows the Arbitrary waveform editing tool Figure 4 2 Basic Controller Window Menus 4 2 2 Tool Bar On the Basic Controller Tool Bar you just click each icon shown in Figure 4 3 to execute the corresponding function e D a b c TS Figure 4 3 Basic Controller Tool Bar a Open Opens the device setting file b Save Overwrites and saves the device setting file c Store Opens the Store dialog d Recall Opens the Recall dialog e Logging Opens the Logging window Arbitrary Edit Waveform Shows the Arbitrary waveform editing tool 16
41. bitrary waveform data sequence data to the APS power source through USB or perform various functions on the APS power source The major functions of Control Software for APS Series are listed below For detailed operations of the Sequence refer to the instruction manual of APS power source B Basic operation function Remote control O Status monitor Measurements Logging E Arbitrary waveform function Creating editing and saving the Arbitrary waveform data Transferring the Arbitrary waveform data to the APS power source B Sequence function Creating editing and saving the Sequence data Transferring the Sequence data to the APS power source Execution control of Sequence function on the APS power source Monitor display during Sequence execution Gw INSTEK 1 Outline 1 2 Software Configuration Control Software for APS Series consists of two major functions displayed on the same screen and two tools m Major functions O Basic controller Sequence function W Tool functions Arbitrary waveform creation function Logging function 1 3 Communication with APS Power Source at Software Startup Control Software for APS Series checks the communication connection with the APS power source when it is started When the communication connection with the APS power source is established the software retrieves the parameter settings of Basic controller from the APS power source and dis
42. c Logging cannot be done during sequence execution 40 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 rbitrary Waveform Editing 7 1 Overview were eee 42 7 2 Opening Closing the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window certero 43 7 3 Name of Each Component in the Window 44 7 4 Operations on Each Section 8 45 7 5 Waveform Display Section M 47 7 6 File Operation eee A A ee 52 7 7 Printing Waveforms 7 eH e amp HIHHHHHHIeeHm 54 7 8 Editing a New Arbitrary Waveform 55 7 9 Interpolate eee cece 65 7 1 0 Operation TEES 70 7 11 Compress Expand Tm 73 7 12 System Setting eee ee eee eee ere reer 77 7 1 3 Memory wee eee eee eee eee eee 78 41 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 1 Overview This chapter uses some examples of creating arbitrary waveforms shown in the Figure 7 1 to help you understand the basic operations and functions of the Arbitrary waveform editing tool We recommend you to operate the tool while reading this chapter to understand how it works more easily va Figure 7 1 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples A CAUTION This software processes wave data with 16 bit 32768 to 32767 while APS power source with 15 bit 16384 to 16383 Therefore this software transfers wave data to APS power source after compressing it into a 15 bit compatible format 42 GW INSTEK 7 2 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing Opening C
43. ck Save button on the top of New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel to display a screen titled Save As Select the location where the file will be saved enter the file name and click the Save extension is wfn which can be omitted when entering a file name To load a parameter setting file click Open button The file button on the top of New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel The screen titled Open File is displayed Select the location to save the file and enter the file name and then click Open button Because the setting file for the Arbitrary waveform editing screen is a text file it can be edited using any text editor However we do not recommend to do so It may result in the situations where Arbitrary waveform editing tool is changed to a format that cannot be read Or if a formula is changed to become too long exceeding the limit edited file may not be readable For the information of files that can be processed by Arbitrary waveform editing tool see 7 6 7 8 7 Print Parameter settings of New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel can be printed Click Print button on the top of New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel to display the Print dialog For details of the print setup see the instruction manual of your printer 64 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 9 Interpolate Interpolate Panel is used to create a waveforms b
44. cute the store processing From the Menu Bar click Memory Store On the Tool Bar click the Store icon S 4 2 2 4 4 2 Recall The Recall dialog can be opened by any of the following two methods In the Recall dialog specify the memory number from the Memory No list and then click OK to execute the recall processing on the APS power source After the APS power source finishes the recall processing the software inquires the APS power source and updates each setting value in the windows of the software to the recalled value From the Menu Bar click Memory Recall On the Tool Bar click the Recall icon F 4 2 2 A CAUTION O Performing the recall operation with the output on results in an error 4 4 3 Reset From the Menu Bar click Memory Reset The connected APS power source is reset to the factory defaults A CAUTION Performing the reset operation with the output on results in an error 21 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 4 5 Status 4 5 1 Status Monitor The software inquires the connected APS power source for the statuses with the interval of about two seconds and refreshes the display of the status monitor while the output of the APS Power Source is on Table 4 1 shows the list of statuses to be monitored After the APS power source status inquiry the applicable status 1 e the status is ON illuminates in red or o
45. d variable Number string c Unary operator is a logical operator gt Binary operator Power gt Binary operator Multiplying Dividing calculation gt Binary operator Adding Subtracting calculation lt lt gt gt gt Logical operator Bigger Smaller comparison gt Logical operator Equivalent comparison amp amp gt Logical operator Logical multiply ll E Logical operator Logical add B Embedded function In the constant input section Constant and the formula input section Y conbination of Table 7 5 functions can be used Table 7 5 Embedded Function Function Description sin arg cos arg Triangle functions Arguments are in radians tan arg atn arg Arctangent function Returns the angle in radians whose tangent is the argument sqr arg Returns the positive square root of the argument exp arg Exponential whose base is e base of natural logarithm log arg Returns natural logarithm log10 arg Returns common logarithm power arg1 arg2 Returns the magnitude of the complex vector whose real part is the 1st argument and imaginary part is the 2nd phase arg1 arg2 Returns the angle of the complex vector whose real part is the 1st argument and the imaginary part is the 2nd tri arg1 arg2 Triangle wave whose angle is the 1st argument and slope symmetry is the 2nd The 2nd argument is optional When omitted it is regarded as
46. data is moved as a unit of movement Under the display magnification in which multiple addresses are mapped to one dot the movement occurs by a step of that number of addresses corresponding to one dot B Moving markers specifying values To specify the marker location with higher resolution enter values for the marker location directly The location display section for A marker is selected by clicking the X item corresponding to it or pressing the Alt key and A key Enter values and press the Tab key to move A marker to the specified location To specify the marker location with higher resolution enter values for the marker location directly B marker is also moved to the specified location by clicking the X item corresponding to B marker or pressing the Alt key and B key entering values for B maker in the location display section and pressing the ITab key The marker can be located in any location within the range of the settings display resolution regardless of addresses of the waveform data by specifying values W Coordinate marker mode A and B markers can be moved independently or together depending on the Link check box When the Link check box is selected A and B markers are moved together The gap in the horizontal direction between A and B markers distance between markers is displayed on the right of dX When moving one of these markers the other
47. ded constant is disabled and your definition of values and formulas become effective Table 7 3 Embedded Constant Expression Meaning Value pi Circular constant 3 1415926535898 C Speed of light 2 99792458e8 h Planck s constant 6 6260755e 34 k Boltzmann s constant 1 380658e 23 r Euler s constant 0 57721566490153 W Function In formula input section Y provide a formula in Y f X format X is a value to be changed within the range of the page For example if the range in a page is 1000 to 2000 X in the formula changes between 1000 to 2000 The value of X in the formula is affected by the unit of horizontal axis L8 7 12 1 which is set on the unit setting screen For example consider the following cases that a sine wave is provided by a formula like Y sin X Radian expression is used for the arguments of the sin function Assume that the unit of horizontal axis is Address and the range is from 0 to 4096 Since 4096 2 2 651 8986 the result of this formula is a sine wave with about 652 waves In the case that the unit of horizontal axis is Time and the frequency is 500 Hz the cycle is 2 ms and 2e 3 2 2 0 0003183 Then the result of this formula is a value that changes just little around 0 of the sine wave In the case that the unit of the vertical axis is User and the range is from 0 to 1 122 7 0 1591 Then the result of this formula is a waveform of about 1 6 first half of a sine wave
48. e Error Dialog ssem 18 Figure 4 9 Limiter Setting as 2 A ele iecore Sin oe a aa DDR RARE 19 Figure 4 10 The Indication of OUTPUT Button seeeeeenn emere 19 Figure 4 11 Store and Recall DialOgS oooococcccnnnocccocnnonccccnnncanccnononnnncnnann menn 21 Figure 4 12 Status Display Example Sensing Voltage Anomaly sseeeeeees 22 Figure 5 1 Sequence Window coooooccccnnonccccnncoccncnnnnnnnnnnnannnnonnnno cnn eee nennen nnne nenne nennen nne nnne nn 25 Figure 5 2 Sequence Window Menus sese meer enne 26 Figure 5 3 5equence Tool Bar ett ert a tin dar 27 Figure 5 4 Basic Setting Output Mode and Output Range seeee me 27 Figure 5 5 Confirmation Dialog for Clearing the Setting seee 27 Figure 5 6 Step Arrangement Buttons oooocoonnnccccnccacnccnonanoncnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn cnn nana nn narran rra ranma nana 28 Figure 5 7 Confirmation Dialog for Deleting a Step oocooooccccnnnocccccnconcncnnanannononnnano conan cnc nnnnnnnnnnnns 28 Figure 5 8 Error Dialog for Copying Data ooococccccnnococccononacccnnonancnnononnnncnnannnnonnnnnn cono nnnnnn cnn nana nnnnnns 30 Figure 5 9 Enabling or Disabling Start Phase and Stop Phase sse 31 Figure 5 10 Set Behavior Type oooooccccononccccononccncnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnno cnn eene nennen nnne nnns ene nennen ener 32 Figure 5 11 Operation Bar of Sequence
49. e cycle of a square wave unit of horizontal axis user defined unit O to 6 283185 unit of vertical axis user defined unit 1 to 1 Page 1 Constant None Y sin x gt 0 0 5 2 Obtain a square wave of 0 1 using the logical operator gt to convert into 1 DC sweep waveform unit of horizontal axis user defined unit O to 1 unit of vertical axis user defined unit 1 to 1 Page 1 Constant None Y x 0 5 sin 2 pi x 32 2 Damped wave unit of horizontal axis user defined unit 0 to 6 283185 unit of vertical axis user defined unit 1 to 1 Page 1 Constant None Y exp x sin x 64 DSB waveform unit of horizontal axis user defined unit 0 to 6 283185 unit of vertical axis user defined unit 1 to 1 Page 1 Constant a 19 5 b 20 5 Y sin a x sin b x 2 61 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 8 5 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples B Standard waveform As an example of standard waveform we will create a triangle wave of 30 symmetry Click button on Select Item Panel You can also click Tool Create to obtain the same result Select Item Panel is changed to New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel Click button on the right side of Wave and then click Triangle in the list In value input section on the right side of Symmetry change the value from 50 to 30 and then press ENTER key This specifies a triangle
50. e display magnification click the Y button located in the upper part of the vertical scroll bar and select the desired magnification from the displayed list Pressing the or key while the magnification list is displayed increases the magnification and pressing the l or key decreases the magnification Pressing the Home key shows the waveform in its original size and pressing the End key displays the waveform in the maximum magnification B Display magnification of horizontal axis The horizontal magnification can be set to 1 1 displays the complete waveform 1 2 expands half of the waveform to be displayed in the entire screen 1 4 or up to 1 128 To set the display magnification click the Y button located on the right of the horizontal scroll bar and select the desired magnification from the displayed list Pressing the or key while the magnification list is displayed increases the magnification and pressing the l or key decreases the magnification Pressing the Home key shows the waveform in its original size and pressing the End key displays the waveform in the maximum magnification B Scrolling When the vertical horizontal magnification is set to 1 2 or more you can slide the scroll bar The coordinate values of the waveform display area changes as you slide the scroll bar You can drag the scrol
51. e entered value is out of the setting range the error dialog opens as shown in Figure 4 8 The setting range differs by models For details of the setting range see the instruction manual of the APS Power Source 4 2 7 Operation Bar In the Operation Bar clicking OUTPUT toggles between output on and off of the connected APS power source The indication of the COUTPUT button changes as shown in Figure 4 10 AA OUTPUT Off OUTPUT On Figure 4 10 The Indication of OUTPUT Button GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 4 3 APS Power Source Setting File Control Software for APS Series handles the following one type of file format as the Basic controller setting file B APS power source setting file extension is rmt This file stores the Basic controller settings except the output ON OFF setting This file can be read and saved by Control Software for APS Series It cannot be read by the APS power source A CAUTION About compatibility with APS 1102 Control software accompanying with APS 1102 APS 1102 power source setting file msf created with the APS 1102 control software cannot be used with this software APS 1102A power source setting file created with this software cannot be used with the APS 1102 control software It is not compatible 4 3 1 Save As Saves the APS power source setting file as a new file The Save As dialog can be opened by any of the foll
52. e some time until the setting is switched depending on the settings of the connected APS power source GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 4 2 5 Output Setting Set the output related items A grayed item is not available in this output mode Output Setting ACV 0 0 tvms DCV v Freq 50 0 Ha Start Phase 0 0 deg Sync Source Wave SIN v Gain Figure 4 7 Output Setting In a numerical entry box if the entered value is out of the setting range the error dialog opens as shown in Figure 4 8 Enter a value within the setting range shown in the dialog The setting range differs by models For details of the setting range see the instruction manual of the APS Power Source Figure 4 8 is an example of error dialogues on APS 1102A Guidance A Enter within 0 0 to 155 0 Figure 4 8 Example of Setting Range Error Dialog 18 GW INSTEK 4 Basic Controller 4 2 6 Limiter Setting In the limiter setting you set the current limiters and the restriction on the setting ranges The default limiter values held by this software are determined by the model setting in the System Setting Figure 4 9 is an example of limiter settings on APS 1102A Current Limiter Setting RMS 10 5 Arms Peak 420 42 0 p Voltage Setting Range Peak 220 0 220 0 Ypk Frequency Setting Range 1 0 550 0 Ha Figure 4 9 Limiter Setting In a numerical entry box of the limiter setting if th
53. er Setting B Enter a setting value Select a cell and then enter a value If the entered value is out of the setting range the error dialog appears Enter a value according to the dialog Select Termination from the combo box opened by clicking a cell B Enter a enable disable setting value When a cell of Stop Phase or Jump to Branch is selected enable and disable radio buttons become enabled If you select the Enable radio button you can set a phase as shown in Figure 5 9 B Clear setting values Restores a setting value to the default value Following two methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Initialize On the keyboard press Ctrl ll Display disabled Delete Step Si Jp Phase deg Step Time s LEES 0 1000 A v O Enable Termination Jump to Jump Count Br CONTINUE MS A A vw En o Disati Termination Jump to Jump Count E continue B Figure 5 9 Enabling or Disabling Start Phase and Stop Phase Display enabled Step Time s 1 0 1000 31 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 5 2 6 Step execution Parameter Setting Enter a setting value Select a cell and then enter a value If the entered value is out of the setting range the error dialog appears Enter a value according to the dialog Enter operation type When a cell of the setting value in which you can set a operation type is selected radio button
54. eration d System Setting 100V 200V Current Limiter Setting RMS 10 5 Arms Lower Upper System Setting Power Sunnly and Power Test Products Control Software Peak 42 0 42 0 Voltage Setting Range Peak 220 0 220 0 Frequency Setting Range Figure 3 4 Composition of Main Window A 20g Function switching Function display section Common display section System Setting 23 4 3 4 3 5 8 3 6 Function Switching and Function Display Section With this software you can use two types of functions by switching among them When you click a function switching tab items corresponding to that function are displayed in the function display section Basic controller F 4 Sequence ES 5 11 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 3 5 Common Display Section The common display section is shown commonly to all functions 3 5 1 Operation Bar The Operation Bar has the output ON OFF switching button and other buttons for various function operations ums gt m u e Figure 3 5 Operation Bar 3 5 2 Status Monitor The status monitor indicates the status of the currently connected APS power source UNLOCK Figure 3 6 Status monitor 3 5 3 Status Bar The status bar indicates the states of the APS power source connection and the software Connected Model APS 11024 Connection Type VISA Edit Mode Elapsed Time Figure 3 7 Stat
55. es log on to Windows with Administrator permissions To establish the communication connection between Control Software for APS Series and the APS power source the USB driver software must be installed If the VISA environment is set up in your computer the USB driver software is already installed If the VISA environment is not set up follow the procedure described in 2 2 1 to install the VISA driver software VISA Virtual Instrument Software Architecture is a standard recommended by the IVI Foundation to promote the standardization of instrument software architecture 2 2 1 Installation of USB Driver Software B When using the VISA environment If the VISA environment is set up in your computer you can use this software in the VISA environment This software is confirmed to work on NI VISA Version 4 6 2 provided by National Instruments Corporation Please be aware that we do not provide support for problems that occur in the VISA environment provided by other vendor products If you want to use this software in the NI VISA environment you must obtain the license yourself from National Instruments Corporation For details of NI VISA contact National Instruments Corporation or visit the National Instruments Website GW Instek do not provide a stand alone USB driver The NI VISA driver must be used for the USB function GW INSTEK 2 Installation 2 2 2 Installation of Control Software for APS Series B Installation procedure 1 I
56. form editing tool Texts in parentheses indicate file extensions to be added to that type of file Custom format file including the waveform data and the display unit setting wdb ES 0 Text format file including only the waveform data txt ES 7 6 2 Text format file including parameters used for editing arbitrary waveforms wfn G 7 8 6 Text format file including the control point information prn tsv csv F 7 9 4 A CAUTION About compatibility with APS 1102 control software accompanying with APS 1102 Various kinds of files wdb wfn prn tsv csv created with the APS 1102 control software can be used with this software Some kinds of settings like those of signal generator cannot be used APS 1102 ARB proprietary format ocb files cannot be used Files created with this software cannot be used with the APS 1102 control software 7 6 1 Custom Format File You can save the waveform data created with the Arbitrary waveform editing tool and the display unit setting in one file When you click File Save As wdb Alt Fl A or Ctrl A the window titled Save As will be displayed Select the location where the file will be saved enter the file name and click the Save button The file extension is wdb which can be omitted when entering a file name After you read write a f
57. ght of Wave on New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel to display the list of available waveforms Select a waveform by clicking it Table 7 1 shows the types of waveform that can be generated Table 7 1 Waveform Selection Waveform Description Sine Generate a sine wave by setting appropriate parameters Triangle Generate a triangle wave by setting appropriate parameters Square Generate a square wave by setting appropriate parameters Noise Generate a noise waveform that is different every time It is generated based on the random number calculation The generated noise waveform is white noise with the uniform distribution in amplitude DC Generate a waveform assuming the data within the specified range as same Function Define a waveform by combining various formulas See 7 8 3 for the setting of each parameter See 7 8 4 for the setting of waveform function formula 56 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 8 3 Parameter Setting If the setting of Wave is sine wave triangle wave square wave noise or DC you must set appropriate parameters to generate the wave The following shows the available parameters to set Table 7 2 Parameters of the Standard Waveform Sine Triangle Square Noise DC Offset O O O O O Size O O O O O Amplitude O O O O Period O O O Phase O O O Symmetry O Duty O Transition O
58. ile when you click File Save Alt IF S or Ctrl S or the corresponding button on the Tool Bar the file is overwritten to the current file whose title is shown in the title bar If you have not performed any file operation clicking Save performs the same action as Save As for the custom file 7 6 2 Text Format File The waveform data created with the Arbitrary waveform editing tool can be saved as a text file so that the data can be used in other applications easily When you click File Save As txt Alt Fl T or Ctrl T the window titled Save As will be displayed Select the location where the file will be saved enter the file name and click the Save button The file extension is txt which can be omitted when entering a file name In a text file 16 bit data 0 to 65535 is saved as the number string with one data per one row If a data value is originally negative 65536 is added to it to convert into a positive value The number of rows is 52 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing fixed to 4096 This file can be read with any text editor or spreadsheet software Also a text file created with any text editor or spreadsheet software can be read with the Arbitrary waveform editing tool When creating a text file include one data per one row The data must be 16 bit signed integers 32768 to 32767 Note that the numeric data format
59. ing Interval Specifies the interval of measurements logging in seconds The range of the value is between 1 to 300 A CAUTION O The accuracy of the logging interval is not guaranteed 6 4 Log Display Section When the logging is started a log for each line is created in the log display section with the specified interval 6 5 Measurements Log File When the Save in a File check box is selected in the Logging Setting dialog F 6 3 4 starting a logging creates a measurements log file in the folder specified in Location and appends a log to the log file The format of the measurements log file is described below m File name The file is created with the name of YYYYMMDD_HH_MM_SS txt based on the time when the logging is started W File format Text file delimited by comma The first line includes the item names and the subsequent lines represent measurements logs A CAUTION Data in the log display section cannot be copied to the clip board or saved to a file If you need to keep the log in a file select the Save in a File check box in the Logging Setting dialog S 6 3 4 and use the measurements log file Logging data displayed on a window or saved in a file is up to 3600 lines If logging data exceeds 3600 lines displayed data will be wrapped around and a new file will be created Excess data will be saved in the new file Logging may stop if there is not enough empty space in the hard dis
60. is different from that of the created text file As a Standard include 4096 data in a data file If a file includes more than 4096 data the excess data is skipped during the read process On the other hand if a file includes less than 4096 data they are read into the first part of the waveform and the rest of the waveform will not be changed 53 Gu INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 6 3 File Reading Display the Open File dialog by clicking File Open Alt F O or Ctrl O or the corresponding button on the Tool Bar Enter the file name and click OK button The waveform information will be read from the specified waveform data file 7 7 Printing Waveforms You can print the waveform data created with the Arbitrary waveform editing tool as a waveform image However the grid is not printed regardless of the display mode When you click File Print Alt F P or Ctrl P the Print dialog is displayed For details of the print setup see the instruction manual of your printer 54 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 8 Editing a New Arbitrary Waveform New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel is used to create a standard waveform or a formula waveform By clicking Create button on Select Item Panel or performing Tool Create Alt T W New Arbitrary Waveform
61. l bar to the desired coordinates to observe other parts of the waveform 47 Gu INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 5 3 Markers Markers are used to select the waveform range in the horizontal direction when editing or creating any type of the waveform They are also used to specify the horizontal position in order to read the vertical value of the waveform Markers are displayed with red and blue vertical lines in the waveform display area BM Markers operation Two types of markers are used in the Arbitrary waveform editing tool A marker red and B marker blue A marker cannot be located on the right side of B marker A marker is always located on the left side or same position of B marker The position of each marker is displayed in the X field corresponding to the Marker field of each color The value of the waveform corresponding to the marker position is displayed in the Y field M Moving markers mouse dragging Two methods are provided in order to move markers dragging a mouse and specifying values When the mouse cursor is hovered over a marker the shape of the cursor is turned into from R To move the marker drag the mouse while the cursor is in this shape Although the markers on any end of the line can be difficult to identify they can also be moved by using the maker flag located in the upper part of the waveform display area When moving markers by dragging a mouse the address of the waveform
62. lick the icon shown in Figure 6 3 to execute the corresponding function a b t5 m Figure 6 3 Measurements Logging Tool Bar a Start Logging Starts the logging b Stop Logging Stops the logging 38 Gw INSTEK 6 Measurements Logging 6 3 3 Start Stop and Clear W Start Following two methods are available From the Menu Bar select Logging Start From the Tool Bar select Start Logging icon B Stop Following two methods are available From the Menu Bar select Logging Stop From the Tool Bar select Stop Logging icon B Clear Log From the Menu Bar select Logging Clear Log to clear logs in the Measurements Logging window The logged data in the logging file are not cleared 6 3 4 Logging Conditions Sets the measurements log file and a logging interval From the Menu Bar select Set Logging Condition to display the Logging Setting dialog Logging Setting Measurement Display RMS Logging Data Location Logging Interval 2 _ sec OK Cancel Figure 6 4 Logging Setting Dialog B Measurement Display This selects the measurement display selection m Save ina File When the Save in a File check box is selected the measurements log file is created and saved to the folder specified in Location I 6 5 B Location Specifies a folder to save the measurements log file 39 Gu INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual BM Logg
63. ller 4 6 Logging Open the Logging window F 6 Following two methods are available From the Menu Bar click Tool Logging On the Tool Bar click the Logging icon I 4 2 2 4 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing Show the Arbitrary waveform editing tool I 7 Following two methods are available From the Menu Bar click Tool Edit Waveform On the Tool Bar click the Arbitrary Waveform Editing icon ES 4 2 2 4 8 Restrictions in the Communication Offline State In the Basic controller when you perform an operation that needs communication e g clicking Set y Reload or OUTPUT communication with the connected APS power source is attempted When the communication is established the software inquires the APS power source about the settings and updates each setting values in the window In the communication offline state each setting value cannot be obtained from the APS power source So when an operation requiring the communication like shown above was performed each setting value in the window is populated with the default value held by the software 23 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 5 Sequence 5 1 Name of Each Component in the Window 25 5 2 Operations on Each Section nnn 26 5 3 Sequence Setting File sassasauauauansuauuanuanusansuuuuauuua 33 5 4 Control Fasuussasasusuuuuusunsuuusuauussusumunmsuuusanuunuuuuusns 34 24 GW
64. losing the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window 7 2 1 Opening the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window Following three methods are available In the Basic Controller Menu Bar select Tool Edit Waveform ES 4 2 1 Click the Arbitrary Waveform Editing icon L 4 2 2 on the Basic Controller Tool Bar Click the Arbitrary Waveform Editing icon I 5 2 2 on the Sequence Tool Bar 7 2 2 Closing the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window Finish editing arbitrary waveforms Following two methods are available When you perform the exit operation the confirmation dialog opens as shown in Figure 7 2 Select OK to close the Arbitrary Waveform Editing window From the Menu Bar select File Exit Click the X in the upper right corner of the Arbitrary Waveform Editing window Guidance 2 Quit editing waveform OK j Cancel Figure 7 2 The Confirmation Dialog When Finishing Editing Arbitrary Waveforms 43 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 3 Name of Each Component in the Window The name of the file used to read write the waveform data is shown in the title bar If no file has been read written lt Untitled gt is shown in the bar a Menu Bar WAVE DESIGNER for APS 1102A Untitled E xj File EdE Tool Seting WAVE DESIGNER b Tool Bar u c ARREN Marker Link MI fa Distance 4096 000 Cursor X 2960963 word Y d 288017 Data 0 000000
65. ng this feature some parts of waveforms defined on the previous pages can be changed all at once Each page can be enabled disabled independently Click either Enable or Disable radio button to make it selected status Move between pages by using 4 button and gt button on the left bottom of the Arbitrary waveform editing screen 4 button moves to the previous page and button moves to the next page Clicking M button moves you to the first active page Clicking gt I button moves you to the last active page By entering numbers directly into the value input area between buttons and pressing Enter key you can jump to the specified page Available page number is from 1 to 200 By clicking Initialize button on the top of New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel you can initialize the setting values for the displayed page to the default values To initialize setting values for all pages to the default values at once click All Page Clear button Then Range of each page is set to zero To generate the waveform on the displayed page click Page OK button on the bottom of the page To arbitrary waveform editings on all pages at once click All Page OK button on the bottom of the page To return to the waveform display screen without generating a waveform click Cancel button on the bottom of the page 7 8 2 Select a Waveform Click Y button on the ri
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68. nsert the CD ROM into the CD ROM drive of your computer 2 Execute English Application setup exe in CD ROM The installer starts up 3 Follow the instructions shown in the dialog box to click the Next and install the software 4 When the installation is finished remove the CD ROM from the CD ROM drive After installation you can perform this software C 3 1 M Uninstallation procedure In Windows select Control Panel and then Add or Remove Programs From the list of currently installed programs select Control Software for APS Series and delete it However the folder where Control Software for APS Series is installed is not removed The folder still contains the operation setting file of Control Software for APS Series and deleting this folder and its files after uninstallation does not cause any problem GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 3 Control Software Operation 3 1 Start and Exit RRARRRARRARRRSARRRARRRARRARRRARRAARRARRRARRR ARR 9 3 2 Communication with APS Power Source 10 3 3 Composition of Main Window n8 11 3 4 Function Switching and Function Display Section o a 11 3 5 Common Display Section a 12 3 6 System a 13 3 7 Error Message a 13 GW INSTEK 3 Control Software Operation 3 1 Start and Exit This section explains how to start and exit the software 3 1 1 Start Following two methods are available The desktop shortcut is automatically created when the software is ins
69. ntains cautions about working with the program e This manual consists of the following chapters Tf it is the first time for you to use this product start with 1 Outline Outline Provides an overview of the functions of the Control Software Installation Explains the environment required for Control Software to operate and the installation method Control Software Operation Explains the basic operations of Control Software such as starting exiting the window configuration the system setting and so on Basic Controller Explains how to operate the Basic controller function one of the primary functions of the Control Software Sequence Explains how to operate the Sequence function one of the primary functions of the Control Software Measurements Logging Explains how to operate the Measurements Logging Arbitrary Waveform Editing Explains how to operate the Arbitrary waveform editing tool WAVE DESIGNER for APS Series Maintenance Explains the management of the CD ROM and what to do when it is damaged Safety Precautions For safe use ensure to obey the following warnings and cautions We are not responsible for damage resulting from failure to obey these warnings and cautions Ensure you obey the instructions in this instruction manual This instruction manual contains instructions for safe operation and use of this product Before using the product
70. one is also moved keeping the distance When you click the right side of the dX or press the Alt key and the key enter values and press the ab key B marker is moved so that the gap between markers is set to the specified value m Range of impact by markers Selecting the range by using markers affects the operations below 48 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing Range to copy cut paste of waveforms I 7 5 4 Range of arbitrary waveforms editing L 7 8 Range to generate waveforms by interpolation I 7 9 Range of performing compression expansion I 7 11 Range to perform operation among waveforms 7 10 Technically markers are located immediately before the specified displayed location on the horizontal axes value displayed on the right of the X field For example when the horizontal location is 5 for marker A and 10 for marker B the selected range is 5 lt X lt 10 Marker A is located immediately before 5 therefore 5 falls between marker A and B Marker B is located immediately before 10 therefore 10 does not fall between marker A and B 7 5 4 Waveform Manipulation M Undo and redo With the Arbitrary waveform editing tool the waveform data can be restored to the previous status after editing arbitrary waveforms Undo To do so click Edit Undo Alt key El U or press the Ctrl key and JUL To cancel the previous Undo operation Redo click
71. orm information file lt Saves the waveform information file lt Saves the waveform information in a custom format file Saves the waveform information in a text format file Prints the waveform data 4 Exits the waveform editing tool Restores the waveform data to the previous information lt Cancels the undo operation lt Cuts the selected waveform data and text Copies the selected waveform data and text Pastes the cut copied information Deletes the selected waveform data and text Displays the New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel Displays the Interpolate Panel lt Displays the Operate Panel 4 Displays the Compress Expand Panel lt Opens the Memory Transfer dialog Opens the Memory Clear dialog Displays the Set dialog lt Switches On Off the grid drawing Figure 7 4 Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window Menus 45 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 4 2 Tool Bar On the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Tool Bar you just click each icon shown in Figure 7 5 to execute the corresponding function Figure 7 5 Tool Bar in the Arbitrary Waveform Editing Window a Open Opens a waveform information file b Save Saves the waveform information file c Memory Transfer Opens the Memory Transfer dialog d Memory Clear Opens
72. owing two methods For newly created data the Save operation works as Save As From the Menu Bar select File Save As On the keyboard press Alt F Al 4 3 2 Save Overwrites and saves to the existing APS power source setting file Following four methods are available For newly created data the Save operation works as Save As From the Menu Bar select File Save On the keyboard press Alt F S On the keyboard press Ctrl S On the Tool Bar click the Save icon I 4 2 2 4 3 3 File Reading Opens the APS power source setting file The Open File dialog can be opened by any of the following four methods From the Menu Bar select File Open On the keyboard press Alt F O On the keyboard press Ctrl O On the Tool Bar click the Open icon F 4 2 2 20 GW INSTEK 4 Basic Controller 4 4 Memory This section explains the method to communicate with the APS power source and access or reset the basic setting memory internal memory Memory No INNEN v Memory No INNEN v Figure 4 11 Store and Recall Dialogs 4 4 1 Store The Store dialog can be opened by any of the following two methods In the Store dialog specify the internal memory number from the Memory No list and then click OK on the APS power source to exe
73. pen Opens the sequence setting file c Save Overwrites and saves the sequence setting file d Arbitrary Waveform Editing Shows the Arbitrary waveform editing tool 5 2 3 Basic Setting B Output mode and Output range Output Mode AC INT v Output Range 100V 200V Figure 5 4 Basic Setting Output Mode and Output Range When the output mode or output range is changed the dialog opens as shown in Figure 5 5 Select Yes to clear each of the current setting values reset to the default values The cleared setting cannot be undone If you want to save the current setting before clearing it select No to cancel the change and then save the setting to a file ES 5 3 Guidance 2 Settings will be cleared OK Figure 5 5 Confirmation Dialog for Clearing the Setting When you change the output mode or output range setting it may take some time until the setting is switched depending on the settings of the APS power source 27 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 5 2 4 Step Arrangement This section describes how to add insert delete move and copy a step line Add Step Delete Step ally Figure 5 6 Step Arrangement Buttons A CAUTION When the step number is changed for a step that is set as a jump to step or branch step the step number is automatically changed on the calling side of the jump or branching also preserving the dependency between steps
74. plays them on the PC screen If the communication connection with the APS power source cannot be established the software starts as it is and the default settings of the software are used for the parameters of Basic controller This software can create the setting data of each function without connecting to the APS power source Make sure that the model name in the system setting of this software matches with the connected APS power source Otherwise unexpected behavior may be caused 1 4 Conventions Used in This Manual This manual uses the following conventions to describe the functions of Control Software for APS Series Menu names displayed on the screen and user input text Gothic font enclosed by Example Wave s 2 pi Button names displayed on the screen and keys that user should press Gothic font enclosed by Example Cancel OK Alt String that represents each function or item of this software Gothic font enclosed by Example Basic controller Arbitrary waveform editing tool APS power source setting file Press one key while holding down another key Two keys are connected by Example Ctrl O O Press one key release it and press another key Two keys are connected by Example Alt F GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 2 Installation 21 System Requirements o rere Tree rere rT 5 2 2 Ins
75. range Figure 4 12 shows the example of status display When a red status is ON the protection function is activated on the APS power source main unit causing an error Under this situation if you try to change the output setting F 4 2 5 or limiter setting ES 4 2 6 without clearing the status L8 4 5 2 an error occurs Table 4 1 Status Display List e Display color Notation Description hes SN ON Remarks OV Output overvoltage OC RMS _ Output overcurrent RMS Average value for APS 1102 OC PK Output overcurrent peak DC OV Power unit DC power supply overvoltage Red DC UV Power unit DC power supply undervoltage RTONTerr Realtime control protection APS 1102 only OH Overheat Freq Synchronization frequency anomaly UNLOCK External synchronization signal UNLOCK Waitt Wattage limiter is operating Irms RMS current limiter is operating Orange Average value for APS 1102 Ipk Peak current limiter is operating SAT_LMT Operation quantity saturation limiter operation APS 1102 only OUTPUT Off OUTPUT On Figure 4 12 Status Display Example Sensing Voltage Anomaly 4 5 2 Clear From the Menu Bar click Status Clear This makes the status monitor display to go off in the windows of the software and clears the APS power source error equivalent to pressing the ENTER key for an error message window 22 GW INSTEK 4 Basic Contro
76. rations on Each Sections 16 4 3 APS Power Source Setting File 20 4 4 Memory eee 21 4 5 Status a 22 4 6 Logging cece eee 23 4 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 8 23 4 8 Restrictions in the Communication Offline State 23 GW INSTEK 4 Basic Controller 4 1 Name of Each Component in the Window Control Software for APS 1102A a Menu Bar SSE Tne system setina File E Memory M Stetus Tool T Power Surni and Pawer est Prada b Tool Bar ig E Ex E Control rii d Basic setting Output Mode AC INT yj Output Range 100V 200V Output Setting Current Limiter Setting f Limiter setting e Output setting ACV 0 0 vms mE 30 8 farms DCV M tower Upper Peak 42 0 42 0 Apk n 8500 iio 50 0 ma Voltage Setting Range Start Phase 0 0 ed Sync Source Peak 220 0 220 0 ven Wave Y Gain Frequency Setting Range E li a 1 0 550 0 Ha c Reload and ENT Set Set buttons g Operation Bar Connected Modet APS 1102A Connection Type VISA Figure 4 1 Basic Controller Window a Menu Bar ES 4 2 1 b Tool Bar ES 4 2 2 c Reload and Set buttons ES 4 2 3 d Basic setting ES 4 2 4 e Output setting G 4 2 5 f Limiter setting ES 4 2 6 g Operation Bar ES 4 2 7 15 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 4 2 Operations on Each Section This section explains how to operate each section assuming th
77. readsheet software Also a text file created with any text editor or spreadsheet software can be read with the Arbitrary waveform editing tool When creating a text file one line must consist of 2 data elements of X and Y and be saved in the format same as the file with the above extension For the information of files that can be processed by Arbitrary waveform editing tool see 7 6 69 Gu INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 10 Operation Operate Panel has a waveform in selected ranges and the standard waveform formula waveform or the function to execute arithmetical operation on a waveform in clip board to create a waveform When clicking Operate button on Select Item Panel or select Tool Operate Alt T5 Op Operate Panel is displayed Operations on waveform display sections disabled during Operate Panel is displayed Just after editing an arbitrary waveform on Operate Panel and returning to waveform display section the generated waveform can be restored to the state before the edited contents were reflected by selecting Edit Undo Alt E U or Ctrl Ul Operation is executed for a range selected by markers First select the range to edit by using A marker and B marker on waveform display section WAVE DESIGNER for APS 1102A Untitled eles i di E M WAVE DESIGNE farke Link Selected Area
78. return to waveform display screen Compress Expand button on Select Item Panel You can also click Tool Compress Expand to obtain the same result Select Item Panel is changed to Compress Expand Panel In the key In the key numeric area on the right of Max change 32767 to 100000 then press ENTER numeric area on the right of Min change 32767 to 100000 then press ENTER In the waveform display section you can see that the triangle waveform is expanded vertically and clipped transforming to a trapezoidal waveform Click Description 1 Description 2 Description 3 Description 4 Description 5 Description 6 button to return to waveform display screen You can also use the maximum minimum numeric values specified in the step 3 to compress the waveform vertically or move the waveform up or down If the full scale is exceeded as a result of the expansion or movement the waveform will be clipped at the full scale point You can compress expand only a part of a waveform by selecting that part of the waveform using A marker red and B marker blue in the waveform display screen beforehand If the full scale is not reached by the waveform you can expand the waveform to maximum amplitude by clicking Expand with Fixed Offset button or Expand with Offset Clear button If the maximum is set to 100000 and the minimum is set to 1000
79. s for the operation type Const Keep and Sweep are enabled A operation type can be set by selecting the radio buttons Figure 5 10 In the cell the icon corresponding to the setting operation type is displayed OW Const Step DCV V ACV V Freq Hz O Keep 1 500 amp 500 2 600 500 3 700 Y 50 0 7 e 800 50 0 The Icon coordinates with the setting Figure 5 10 Set Behavior Type Control Edit m ONHE Figure 5 11 Operation Bar of Sequence Change the operation type 5 2 7 Operation Bar OUTPUT On Off OUTPUT In the Operation Bar of the sequence you can perform Start Stop Hold Branch 0 and Branch 1 of the sequence in addition to switching the on off of the output GW INSTEK 5 Sequence 5 3 Sequence Setting File There are the following type of file format for the sequence data used by the Control Software for APS Series B Sequence setting file extension is sqd This file can be read and saved by Control Software for APS Series A CAUTION About compatibility with APS 1102 control software accompanying with APS 1102 Sequence setting file dat created with the APS 1102 control software cannot be used with this software Sequence setting file created with this software cannot be used with the APS 1102 control software 5 3 1 Save As Saves the sequence setting file as a new file The Save As dialog can be opened by any of the following
80. sing H kH key Selecting a user defined unit as the unit of X axis allows you to specify Name Min and Max In the area on the right of the Name enter a string of up to 4 characters 2 two byte characters as the name of the unit of horizontal axis In the areas on the right of the Min Max enter the minimum value the value at the left end of the waveform and maximum value the value at the right end of the waveform of the user defined unit Table 7 6 Example of User defined Unit of Horizontal Axis Range Name Description 0 1 Period 1 1 vertical axis user defined unit used to adjust to vertical axis range of 0 360 deg degree 0 400 grad 0 6 283185 rad 77 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 12 2 Y Axis Unit Settings In Arbitrary waveform editing tool you can use voltage and user defined unit in addition to waveform data 16 bit 32768 to 32767 as a unit for displaying setting vertical axis Voltage coordinates with Amplitude For a user defined unit you can arbitrarily specify the bottom and top of the waveform data and name of the unit When you use mathematical expressions to generate the waveform it is useful to use values from 1 to 1 because the result of the function such as sin is within 1 Click the Y button on the right of Unit to display a list of available units for the vertical axis Select
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82. t fit is truncated The selected range W E The selected part is deleted while the contents on the clipboard are not changed Figure 7 7 Operations with the Clip Board 50 GW INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 5 5 Example of Arbitrary Waveform Editing We will create a full wave rectification waveform to demonstrate copy and paste functions of a waveform Click the button on the upper left corner of the screen You can also click Tool Create to obtain the same result A sine wave is selected in the initial state Click the All Page OK button to return to the waveform display screen Move B marker to the center of the waveform 4096 000 is displayed at the lower right corner of the screen Tabi 2048 half of 4096 in the numeric area of X corresponding to marker B and press the ab key Hold down the Ctrl key and press the C key You can also click Edit Copy to obtain the same result This operation copies the data between marker A and B which is the first half of the waveform to the clip board Select the check box to the left of the Link to enter the coordinate marker mode Enter 2048 in the numeric area of X corresponding to the marker A and press the Tab key Hold down the Ctrl key and press the V key You can also click Edit Paste to obtain
83. tallation Procedure RARRRARRRARRARRRARRRARRARRRARRRARRE 6 GW INSTEK 2 Installation 2 1 System Requirements Make sure that your system satisfies the requirements described in Table 2 1 before installing Control Software for APS Series Table 2 1 System Requirements Item Description CPU 300 MHz or more 1 6 GHz or more is recommended Memory 128 MB or more 512 MB or more is recommended Free hard disk drive space 64 MB or more Display 1024 x 768 pixel or higher 256 colors or more OS Windows XP Vista 7 English Disk drive CD ROM drive USB interface USB 1 1 full speed Software component Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 A CAUTION Even when the CPU and memory satisfy the above specifications this software might not operate properly depending on the conditions of your operating system A CD ROM drive is required only when installing this software E About software component In most cases NET Framework 2 0 component is already installed in Windows XP Vista 7 When Control Software for APS Series is installed this software checks whether NET Framework 2 0 is installed in your computer and if it is not it displays a message prompting to install the component If the computer is connected to Internet the software automatically downloads NET Framework 2 0 and installs it GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 2 2 Installation Procedure To install uninstall Control Software for APS Seri
84. talled Double click the shortcut icon on the desktop Figure 3 1 From the Start menu select Start All Programs GW Instek Control Software for APS Series Figure 3 1 Shortcut Icon on Desktop 3 1 2 Exit Following three methods are available When you perform the exit operation the dialog opens as shown in Figure 3 2 To exit select Yes To cancel exiting select No Click the X button in the upper right corner of the window e With the window selected press Alt F4 on the keyboard From the Menu Bar select File Exit Guidance 3 Exit the program OK Figure 3 2 Exit Confirmation Dialog f your PC environment is as follows be sure to exit this program before turning off the APS series Otherwise this program will be forced to shut down and some processes will remain on OS because the VISA driver software cannot detect that power of the APS series is surely off OS Windows VISTA VISA driver software NI VISA GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 3 2 Communication with APS Power Source This software can set and control the APS power source connected via USB by communicating with it To distinguish from the state in which the computer and APS power source are just connected physically using a USB cable communication online state is used to describe that the communication is established between the software
85. th Offset Clear button to expand the selection that is already selected by the markers to the maximum amplitude If the offset in the selection before expansion is not 0 it will be changed to 0 after the expansion By clicking Expand with Fixed Offset button you can expand the waveform so that the positive or negative peak matches the maximum value without changing the offset m Notes If that exceeds full scale is set as the result of extension the waveform is clipped at full scale Note that when the expansion rate is too high the distortion may occur in the waveform 7 11 3 Created Arbitrary Waveforms Examples B Horizontal Compression Expansion As an example of horizontal compression expansion of the waveform we will generate the burst waveform by compressing a sine wave to the first quarter of the waveform display screen Display New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel In its initial state a sine wave is selected Change 1 on the right of Period to 4 to make it a sine wave with 4 cycles Click All Page OK button to return to waveform display screen Click Compress Expand button on Select Item Panel You can also click Tool Compress Expand to obtain the same result Select Item Panel is changed to Compress Expand Panel 4096 000 is displayed in the lower right of the waveform display screen Leave the numeric area on the right of Start X as 0 Enter
86. the Memory Clear dialog 7 4 3 Control Panel Section In the Control Panel section the control panel that is currently selected is displayed Immediately after the Arbitrary waveform editing tool is started or after each operation the Select Item Panel is displayed instead Select Item Panel New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel Interpolate Panel Compress Expand Compress Expand Panel Figure 7 6 Transitions for Control Panels Interpolate 7 4 4 Waveform Display Section In the waveform display section the image of the created waveform or each type of the coordinates data is displayed 46 Gw INSTEK 7 Arbitrary Waveform Editing 7 5 Waveform Display Section 7 5 1 Waveform Display Area The waveform data currently being created is always displayed in the waveform display area In the waveform display area coordinate values indicating the display area size markers used for each operation I 7 5 3 and the grid for checking the waveform rate I 7 5 6 are drawn in addition to the waveform data 7 5 2 Display Magnification In the waveform display area you can expand the displayed waveform by changing the display magnification horizontally and vertically BM Display magnification of vertical axis The vertical magnification can be set to 1 1 displays the complete waveform 1 2 expands half of the waveform to be displayed in the entire screen 1 4 or up to 1 256 To set th
87. the keyboard press Alt E JU Click A button of the step arrangement M Go Down Exchanges the current cursor step line with the step below it Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Go Down On the keyboard press Alt E D e Click W button of the step arrangement m Copy Copies the setting data in the selected line range or cell range to the Clip Board Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Copy On the keyboard press Alt E C On the keyboard press Ctrl C 29 GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual B Paste Pastes the setting data on the clip board to the selected line range or cell range Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Edit Paste On the keyboard press Alt E Pl On the keyboard press Ctrl VI A CAUTION Row numbers and column items should be matched between the destination data range to be pasted and the source data range that was copied to the clip board If the data ranges do not match the error dialog shown in Figure 5 8 appears Guidance A The destination area is different in size from the source area Figure 5 8 Error Dialog for Copying Data 30 GW INSTEK 5 2 5 Step transition Paramet
88. the quarter of 4096 which is 1024 in the numeric area on the right of End X and press ENTER key In the waveform display screen you can see that the sine wave with 4 waveforms which had been displayed in the entire screen is now compressed to the first quarter of the screen Click button to return to waveform display screen Description 1 In this example because you left Start X as O the original waveform was compressed to the first quarter of the waveform in the waveform display screen For example if Start X is set to 1024 and End X is set to 2048 the original waveform is compressed to the first half of the waveform display screen instead of the first quarter Description 2 You can also expand the selection of the waveform to the entire waveform You must select the portion of the waveform using marker A and B in the waveform display screen in advance Then click the Expand All button in the Compress Expand screen to expand the selection to the entire waveform 75 Gu INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual B Vertical compression expansion As an example of vertical compression expansion of the waveform we will generate a trapezoidal waveform by expanding and clipping the triangle waveform Display New Arbitrary Waveform Editing Panel In its initial state a sine wave is selected Select Triangle from Wave combo box Click Click All Page OK button to
89. trol Stop On the keyboard press Alt R E In the Operation Bar click Stop button S 5 2 7 5 4 3 Hold Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Control Hold On the keyboard press Alt R H In the Operation Bar click Hold button ES 5 2 7 5 4 4 Branch Describes the branch 0 The branch 1 is similar to the branch 0 Following two methods are available From the Menu Bar select Control Branch 0 In the Operation Bar click Branch 0 button L 5 2 7 34 GW INSTEK 5 Sequence 5 4 5 Output On It is enabled only in the execution mode Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Control Output ON On the keyboard press Alt R IN In the Operation Bar click OUTPUT ES 5 2 7 5 4 6 Output Off Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Control Output OFF On the keyboard press Alt R Fi In the Operation Bar click OUTPUT C 5 2 7 5 4 7 Switch Execution Mode Switches between the Edit mode and Execution mode Switching the Edit mode to the Execution mode corresponds to the compile on the panel operation of the APS power source Following two methods are available From the Menu Bar select Control Switch Mode
90. two methods For newly created data the Save operation works as Save As From the Menu Bar select File Save As On the keyboard press Alt F Al 5 3 2 Save Overwrites and saves to the existing sequence setting file Following four methods are available For newly created data the Save operation works as Save As From the Menu Bar select File Save On the keyboard press Alt F S On the keyboard press Ctrl S On the Tool Bar click the Save icon F 5 2 2 5 3 3 File Reading Opens the sequence setting file The Open File dialog can be opened by any of the following three methods From the Menu Bar select File Open On the keyboard press Alt F O On the keyboard press Ctrl O On the Tool Bar click the Open icon ES 5 2 2 33 Gu INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 5 4 Control This section describes how to control a start stop etc of the sequence 5 4 1 Start Enabled only in the execution mode and with the output on Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Control Start On the keyboard press Alt R S In the Operation Bar click Start button I 5 2 7 5 4 2 Stop Following three methods are available From the Menu Bar select Con
91. us Bar Connected Model Shows the model name of the APS power source set in the System Settings Connection Type Shows the connection mode with the APS power source set in the System Settings Edit Mode Control Mode Shows the execution mode for the sequence LF 5 4 7 Elapsed Time Shows the time elapsed after the sequence was started 12 GW INSTEK 3 Control Software Operation 3 6 System Setting When you first use this software system setting is needed Click the System Setting button in the upper right corner of the window to open the System Setting dialog as shown in Figure 3 8 You can change the system setting whenever the software is up and running However changing the system setting clears parameters and other settings that are being edited System Setting Model Setting Madel APS 1102A Connection Setting Connection Type VISA Cancel Figure 3 8 System Setting Dialog 3 6 1 Connection Type Specify the type of communication with the APS power source to connect Select the VISA driver software The set communication type is shown in the status bar LF 3 5 3 3 7 Error Message You might see some error message in the dialog while using the software In that case handle the error according to the instruction described in the message GU INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 4 Basic Controller 4 1 Name of Each Component in the Window 15 4 2 Ope
92. y using various interpolation A point that is set to interpolate is called a control point Ib When you click nterpolate button on Select Item Panel or select Tool Interpolate Alt IT gt Interpolate Panel is displayed Just after editing an arbitrary waveform on Interpolate Panel and returning to waveform display screen the generated waveform can be restored to the state before the edited contents were reflected by selecting Edit Undo Alt E U or Ctrl U Control Paints Add Delete D Delete AII E Execute Linear L Spline S Continuous Spline C OK D Figure 7 10 Interpolate Operations to edit interpolation is executed for the selected range First select the range by using A marker and B marker on waveform display screen 65 GW INSTEK APS 1102A Control Software User Manual 7 9 1 Control Point Setting Interpolation is executed for a range that is selected by markers in waveform display screen A control point can be set outside the selected range However control points outside the range are ignored when interpolation is executed A control point may be set on any location However two or more control points cannot be set on one X coordinate M Specify a control point by values Enter coordinate values in the input area on the right side of X and Y of Interpolate Panel

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