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| Hydron:
Update on the software - I got it going by changing some filenames to remove chinese characters, which seemed to cause NI problems on my non-chinese-locale system. Does not appear to offer any additional settings vs SCPI control, and seems to use a completely different (probably binary) protocol from the quick go I had sniffing the comms. Mostly a waste of time unfortunately. |
| electr_peter:
--- Quote from: Hydron on December 03, 2020, 11:49:02 pm ---Pros: ... - No obvious safety failures (you could put a screwdriver through the grille to the heatsink which is connected to load+, but that's about it, and it doesn't have live screws like the Kunkin etc) ... --- End quote --- I found no references (videos/reviews/forum posts) on supposedly live screws on Kunkin (I guess KP184 model, as it is similar in specs so ET5410). Can you elaborate? Thanks EDIT: Info on metal backplate screw connections is discussed in calibration manual and in video Kunkin KP184 Review | Voltlog #299 |
| matteo_galet:
Did you manage to get the DCL working? Mine wouldn't respond to basic SCPI commands, but works with its software via binary protocol. Am I missing something? |
| Hydron:
Yeah SCPI works on mine, though there's no documentation on it. I had to go through the DCL8000 manual here: http://www.czdingchen.com/Uploads/file/20180322/1521706734917408.pdf and figured out which commands work. I'm probably missing a few things - some stuff like current/voltage scale aren't there. Sadly the micro on the front panel is read-protected so I can't pull the binary code and look at the strings in it (maybe it's a reason to look into the state of STM32 protection bypass methods though?). If you can't get SCPI working then it might be todo with your EOL character - it's probably gonna require CR then LF, if that's not it then try different combinations (I vaguely recall having to fiddle with this for a piece of equipment, it MIGHT have been this one). I've still got my notes on all this somewhere, but they are on paper and I've not gotten round to writing them up or creating a driver sorry. Stuff I'm pretty sure works is: *IDN? etc LOAD:REM ON - remote mode on (OFF for off), probably required before anything else will work FETC:CURR? FETC:VOLT? FETC:POW? - get current/voltage/power |
| matteo_galet:
Insane!! After spending one full day last week trying to get SCPI working, today it suddently started digesting it no problem. Without me touching anything at all... crazy! BTW thank you, now I only need to understand how to select channel 1 or 2, as I have the dual channel version of the instrument. Many quite standard commands I found online do not work... |
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