Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument (cid:2) (cid:2) An Introductory Guide to SYS-2722 and (cid:2) SYS-2720 (cid:2) SYS-2712 (cid:2) SYS-2702 (cid:2) APIB and GPIB Configurations Copyright(cid:2)2003–2006AudioPrecision,Inc. Allrightsreserved. PartNumber8211.0184Revision4 Nopartofthismanualmaybereproducedortransmittedinany formorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,including photocopying,recording,orbyanyinformationstorageand retrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthe publisher. AudioPrecision®,SystemOne®,SystemTwo™,SystemTwo Cascade™,SystemTwoCascadePlus™,Cascade™, CascadePlus™,SystemOne+DSP™,SystemTwo+DSP™, DualDomain®,FASTTEST®,APWIN™,ATS™,ATS-2™,2700 series™andAP2700™aretrademarksofAudioPrecision,Inc. Windows™isatrademarkofMicrosoftCorporation. AudioPrecisioninstrumentsequippedwiththeOPT-2711 Dolby™DigitalGeneratoraremanufacturedunderlicensefrom DolbyLaboratories.Dolbyandthedouble-Dsymbolare trademarksofDolbyLaboratories.Confidentialunpublished works.©1992–2004DolbyLaboratories,Inc.Allrights reserved. Publishedby: 5750SWArcticDrive Beaverton,Oregon97005 Tel:503-627-0832 Fax:503-641-8906 USTollFree:1-800-231-7350 email:[email protected] Web:audioprecision.com Thismarksignifiesthattheproductconformstoallapplicable requirementsoftheEuropeanCommunity.ADeclarationof Conformanceisincludedwiththeuserinformationthat describesthespecificationsusedtodemonstrateconformity. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica VI0404104406 Contents SafetyInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v SafetySymbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Disclaimer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Chapter 1 GeneralInformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The2700Series:anOverview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2700SeriesCapabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 AboutThisManual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Other2700SeriesDocumentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2700SeriesUser’sManual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 APBasicLanguageManual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 APBasicExtensionsReferenceforthe2700Series . . . . . . . . . . . 4 OnlineHelp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FilterDesignPackageManual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 OtherPublications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 GPIBDocumentationforthe2700series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter 2 InstallationandSetup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2700SeriesComponents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 GettingUpandRunning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 InstallingAP2700onaPC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PCSystemRequirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 InstallingtheSoftware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SettingUptheHardware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Connectingyour2700SeriesInstrument totheElectricalMainsSupply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CheckingtheMainsSupplyVoltageConfiguration . . . . . . . . . . 10 OpeningthePowerEntryModule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ChangingtheMainsSupplyVoltageConfiguration . . . . . . . . . . 11 FuseInformation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument i Contents ChangingtheFusingArrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ConnectingtheInstrumenttoYourPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 InstallingaPCIAPIBCard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 UsingaPCM-WINPCMCIAInterfaceCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chapter 3 HardwareOverview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 TheSYS-2722FrontPanel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The2700SeriesRearPanel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter 4 2700SeriesControlSoftware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 TheUserInterface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 TheWorkspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The2700seriespanels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PanelSettings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PanelReadings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The2700seriesmenus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 TheFileMenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 TheEditMenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 TheViewMenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ThePanelsMenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 TheStatusBar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 TheToolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 TheStandardToolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 ThePanelsToolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 TheMacroToolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 TheLearnModeToolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 TheQuickLaunchToolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter 5 QuickGuides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 TheAnalogSignalPath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 AnalogInputSelection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 AnalogGeneratorPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 UsingtheAnalogAnalyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 AudibleSignalMonitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ControllingtheAnalogGenerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sweeps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 SweepFundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SettingsandReadings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 SourceRange,Steps,andSpacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 ii Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument Contents DataDisplayRange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 ExampleSweep:FrequencyResponse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 ExampleSweep:AmplitudeLinearity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 DSPAnalysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 TheFFTSpectrumAnalyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Real-Timevs.Batch-ModeInstruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 TheFFTConcept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 SettingupanFFT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 PanelFields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Timevs.Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 QuickSweepSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Fine-TuningtheDisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 SavingandLoadingTests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 TheNextStep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Chapter 6 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 AnalogSignalOutputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 D/AGeneratedAnalogSignals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 AnalogAnalyzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 OptionFilters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 OptionS-AES17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 DSPAnalysisofAnalogSignals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 DigitalSignalGenerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 DigitalAnalyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 DigitalInterfaceAnalyzer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 GraphsofTypicalDigitalDomainPerformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 FrontPanelAuxiliarySignals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 RearPanelAuxiliarySignals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 MiscellaneousDigitalI/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 General/Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Chapter 7 GPIBConfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 APIBorGPIB?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 TheGPIBSoftwareDevelopmentProcess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 UsingbothGPIBandAPIBforSoftwareDevelopment . . . . . . . . . 94 EstablishingGPIBCommunication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 GPIBConnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 GPIBAddressandControlModeSwitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 GPIBStatusLEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 GPIBProgramMessageTerminators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument iii Contents iv Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument Safety Information DoNOTserviceorrepairthisproductunlessproperlyqualified.Servicing shouldbeperformedonlybyaqualifiedtechnicianoranauthorizedAudio Precisiondistributor. DoNOTdefeatthesafetygroundconnection.Thisproductisdesignedto operateonlyfroma50/60HzACpowersource(250Vrmsmaximum)with anapprovedthree-conductorpowercordandsafetygrounding.Lossofthe protectivegroundingconnectioncanresultinelectricalshockhazardfromthe accessibleconductivesurfacesofthisproduct. Forcontinuedfirehazardprotection,fusesshouldbereplacedONLYwith theexactvalueandtypeindicatedontherearpaneloftheinstrumentanddis- cussedonpage12ofthismanual.TheACvoltageselectoralsomustbesetto thesamevoltageasthenominalpowersourcevoltage(100,120,230,or 240Vrms)withtheappropriatefuses.Differentfusesarerequireddepending onthelinevoltage. TheInternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(IEC1010-1)requiresthat measuringcircuitterminalsusedforvoltageorcurrentmeasurementbe markedtoindicatetheirInstallationCategory.TheInstallationCategoryisde- finedbyIEC664andisbasedontheamplitudeoftransientorimpulsevoltage thatcanbeexpectedfromtheACpowerdistributionnetwork.Thisproductis classifiedasINSTALLATIONCATEGORYII,abbreviated“CATII”onthe instrumentfrontpanel. DoNOTsubstitutepartsormakeanymodificationswithoutthewrittenap- provalofAudioPrecision.Doingsomaycreatesafetyhazards. Thisproductisforindooruse—pollutiondegree2. Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument v Safety Symbols Thefollowingsymbolsmaybemarkedonthepanelsorcoversofequip- mentormodules,andareusedinthismanual: WARNING!—Thissymbolalertsyoutoapotentiallyhazardouscondition, suchasthepresenceofdangerousvoltagethatcouldposeariskofelectrical shock.RefertotheaccompanyingWarningLabelorTag,andexerciseextreme caution. ATTENTION!—Thissymbolalertsyoutoimportantoperatingconsider- ationsorapotentialoperatingconditionthatcoulddamageequipment.Ifyou seethismarkedonequipment,refertotheOperator’sManualorUser’sMan- ualforprecautionaryinstructions. FUNCTIONALEARTHTERMINAL—Aterminalmarkedwiththissym- boliselectricallyconnectedtoareferencepointofameasuringcircuitorout- putandisintendedtobeearthedforanyfunctionalpurposeotherthansafety. PROTECTIVEEARTHTERMINAL—Aterminalmarkedwiththissymbol isbondedtoconductivepartsoftheinstrumentandisintendedtobecon- nectedtoanexternalprotectiveearthingsystem. Disclaimer AudioPrecisioncautionsagainstusingtheirproductsinamannernotspeci- fiedbythemanufacturer.Todootherwisemayvoidanywarranties,damage equipment,orposeasafetyrisktopersonnel. vi Getting Started with Your 2700 Series Instrument