Power Supply Step
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Power Supply Step
Use an IVI Power Supply step to instruct DC power supplies to control the output voltages and currents and to measure output values at the output terminals.
Configuring the Step
Use the Edit IVI Power Supply Step dialog box in the TestStand Sequence Editor and in a TestStand User Interface to configure the IVI Power Supply step.
Step Operations
The IVI Power Supply step type supports the following operations:
- Configure —Configures the instrument to match the state the step specifies.
- Show Soft Front Panel —Shows the soft front panel (SFP) for the instrument.
- Hide Soft Front Panel —Hides the SFP for the instrument.
- Measure —Takes a measurement on the output signal and returns the measured value.
- Initiate —Directs the power supply to wait for a trigger.
- Abort —Cancels the wait for a trigger.
- Send Software Trigger —Sends a software trigger command to trigger the instrument.
- Reset Output Protection —Resets the output protection feature after an overvoltage or overcurrent condition occurs.
- Get Information —Retrieves low-level status and information from the instrument.
Step Properties
In addition to the common custom properties , the IVI Power Supply step type defines the following step properties:
- Step.Result.Reading —The measurement values for the Measure operation. The property data type is an array of NI_IviSinglePoint.
- Step.LogicalName —The logical name expression.
- Step.InstrOperation —A value that specifies the operation you configured the step to perform.
- Step.SettingsSource —The name of the property or variable where the step loads and stores the settings for the operation.
- Step.Configuration —The settings for the Configure operation. The data type of this property is NI_IviDCPowerConfig.
- Step.SoftFrontPanel —The settings for the Show Soft Front Panel operation. The data type of this property is NI_IviSoftFrontPanel.
- Step.Readings —The settings for the Measure operation. The data type of this property is NI_IviDCPowerReadings.
- Step.GetInfo —The settings for the Get Information operation.
- Step.ResetOutputProtection —The channel setting for the Reset Output Protection operation.