07-17-2013 08:49 AM
I am trying to use the Chroma 61604 in conjunction with a Chroma 615003 AC transformer to acheive 480Vac. I cannot figure out how to enable the A615003 programatically. The 61604 user manual only lists low, high ,and auto ranges. I need to enable 600V range, which I can do manually, on the 61604. When I manally go to 600V range, the A615003 is enabled automatically. Does anyone here have experience with this?
Thanks!
09-18-2013 02:39 PM
Ditto. The lousy docs for the Chroma A615003 led me to believe that perhaps TRANSFORM was an allowable alternative to the LOW/HIGH/AUTO arguments to the VOLTAGE:RANGE command, but no dice. Did you find a solution?
09-18-2013 05:11 PM
I figured out half of the problem.
"SOURCE:VOLTAGE:RANGE HV" is the command corresponding to the front panel Setup menu "RANGE= 600V" setting.
We reverse-engineered this by setting it via the front panel, then doing "SOURCE:VOLTAGE:RANGE?".
As for the command corresponding to the front panel Output menu "HIGH VOLTAGE OPTION = A615003" setting, I'm still in the dark.
09-18-2013 05:31 PM - edited 09-18-2013 05:32 PM
I arrived at the same point, by the same means, that you are now. Chroma tells me there is no command to set the High Voltage option. It has to be done manually. While I think it's odd there is no way to do so, I am not seeing any problems in my application leaving it in this range all the time.
09-18-2013 10:02 PM
09-23-2013 11:06 AM - edited 09-23-2013 11:09 AM
Success! Thanks to Chroma Support Engineer Son Pham, who followed through all the way and found the command which doesn't appear to be in the docs for either the Chroma 61600 Programmable AC Sources or the Chroma A615003 AC Transform Unit.
In order to set the output of your Chroma AC source to higher than 300V:
VOLT:LIMIT:AC 600 VOLT:AC 600
You must first set the range to High Voltage:
VOLT:RANGE HV
But before doing that, you must first configure the AC source to know that the transformer is present:
OUTPUT:OPTI:HV? OUTPUT:OPTI:HV A615003 OUTPUT:OPTI:HV NONE
These last three commands didn't make it into the docs that came with either my 61601 or my A615003.
Hopefully Chroma remedies that in the future.
John Wiedey
Digital Lumens
09-23-2013 11:08 AM - edited 09-23-2013 11:10 AM