SD023-PLZ-5W
Wavy for PLZ-5W
Operation Guide
Sequence Creation Software
Ver. 5.x
Part No. IX001051
Aug. 2016
2 SD023-PLZ-5W Wavy for PLZ-5W
This guide is a PDF version of the SD023-PLZ-5W Wavy for
PLZ-5W help file.
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Introduction ............................................................3
Starting Wavy .........................................................4
Configuring the Interface ......................................5
Using the RS232C interface .....................................................5
Using the GPIB interface...........................................................7
Using the USB interface ............................................................9
Using the LAN interface......................................................... 11
Window Explanation ............................................14
Sequence Overview ..............................................15
Programs and steps................................................................. 15
Main features.............................................................................16
Flow of sequence execution ................................................ 17
Program Configuration........................................18
Setting the operation mode, slew rate, and response
speed ............................................................................................18
Setting the current range and voltage range................19
Setting the unit of step execution time (interval) ........ 20
Setting the constant voltage mode addition (+CV) .... 21
Setting the number of times the program will repeat22
Turning off the load at the end of sequences................ 23
Protection Functions ............................................24
PLZ-5W’s protection functions (hardware settings).... 24
Wavy protection functions (Soft Setting)........................ 26
Creating and editing steps by drawing graphs..27
Creating steps............................................................................ 27
Editing steps ..............................................................................28
Creating and editing steps by entering values ..31
Creating steps............................................................................ 31
Copying and deleting steps .................................................33
Saving and Loading Sequences...........................35
Saving a sequence ................................................................... 35
Loading a sequence ................................................................ 36
Executing sequences ........................................... 37
Writing a sequence in the PLZ-5W .................................... 37
Loading a PLZ-5W sequence ............................................... 38
Executing, aborting, and pausing sequences ............... 39
Configuring the Monitor ..................................... 41
Showing or hiding current, voltage, and power values..
41
Showing or hiding the monitor graph............................. 42
Setting the monitoring interval.......................................... 43
Saving monitored data .......................................................... 44
Setting the Graph Display ................................... 46
Setting the scale display........................................................ 47
Setting line colors and background color....................... 48
Showing and hiding the step-division lines (vertical ax-
is).................................................................................................... 49
Setting the graph scale.......................................................... 49
Setting the load line display ................................................ 51
Setting the Y value display................................................... 51
Setting the unit of the X-axis ............................................... 52
Setting the Window Display................................ 53
Showing or hiding the toolbar and status bar.............. 53
Saving the window position and size............................... 53
Arranging windows................................................................. 53
Other settings....................................................... 54
Reducing the PC load............................................................. 54
Setting the number of significant digits of the load val-
ue................................................................................................... 54
Setting the file format for saving data ............................. 55
Copying graph images to the clipboard ......................... 55
Setting whether to display the sequence that was
showing when Wavy was closed previously.................. 55
Controlling the PLZ-5W ....................................... 56
Controlling the PLZ-5W directly......................................... 56
Using commands to control the PLZ-5W........................ 61
Menu Reference.................................................... 62
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