Manson · Power supply

Manson HCS-3xxx (0.01 A current resolution) / B&K 1685B

BenchMesh controls the Manson HCS-3xxx (0.01 A current resolution) / B&K 1685B from your PC: live readings on a power supply panel, every setting within reach, and every value recordable on one timeline with the rest of your bench.

Models

Model	Status	Note
HCS-3102	Awaiting confirmation
HCS-3104	Awaiting confirmation
HCS-3204/1685B	Awaiting confirmation	B&K 1685B is this model (BK PM p.11: two current decimals)

What you can do from BenchMesh

Power supply panel 1 channel

Live readings

CC
CV
IOUT
OUTPUT
POUT
REMOTE
SBY
VOUT

Settings you can change

Current
Current limit
Output
Voltage
Voltage limit

Connections

USB-serial / RS-232: 9600 baud, 8N1. Plug in the USB cable (or a USB-RS-232 adapter); BenchMesh finds the port.

Sources

The definition was written from these documents (definition manson_hcs_10ma v0.1.0).

Manson HCS USB protocol (Conrad 000513911 data sheet, DOC/manson_hcs/doc/conrad_000513911DS01_hcs_usb_protocol.pdf), pages 1-2
B&K Precision 1685B Series programming manual (DOC/bk_1680/doc/1685B_Series_programming_manual.pdf), pages 2, 11-13
B&K Precision 1685B Series user manual (DOC/bk_1680/doc/1685B_series_manual_bk.pdf), pages 28-30

Have one on your bench?

Connect it, press Detect, try the controls - then tell us how it went. Every confirmation moves a model from “Awaiting” to “Community-confirmed” for everyone.

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