Agilent 70900B Firmware Note

Firmw

are Note

HP 70900A/B LO Module Firmware

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HP Part No. 70900-90312

Printed in USA August 1996

Edition A.0.0

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Safety Symbols

The following safety symbols are used throughout this manual. Familiarize yourself with each

of the symbols and its meaning before operating this instrument.

CA

UTION

UTION

sign

denotes

a hazard. It calls attention to a procedure

The

CA

which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in damage to

or destruction of the product or the user's work. Do not proceed beyond a

CA

W

ARNING

UTION

The

WARNING

sign

until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met.

sign denotes a hazard. It calls attention to a procedure which,

if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in injury to the user. Do

D

ANGER

not proceed beyond a

understood

The

DANGER

and

met.

sign denotes an imminent hazard to people. It warns the reader

WARNING

sign until the indicated conditions are fully

of a procedure which, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result

in injury or loss of life. Do not proceed beyond a

indicated

conditions

are

fully

understood

and met.

DANGER

sign until the

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General Safety Considerations

The

WARNING

instructions in this document are for use by qualified personnel only.To

avoid electrical shock, do not perform any servicing unless you are qualified

to

do

so.

The opening of covers or removal of parts is likely to expose dangerous

voltages. Disconnect the instrument from all voltage sources while it is being

opened.

The power cord is connected to internal capacitors that may remain live for

five seconds after disconnecting the plug from its power supply.

This

is

a

Safety Class 1 Product (provided with a protective earthing ground

incorporated in the power cord). The mains plug shall only be inserted in a

socket outlet provided with a protective earth contact. Any interruption of the

protectiv

e conductor inside or outside of the instrument is likely to makethe

instrument dangerous. Intentional interruption is prohibited.

For continued protection against fire hazard, replace fuse only with same

type

and

ratings, (type nA/nV). The use of other fuses or materials is

prohibited.

W

ARNING

Before

grounded

this

instrument

through

the

is

switched

protectiv

on, make sure it has been properly

e

conductor

of

the

ac

po

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er

cable to a socket

outlet provided with protective earth contact.

Any interruption of the protective (grounding) conductor, inside or outside

the instrument, or disconnection of the protective earth terminal can result in

personal

injury

.

Before this instrument is switched on, make sure its primary power circuitry

has been adapted to the voltage of the ac power source.

Failure to set the ac power input to the correct voltage could cause damage

to the instrument when the ac power cable is plugged in.

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1

HP 70900A/B LO Module Firmware

The HP 70900A/B local oscillator source contains a program in read-only memory (ROM),

referred

to

as

rm

w

are,

that

is used to control both the HP 70900A/B lo cal oscillator source

as well as other modules in a Modular Measurement System (MMS). The rmware is revised

periodically to eliminate known defects (bugs) and intro duce new features.

Depending on the rmware in your HP 70900A/B lo cal oscillator source, you can determine

its

curren

t

v

ersion by either a revision date code or a

Version.Update.Fix

(V.U.F) code.

Understanding

Ev

ery set of HP 70900A/B local oscillator source rmware has a revision date code. The

revision

This

date

revision

co

date

de

corresp

co

Revision

onds

de

is

referred

to

Date

the

to

Code

year, month, and day that the rmware was last revised.

when

determining

supp

orted

commands

or

system

error

codes.

Eachrmware revision date co de has a dierent part number. If the part number for a

particular

rmware revision date code is ordered, a new ROM board is shipped.

Understanding Version Update Fix (V.U.F) Code

Curren

t

rm

w

are

no

w

con

tains a unique code called the

Version.Update.Fix

(V.U.F) code.

The V.U.F co de is enclosed in parenthesis and immediately follows the currentdatecode.

In the V.U.F code, the

to the op erator and do not aect any of the documentation for the system. The

Fix

number refers to changes made to the rmware that are invisible

Update

number refers to changes made to the rmware that may add or repair features for a

particular product. When this n

required. When the

user in

Because the

terface and completely new do cumen

Fix

Version

number can change on the most currentrmware and remain invisible to the

operator, it may be dierent than the

this

Fix

number may be dierent, your documentation will still apply. When the

number or

Version

letter changes on the most currentrmware, the changed information will

umber changes, updates to the current documentation maybe

changes, this means that major changes have been made to the

tation may be required.

Fix

number listed in your documentation. Although

Update

either be implemented in the documentation or made available for the do cumentation that is

shipped with the HP 70900A/B local oscillator source, HP 70860A controller board upgrade

kit for the HP 70900A, and the HP 70861A RAM/ROM upgrade kit.

HP 70900A/B LO Module Firmware 1-1

Determining

T

o

determine

the

Date

the

date code and V.U.F code of your rmware in an HP 70900A/B local

Code

and

V.U.F

oscillator source, p erform the following steps:

1. Press the menukey on the display:

use

the

or use the

displa

y

2.

When the menu screen appears, press the

3.

On

the

service

curren

t

rm

If

supp

orted,

4

MNU

w

5

k

ey for the HP 70205A graphics display

4

5

MENU

key for the HP 70206A system graphics display or HP 70004A color

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

ROM

screen,

are

the

press

the

v

ersion is displayed in the general annotation block of the display.

V.U.F

code is enclosed in parenthesis and immediately follows the

VERSION

revision date code.

Code of your LO's Firmware

NNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Misc

NNNNNNNNNNNNNN

,

MORE

softk

ey

,and

.

The

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

service

revision

softkeys.

date code of the

Current

Firmw

are

Date Code and V.U.F Code of your LO

The current date co de and V.U.F code of the rmware being shipped in the HP 70900A/B

local oscillator source is 960418 (B.06.03). This current rmware date co de and V.U.F co de

sup

ersedes

F

or

module sp ecic commands and LO enhancements that were released for dierent revision

date

Modules

The

curren

co

des

Supported

all

and

t

date

previous

V.U.F

b

co

de

date

co

des,

y

Current

and

codes and V.U.F co des.

see

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V.U.F

Chapter

co

are

de

2.

Date

Code

of

y

our rmware applies to:

and

V.U.F

Code

HP 70900A/B lo cal oscillator source

HP

70860A controller board upgrade kit for the HP 70900A

HP

and

70861A

supp

orts

RAM/R

the

follo

OM

upgrade

wing mo dules:

kit

HP 70300A RF tracking generator

HP 70301A microwave tracking generator

HP 70310A precision frequency reference

HP 70600A preselector

HP 70601A preselector

HP 70620A preamplier

HP 70620B preamplier

HP 70621A preamplier

HP 70700A digitizer

HP 70810B light

wave section

HP 70902A IF section

HP 70903A IF section

HP 70904A RF section

HP 70905A RF section

HP 70905B RF section

HP 70906A RF section

HP 70906B RF section

HP 70907A external millimeter interface module

HP 70907B external millimeter interface module

1-2 HP 70900A/B LO Module Firmware

HP 70908A RF section

HP

70909A

RF

section

HP 70910A RF section

HP 70911A WB IF section

Displaying the Date Code of Your System Display's Firmware

Your system display also has its own set of rmware that is separate from the rmware in the

HP

70900A/B

lo

cal

oscillator

source.

The

rmware version of the system displays maybe

observed in twoways:

At instrument start-up, the rmware version and date appears on the display for several

seconds.

During instrument operation, the rmware date and displayversion maybe viewed by

pressing the keys listed below.

for

HP

70205A graphics display or HP 70206A system graphics display:

1. press the

2.

press the

3.

press

for

HP

1. press the

2.

press

3.

press

4

5

DISP

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

display tests

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

DISPLAY

the

70004A

the

the

color

4

DISPLA

NNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Misc

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

DISPLAY

key,

ID

displa

5

key,

Y

softk

N

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

ID

softk

ey

,

softkey.

softkey,

ey.

y:

Current Date Code of Your System Display's Firmware

The current date code of the rmware being shipped in the HP 70004A color displayis

960424

co

The

des.

R

OM Version 7.06. This currentrmware date code supersedes all previous date

curren

t

date

co

de

of the rmware being shipped in the HP 70205A graphics displayor

HP 70206A system graphics display is 960424 ROM Version 7.06 . This current rmware date

code sup ersedes all previous date codes.

Previous Date Codes of Your System Display's Firmware

HP 70004A color display

Date Co de ROM Version

960424 ROM Version 7.06

930416 ROM Version 7.04

900316 ROM Version 7.03

891010 ROM Version 7.01

890622 ROM Version 7.00

HP 70205A graphics display

HP 70206A system graphics display

Date Co de ROM Version

960424 ROM Version 7.06

860625 ROM Version 6.0

Feb1985 ROM Version 5.0

HP 70900A/B LO Module Firmware 1-3