Agilent 83711A User Manual

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Specications

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5

Front/Rear

P

anel

Front/Rear

This

chapter contains

synthesizer

front

front and

panel connectors

Panel

detailed information

rear panel.

, power

Information

cable,

etc.,

on

can

various

on

the

be

found

aspects

of

synthesizer

in

this

the

display

chapter

,

.

5-2

Annunciators

The

HP 83711A/12A

annunciators

settings

that show

.

and 83711B/12B

the status

of

front

several

panel

of

display

the

synthesizer

contains

functions

and

Figure

5-1.

All

annunciators

are

contained

annunciators

INT

(ALC)

except

on

the

follows

This

Synthesizer

uorescent

.

annunciator

the

Display

Annunciators

UNLOCK

display

indicates

,

UNL

.

VL

,

and

A

description

that

MSG

internal

annunciators

of

each

of

power

leveling

the

selected.

DIODE

MTR

(ALC)

(ALC)

This

annunciator

leveling

This

annunciator

leveling

is

selected.

is

selected.

indicates

indicates

that

that

external

external

diode

power

power

meter

MULT This annunciator indicates that the frequency multiplier

EXT REF

function is active

This annunciator indicates that an external time base is

.

currently being used.

is

5-3

Front/Rear

P

anel

Annunciators

SPCL This

functions are

LVL

CR

This

currently being

RMT This

HP-IB

of

LSN

This

to

TLK

This

to

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a service

UNLOCK This

synthesizer

UNL

VL

This

power

power

MSG

This

messages

annunciator indicates

enabled.

annunciator

indicates

leveled

annunciator indicates

remote

an

external

annunciator

listen

annunciator

talk

(output

annunciator

state

(accept

,

HP-IB

indicates

data

indicates

data).

indicates

request to

LED

annunciator

frequency

LED

annunciator

is

unleveled.

level

LED

annunciator

are

shown

in

in

the

that one

that

using

that

that

is

,

the

controller

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or

commands).

that

that

the

external

indicates

control

indicates

When

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the

display

indicates

synthesizer

or

the

synthesizer

stored

level

the

instrument

instrument

.

the

instrument

the

instrument

the

instrument

controller

that

one

circuits

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VL

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that

uncleared

front

more

special

correction

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synthesizer

annunciator

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incorrect.

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output

data.

in

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control

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of

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locked.

output

is

lit,

queue

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the

.

5-4

See Also

Connectors

Display

4

EXT

DIODE

4

EXT METER

4

INT LEVEL

4

5

MSG

MULTIPLIER

4

5

SPCL

Front/Rear

Annunciators

5

5

5

P

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5-5

Connectors

Figure

5-2.

Synthesizer

Connectors

-

Front

Panel

5-6

Figure 5-3. Synthesizer Connectors - Rear Panel