Agilent Technologies 281 A, 281 B User Manual

281A/B Adapters

Operating and Service Manual

Manual part number: 00281-90045 Printed in USA Print Date: May 2001 Supersedes: October 2000

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The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.

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What You’ll Find In This Manual…

Overview, page1

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•Specifications, page2

•Inspection and Shipping, page3

•Operation, page5

•Replaceable Parts, page7

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Warranty

Custom systems are warranted by contractual agreement between Agilent Technologies and the customer.

Certification Agilent Technologies, Inc., certifies that this product met its published

specifications at the time of shipment from the factory. Agilent Technologies further certifies that its calibration measurements are traceable to the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST,

formerly NBS), to the extent allowed by the Institu te’s calibration facility, and to the calibration facilities of other International Standards Organization members.

Warranty This Agilent Technologies system product is warranted against defects in

materials and workmanship for a period corresponding to the individual warranty periods of its component products. Instruments are warranted for a period of one year . During the w arranty period, Agile nt T echnol ogies will, at its option, either repair or replace products that prove to be defective.

Warranty service for products installed by Agilent Technologies and certain other products designated by Agilent Technologies will be performed at

Buyer’s facility at no charge within Agilent Technologies service travel areas. Outside Agilent Technologies service travel areas, warranty service will be performed at Buyer’s facility only upon Agilent Technologies’ prior agreement and Buyer shall pay Agilent Technologies’ round trip travel expenses. In all other areas, products must be returned to a service facility designated by Agilent Technologies.

For products returned to Agilent Technologies for warranty service, Buyer shall prepay shipping charges to Agilent Technologies and Agilent Technologies shall pay shipping charges to return the product to Buyer. Howev er , Buyer sh all pay all ship ping char ges, duti es, and taxe s for products returned to Agilent Technologies from another country.

Agilent Technologies warrants that its software and firmware designated by Agilent Technologies for use with an instrument will execute its programming instructions when properly installed on that instrument. Agilent Technologies does not warrant that the operation of the instrument, or software, or firmware will be uninterrupted or error free.

LIMITATION OF WARRANTY. The forego ing warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from improper or inadequate maintenance by Buyer, Buyer-supplied software or interfac ing, unauthorized modification or misuse, operation outside of the environmental specifications for the product, or improper site preparation or maintenance.

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NO OTHER WARRANTY IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. THE REMEDIES PROVIDED HEREIN ARE

BUYER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.

YEAR 2000. Agilent Technologies warrants that each Agi l ent Technologies hardware, software, and firmware product on Agilent Technologies’ Corporate Price List (dated July 1, 1998 or later) delivered under the product’s contract of sale will be able to accurately process date data (including, but not limited t o, calculating, c omparing, and sequenc ing) from, into, and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the ye ars 1999 and 2000, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance with the product documentation provided that all other products (that is, hardware, software, firmware) used in combination with such Agilent Technologies product(s) properly exchange date data with it. If the agreement requires that specific Agilent Technologies products must perform as a system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty will apply to those Agi le n t Tec hnol ogies products as a system, and Customer retains sole responsibility to ensure the year 2 000 readiness of its information technology and business environment. The duration of this warranty extends through January 31, 2001.

The remedies available under thi s warranty wi ll be defined i n, and subjec t to, the terms and limitations of the warranties contained in th e contract of sale. To the extent permitted by local law, this warranty applies only to branded Agilent Technologies products and not to products manufacture by others that may be sold or distributed by Agilent Technologies. Nothing in this warranty will be construed to limit any rights or remedies provided elsewhere in the contract of sale with respect to matt ers other than year 2000 compliance.

Assistance Product maintenance agreements and other customer assistance agreements

are available for Agilent Technologies products. For assistance, call your local Agilent Technologies Sales and Ser vice Office

(refer to “Service and Support” on pagevi).

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