ESG Family Signal Generators
Agilent Technologies ESG Family Feature Releases
If your ESG signal generator is older than the most current release date, and it hasn’t been
upgraded, you are missing recently released features. Updating the firmware in your ESG
lets you take advantage of feature enhancements and improvements. Hardware has also
been enhanced periodically, to add capability or improve performance, based on customer
requests.
New features may be as simple as a free firmware download (www.agilent.com/find/esg) or
may also require upgrading ESG hardware (call Agilent Technologies).
NOTE This is a reverse chronological sorting of firmware and hardware feature
releases for the ESG family. Use this list to determine the firmware revision
and minimum hardware needed to support a specific feature.
Release
Date
4/02 • Added External Frame Trigger
capability to EDGE Loopback BER.
• W-CDMA Specification Update to
3GPP 3.5 2001-03, Opt. 100-Volume 2.
Added SCCPCH channel to downlink.
• Added Long Code Generation Mode
data field to reverse link, Opt. 201
Real-Time cdma2000.
9/01 • Improves BER transport channel coding
of the DPCH channel at high data rates of
384 kbps.
8/01 • Corrects recent erroneous reporting of
SERR instead of DERR when
synchronization is lost.
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
ESG-D “B” with Opt. 300
ESG-D “B” with Opt. 100
ESG-D “B” with Opt. 201
ESG-D “B” with Opt. UN7
ESG-D “B” with Opt. 300
Firmware
Required
≥ B.03.86
≥ B.03.84
≥ B.03.83
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Release
Date
06/01 • GSM/EDGE BS Loopback BER,
Opt. 300 Rev. B
• Enhances the revision A to enable FER,
BLER, RBER, and sensitivity
measurements on an EDGE BTS or
transceiver module.
• New firmware revision supports the
EDGE fully coded uplink signal
generation according to the GSM 05.03
standard, version 8.3.0.
• The demodulator board and the BER
board have been replaced to support the
real-time demodulation and decoding of
the EDGE signal in addition to the GSM
signal.
04/01 • Updated W-CDMA 3GPP TFCI Coding
to match Standard, Opt. 100
• Enhanced the ESG with the ability to
support Signal Studio software
• Corrects recent erroneous reporting
of configuration Error 617
02/01 Updated Revision Numbers for Fully
Coded 3GPP W-CDMA personality for
user equipment (downlink) and base station
(uplink) testing, Opt. 200. Based on the
following 3GPP Technical Specifications:
3G TS 25.101 V3.5 (2000-12) for Reference
Measurement Channels,
3G TS 25.101 V3.3 (2000-06) for user
equipment receiver characteristics testing,
and
3G TS 24.141 V3.4 (2000-12) for base station
testing.
Added 64k UDI multiple block downlink
channel, per 3G TS 25.944 V3.3 (2000-12),
Opt. 200
Added UN3/4 time delay compatible GSM
Gaussian filter, Opt. UN8
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
ESG-D “B” with Opt. 300 and:
• Opt. UN8 with Option 202 Rev D
(Baseband Fuzzy board E4400-60070
and Flex DG board E4400-60154)
•Opt. UNA
Not available in ESG-DP
Not compatible with Opt. UND
Opt. UND Rev.A or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60069 or E4400-60187)
All ESG Series
ESG-D “B” with Opt. UN8 Rev. C or better
(Baseband Fuzzy board E4400-60070 and
Flex DG board E4400-60154)
Firmware
Required
≥ B.03.80
≥ B.03.75
≥ B.03.72
• Updated Revision Numbers for
W-CDMA 3GPP 3.4 12-00 for
Component Test, Opt. 100
• Added multicarrier random phase,
Opt. UND
• Added UN3/4 time delay compatible
GSM Gaussian filter, Opt. UND
Opt. UND Rev. A or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60069 or E4400-60187)
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Release
Date
10/00 • Fully Coded (3GPP 3.2 3-00) W-CDMA
personality for user equipment
(downlink) and base station (uplink)
testing, Opt. 200 (initial release). Based
on the following 3GPP Technical
Specifications: 3G TS 25.101 V3.2.2
(2000-04) for user equipment testing and
3G TS 24.141 V3.1.0 (2000-03) for base
station testing.
• Added reverse link capability to the
Real-Time cdma2000 personality for
fully coded base station testing, Opt. 201
• Added signal-selection capability for
certain BNC output connectors to the
Real-Time cdma2000 personality,
Opt. 201
• Enhanced Bluetooth capability,
Opt UND. Added sine frequency drift
impairment, AWGN, continuous PN9
sequence, and clock/gate signal for BER
testing.
9/00 • Changed Walsh code assignments for
reverse link channels to match
specifications, Opt. 101
• Changed reverse link Q long code
from 1 chip advance (relative to I
long code) to 1 chip delay, Opt. 101
• Correctly display the power when
PSCH and SSCH channels are on at
the same time, Opt. 100
• Removed 307200 rate for RC3 suppl 1
and suppl 2 traffic channels, Opt. 101
• Replaced a suppl 1 traffic channel in
reverse link 5 setup with a suppl 2
traffic channel, Opt. 101
• Changed cdma2000 spread rate
default to SR1, Opt. 101
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
ESG-D “B” with Opt. UN8 Rev. C or better
(Baseband Fuzzy board E4400-60070 and
Flex DG board E4400-60154)
Opt. UND Rev. A or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60069 or E4400-60187)
Opt. UND Rev. A or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60069 or E4400-60187)
Firmware
Required
≥ B.03.60
≥ B.03.51
7/00 • Improved ACP, Opt. H99 (Revision B) ESG-D/DP “B” with Opt. H99 (Revision B)
or better (A9 Output Board, E4400-60188)
≥ B.03.50
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Release
Date
6/00 • Quick Paging Channel, Opt. 201
• F-FCH/F-SCH Frame Offsets 0 to 15,
Opt. 201
• F-FCH/F-SCH Quasi Orthogonal
Functions 0 to 3, Opt. 201
• 2-ESG Power Setting UI, Opt. 201
• EDGE Specification Update to
Revision 8.3.0-1999, Opt. 202
• W-CDMA Specification Update to
3GPP 3.2 3-00, Opt. 100. Added Test
Model 4, default offset for PICH to 120,
added Paging Indicator Sequence to PICH
data selection, unused bits of PICH to
DTX (power off), changed PN9 padding to
1s.
• Added Table Sorting Feature, Opt.
100, 101, and UN5.
• Added Code Domain Power Display,
Opt. 100 and 101.
• Changed 3GPP Scramble Code
Default to 0, Opt. 100
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
ESG-D “B” with Opt. UN8 Rev. C or better
(Baseband Fuzzy board E4400-60070 and
Flex DG board E4400-60154)
Opt. UND Rev. A or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60069 or E4400-60187)
Firmware
Required
≥ B.03.50
• Remote operation improved with
faster firmware operating system
4/00 • Real-Time cdma2000 for fully coded
IS-2000 receiver testing, Opt. 201 (initial
release)
• Burst Shape Rise and Fall Editor,
Opt. UN8
• iDEN Waveforms for MS BER Test,
Opt. H60 Rev. D. Additional features are
equivalent to Opt. UND Rev D.
2/00 • W-CDMA (3GPP 3.1 12-99) Component
Tes t, Opt. 100 Rev. D. This update to
Option 100 implements the 3GPP
specification for W-CDMA as defined in
December 1999. (Most notably, the chip
rate was changed to 3.84 Mcps.) This
release also includes W-CDMA (Rev.
1.0-1.2), Opt. 100 Rev. C, as a separate
menu selection.
• Opt. UND Phase Noise Enhancement,
Improves Arb clock phase noise between
1 kHz and 10 kHz.
Hardware independent (firmware runs on
LDS 3.11)
ESG-D “B” with Opt. UN8 Rev. C or better
(Baseband Fuzzy board E4400-60070 and
Flex DG board E4400-60154)
ESG-D “B” with Opt. H60 Rev. D Dual Arb
board (E4400-60186) with 50 kHz
reconstruction filter instead of 250 kHz
filter
Opt. UND Rev. A or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60069 or E4400-60187)
Opt. UND Rev. D or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60187)
≥ B.03.40
≥ B.03.30
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Release
Date
11/99 • Bluetooth Personality, Opt. UND Opt. UND Rev. A, or better (Dual Arb board
• Multicarrier NADC, PDC, PHS, GSM,
DECT, EDGE, TETRA, PWT, CDPD,
APCO25, Opt. UND
• Enhanced Clipping, Opts. UND, 100
Rev. C, 101 Rev. B, and UN5 Rev. C
• Multicarrier cdma2000, Opt. 101
Rev. B
• Multiframe GSM, Opt. UN8 Opt. UN8 Rev. C or better (Flex DG board
• Bit Editor, Opt. UN8 Opt. UN8 Rev. A or better (Baseband Fuzzy
• Bluetooth, CDPD, APCO25, Opt. UN8 Opt. UN8 Rev. A or better (Baseband Fuzzy
• Inverted Data Remedy, Opt. UND.
Corrects previously reversed I and Q
signals for frequencies below 250 MHz.
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
E4400-60069)
Opt. UND Rev. B or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60187). Rev B board (E4400-60187)
will give flatter baseband signals than Rev
A board (E4400-60069).
Opt. UND Rev. A or better (Dual Arb board
(E4400-60069)
Opt. UND Rev. B or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60187). Rev B board (E4400-60187)
will give flatter baseband signals than Rev
A board (E4400-60069).
E4400-60154)
board E4400-60070)
board E4400-60070)
Opt. UND Rev. C or better (Dual Arb board
E4400-60187)
Firmware
Required
≥ B.03.20
10/99 • GSM BS Loopback BER, Opt. 300
Rev. A (initial release)
ESG-D “B” with Opt. 300 Rev. A and:
• Opt. UN8 Rev D (Baseband Fuzzy board
E4400-60070 and Flex DG board
E4400-60154)
• Opt. UN7 Rev. A (board E4400-60072)
•Opt. UNA
Not available in ESG-DP
Not compatible with Opt. UND
≥ B.03.10
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Release
Date
8/99 • ESG-AP Models
• ESG-DP Models
• Fast Pulse, Opt. 1E6 (initial release) ESG-A or ESG-AP (analog)
• Trigger then Continuous Run,
external frame trigger enhancement
• EDGE Personality, Opt. 202 Rev. A
• DECT/PWT Personality
Enhancements
• User File Bit Editor Any ESG-D or ESG-DP Series
• Firmware Utility to Installed Options
Revision (e.g. Option UND Hardware
Ver sio n B )
• Multi-Carrier W-CDMA, Opt. 100
Rev. B enhancement
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
• E4424B - E4427B
• E4434B - E4437B
Not available in ESG-D or ESG-DP (digital)
Opt. UN8 Rev. D (Baseband Fuzzy board
E4400-60070 and Flex DG board
E4400-60154)
Opt. UN8 Rev. C, or better (Baseband Fuzzy
board E4400-60070 and Flex DG board
E4400-60154)
ESG-D with Opt. UN3/4, UN8 (Rev. A or
higher)
Opt. UND Rev. B or greater. Rev. B Dual Arb
board (E4400-60187) will give flatter
baseband signals than Rev. A
(E4400-60069). Rev. B also allows trigger
inputs and marker outputs. Arbitrary
waveform generator triggers became
available in Opt. UND with serial number
prefix US3844 or GB3845.
Firmware
Required
≥ B.03.00
• I/Q Blanking Off Ratio Improvement
for TDMA Bursts, Opt. UN8
enhancement
• Changeable DATA and DATA CLOCK
Input Signal Polarity, Opt. UN8
enhancement
6/99 • EDGE Personality, Opt. H65 (initial
release) No longer available - See
Opt. 202 8/99.
5/99 • W-CDMA (ARIB 1.0 - 1.2) Component
Tes t, Opt. 100 Rev. A (initial release
based on 3/99 ARIB 1.0 - 1.2
specification).
• cdma2000 Component Test, Opt. 101
Rev. A (initial release based on 3/99
cdma2000 Rev. 8 specification)
• ESG Board Number and Revision
Identifier, firmware utility
ESG-D “B” with Opt. UN8 Rev. B (Baseband
Fuzzy board E4400-60070 and Data
Generator II board E4400-60182)
or Rev. D (Baseband Fuzzy board
E4400-60070 and Flex DG board
E4400-60154).
Opt. UN8 Rev. C (Baseband Fuzzy board
E4400-60070 and Flex DG board
E4400-60154)
or Opt. UN8 Rev. D (Baseband Fuzzy board
E4400-60070 and Flex DG board
E4400-60154).
ESG “B” with Opt. UND Rev. B or greater.
Rev. B board (E4400-60187) will give flatter
baseband signals than Rev. A board
(E4400-60069). Rev. B board also allows
trigger inputs and marker outputs.
Arbitrary waveform generator triggers
became available in Opt. UND with serial
number prefix US3844 or GB3845.
Any ESG series
≥ B.02.50
≥ B.02.40
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Release
Date
12/98 • Multi-Carrier IS-95 CDMA for
Component Test, Opt. UN5 Rev. B
enhancement
• W-CDMA Trial System Multi-Channel
Tab l e Editor , Opt H97 enhancement for
increased flexibility
• Multitone Generation Capability,
Opt. UND firmware enhancement
• AWGN Generation Capability,
Opt. UND firmware enhancement
• Trigger Inputs and Marker Outputs,
Opt. UND Rev. B enhancement (initial
release)
• W-CDMA Trial System Basestation
Receiver Test, Opt. H98 enhancement
8/98 • Real-Time Baseband Generator,
Opt. UN8 Rev. A (initial release, replaces
Opt. UN3 baseband generator). Highly
flexible custom modulation for any
modulation type/filter/symbol rate.
• Opt. UN9 Rev. A (initial release, together
with Opt. UN8 replaces Opt. UN4
baseband generator). Adds 7 MBytes
RAM to Opt. UN8 for a total of 8 MBytes.
Can be added to any configuration with
Opt. UN8.
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
Firmware
Required
ESG ‘B” with Opt. UND Rev. B or greater.
Rev B board (E4400-60187) will give flatter
baseband signals than Rev A board
(E4400-60069). Rev. B board also allows
trigger inputs and marker outputs.
Arbitrary waveform generator triggers
became available in Opt. UND with serial
number prefix US3844 or GB3845.
Opt. UND Rev. B
ESG-D “B” with Opt. H98 B.02.30
ESG-D “B” with Opt. UN8 (Rev. A or higher)
Opt. UN9
≥ B.02.24
(H98specific
firmware)
≥ B.02.02
• Alternate Timeslot Power, Opt. UNA
(fast electronic attenuator), for GSM
alternate timeslot amplitude switching.
• iDEN Waveforms for MS BER Test,
with Opt. H60 (initial release)
6/98 • W-CDMA Trial System Fully Coded
Mobile Receiver Test, Opt. H98 (initial
release)
Opt. UNA
ESG-D “B” with Opt. H60 Rev. B Dual Arb
board (E4400-60186) with 50 kHz
reconstruction filter instead of 250 kHz
filter
ESG-D “B” with H98 B.01.10
(H98specific)
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Date
4/98 • ESG “B” Revision Platform Roll,
includes more firmware memory, bigger
power supply to allow for more options in
one instrument. Includes the following:
• Arbitrary Waveform Generator,
Opt. UND Rev. A (initial release)
• Multichannel IS-95 CDMA
Personality, Opt. UN5 Rev. A (initial
release)
• W-CDMA Trial System Partially
Coded Component Test, Opt. H97
(initial release)
• Bit Error Rate Test, Opt. UN7 (initial
release)
• Improved ACP, Opt. H99 (initial
release)
• High Power with Mechanical
Attenuator, Opt. UNB (initial release)
• I/Q Quadrature Impairments,
firmware enhancement
• Frequency Channels for TDMA
Standards, firmware enhancement
• Secondary TDMA Framing, firmware
enhancement
Feature Minimum Hard ware Required
• E4400B/20B/21B/22B (ESG “B”)
• E4430B/31B/32B/33B (ESG-D “B”)
Opt. UND Rev. A board (E4400-60069)
Opt. UN7 Rev. A board (E4400-60072)
Opt. H99 Rev. A board (E4400-60155)
Opt. UNB
ESG-D “A” or “B”
Firmware
Required
≥ B.01.03
≥ B.01.03
for “B”
version,
B.01.03
only for “A”
version
11/97 • Hardware PN Generator, Opt. UN3/4
firmware enhancement
• Frame Trigger for PHS and PDC,
Opt. UN3/4 firmware enhancement
5/97 • Opt. H03 Enhancements None A.01.20
• Single-Channel Partially Coded
CDMA, Opt. H03
3/97 • New Baseband Generator, Opt. UN3/4
(initial release, replaces Opt. 1EH). Adds:
• DECT and TETRA Personalities
• Modulation Filter Choice in All
TDMA Personalities
• Symbol Rate Choice in All TDMA
Personalities
10/96 • Firmware Enhancements ESG-D “A” with Opt. 1EH
8/96 • ESG-A Models, (initial release)
• ESG-D Models, (initial release)
• Baseband Generator with GSM,
NADC, PDC, and PHS TDMA
Personalities, Opt. 1EH (initial release)
ESG-D “A” with Opt. UN3/4 A.01.20 to
ESG-D “A” with Opt. H03 Included
ESG-D “A” with Opt. UN3/4 A.01.10
• E4400A/20A/21A/22A (ESG “A”)
• E4430A/31A/32A/33A (ESG-D “A”)
Opt. 1EH
B.02.03
through
A.02.44
through
B.01.03
≥ A.01.10
≥ A.01.00
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ESG-D Baseband Generator Evolution (Oldest to Newest)
TDMA Baseband Generators
1EH - Original, single-board baseband generator. Provided NADC, GSM, PDC, and PHS
personalities. Limited flexibility to change data rates and filters.
UN3/4 - Two-board enhanced baseband generator. Provided NADC, GSM, PDC, PHS, and
new DECT and TETRA personalities. More flexibility to change data rates and filters over
a limited range.
UN8/9 Real-Time Baseband Generator
Rev. A - New baseband board (first Fuzzy board) with custom ASIC. With UN3/4 data
generator board allows any I/Q modulation type, data rates to 12.5 Msps, and
create-your-own FIR filter.
Rev. B - Enhanced baseband board (second Fuzzy board). Provides polarity change to
DATA and DATA CLOCK inputs.
Rev. C - New data generator board. With first Fuzzy board provides DSP, FPGA, and RAM
for dramatic increase in channel coding complexity.
Rev. D - New data generator board. With second Fuzzy board provides combined
enhancements from previous revisions B and C.
Data Generator Board
Original New
Baseband
Fuzzy Board
Original Rev. A Rev. C
New Rev. B Rev. D
Option UND Dual Arbitrary Waveform Generator Evolution
Rev. A - Initial release of dual arbitrary waveform generator board.
Rev. B - Added triggers, marker hardware, and flattened the reconstruction filter
frequency response.
Rev. C - Hardware modified to remedy reversed I and Q signals for frequencies below
250 MHz.
Rev. D - Hardware modified to improve Arb clock phase noise between 1 kHz and 10 kHz.
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