Tektronix AFG3000 User Manual

Reference Manual

AFG3000 Series
Arbitrary/Function Generators
071-1639-00

This document supports firmware version 1.0.0 and above.

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WARRANTY 16

Tektronix warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three (3)
years from the date of original purchase from an authorized Tektronix distributor. If the product proves defective
during this warranty period, Tektronix, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts
and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product. Batteries are excluded from this
warranty. Parts, modules and replacement products used by Tektronix for warranty work may be new or reconditioned
to like new performance. All replaced parts, modules and products become the property of Tektronix.

In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of
the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service. Customer shall be responsible for
packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix, shipping charges prepaid,
and with a copy of customer proof of purchase. Tektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the
shipment is to a location within the country in which the Tektronix service center is located. Customer shall be
responsible for paying all shipping charges, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other
locations.

This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate
maintenance and care. Tektronix shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a) to repair damage
resulting from attempts by personnel other than Tektronix representatives to install, repair or service the product; b) to
repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment; c) to repair any damage or
malfunction caused by the use of non-Tektronix supplies; or d) to service a product that has been modified or integrated
with other products when the effect of such modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the
product.

THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY
OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
TEKTRONIX' RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE
AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY.
TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER TEKTRONIX OR
THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Table of Contents

Operating Basics

Reference

Syntax and Commands

General Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Contacting Tektronix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii

Operating Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Front Panel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Display Area and Screen Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Waveform Parameters and Numeric Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Menu System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Menu Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

File Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Syntax and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Command Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Command Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Command Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

ABORt (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

AFGControl:CSCopy (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

*CAL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

CALibration[:ALL] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

*CLS (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17

DIAGnostic[:ALL]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18

DISPlay:CONTrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

DISPlay:SAVer[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19

DISPlay[:WINDow]:TEXT[:DATA] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

DISPlay[:WINDow]:TEXT:CLEar (No Query Form). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20

*ESE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

*ESR?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

*IDN?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22

MEMory:STATe:VALid? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

MEMory:STATe:DELete (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23

MEMory:STATe:LOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

MEMory:STATe:RECall:AUTo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

MMEMory:CATalog? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

MMEMory:CDIRectory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

MMEMory:DELete (No Query Form). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27

MMEMory:LOAD:STATe (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

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MMEMory:LOAD:TRACe (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28

MMEMory:LOCK[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

MMEMory:MDIRectory (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

MMEMory:STORe:STATe (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

MMEMory:STORe:TRACe (No Query Form). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

*OPC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

*OPT? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31

OUTPut[1|2]:IMPedance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32

OUTPut[1|2]:POLarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33

OUTPut[1|2][:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33

OUTPut:TRIGger:MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

*PSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-35

*RCL (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

*RST (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36

*SAV (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36

[SOURce[1|2]]:AM[:DEPTh] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37

[SOURce[1|2]]:AM:INTernal:FREQuency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38

[SOURce[1|2]]:AM:INTernal:FUNCtion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39

[SOURce[1|2]]:AM:INTernal:FUNCtion:EFILe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40

[SOURce[1|2]]:AM:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40

[SOURce[1|2]]:AM:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

[SOURce[1|2]]:BURSt:MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

[SOURce[1|2]]:BURSt:NCYCles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

[SOURce[1|2]]:BURSt[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43

[SOURce[1|2]]:BURSt:TDELay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

[SOURce[1|2]]:COMBine:FEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45

[SOURce[1|2]]:FM[:DEViation]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

[SOURce[1|2]]:FM:INTernal:FREQuency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

[SOURce[1|2]]:FM:INTernal:FUNCtion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47

[SOURce[1|2]]:FM:INTernal:FUNCtion:EFILe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48

[SOURce[1|2]]:FM:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48

[SOURce[1|2]]:FM:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49

[SOURce[1|2]]:FREQuency:CENTer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49

[SOURce[1|2]]:FREQuency:CONCurrent[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50

[SOURce[1|2]]:FREQuency[:CW|:FIXed] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51

[SOURce[1|2]]:FREQuency:MODE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-52

[SOURce[1|2]]:FREQuency:SPAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53

[SOURce[1|2]]:FREQuency:STARt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54

[SOURce[1|2]]:FREQuency:STOP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

[SOURce[1|2]]:FSKey[:FREQuency]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56

[SOURce[1|2]]:FSKey:INTernal:RATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56

[SOURce[1|2]]:FSKey:SOURce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57

[SOURce[1|2]]:FSKey:STATe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57

[SOURce[1|2]]:FUNCtion:EFILe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58

[SOURce[1|2]]:FUNCtion:RAMP:SYMMetry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58

[SOURce[1|2]]:FUNCtion[:SHAPe]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59

[SOURce[1|2]]:PHASe[:ADJust] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60

[SOURce[1|2]]:PHASe:INITiate (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61

[SOURce[1|2]]:PM[:DEViation]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61

[SOURce[1|2]]:PM:INTernal:FREQuency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62

[SOURce[1|2]]:PM:INTernal:FUNCtion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-63

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[SOURce[1|2]]:PM:INTernal:FUNCtion:EFILe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64

[SOURce[1|2]]:PM:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-64

[SOURce[1|2]]:PM:STATe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-65

SOURce<3|4>:POWer[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66

[SOURce[1|2]]:PULSe:DCYCle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67

[SOURce[1|2]]:PULSe:DELay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68

[SOURce[1|2]]:PULSe:HOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68

[SOURce[1|2]]:PULSe:PERiod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69

[SOURce[1|2]]:PULSe:TRANsition[:LEADing] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69

[SOURce[1|2]]:PULSe:TRANsition:TRAiling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70

[SOURce[1|2]]:PULSe:WIDTh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-71

[SOURce[1|2]]:PWM:INTernal:FREQuency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72

[SOURce[1|2]]:PWM:INTernal:FUNCtion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-73

[SOURce[1|2]]:PWM:INTernal:FUNCtion:EFILe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74

[SOURce[1|2]]:PWM:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-74

[SOURce[1|2]]:PWM:STATe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

[SOURce[1|2]]:PWM[:DEViation]:DCYCle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76

[SOURce]:ROSCillator:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-77

[SOURce[1|2]]:SWEep:HTIMe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-77

[SOURce[1|2]]:SWEep:MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78

[SOURce[1|2]]:SWEep:RTIMe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79

[SOURce[1|2]]:SWEep:SPACing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79

[SOURce[1|2]]:SWEep:TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-80

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage:CONCurrent[:STATe]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-81

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate]:HIGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate]:LOW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate]:OFFSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-84

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage[:LEVel][:IMMediate][:AMPLitude] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-85

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage:LIMit:HIGH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage:LIMit:LOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87

[SOURce[1|2]]:VOLTage:UNIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-88

*SRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89

STATus:OPERation:CONDition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-90

STATus:OPERation:ENABle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-90

STATus:OPERation[:EVENt]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

STATus:PRESet (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-92

STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-92

STATus:QUEStionable[:EVENt]? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-93

*STB?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-93

SYSTem:BEEPer[:IMMediate] (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-94

SYSTem:BEEPer:STATe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-94

SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

SYSTem:KCLick[:STATe]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

SYSTem:KLOCk[:STATe]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-96

SYSTem:SECurity:IMMediate (No Query Form). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-96

SYSTem:ULANguage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-97

SYSTem:VERSion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-97

TRACe|DATA:CATalog? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-98

TRACe|DATA:COPY (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-98

TRACe|DATA[:DATA]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-99

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Status and Events

TRACe|DATA[:DATA]:LINE (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

TRACe|DATA[:DATA]:VALue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101

TRACe|DATA:DEFine (No Query Form). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-102

TRACe|DATA:DELete[:NAME] (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-103

TRACe|DATA:LOCK[:STATe] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-103

TRACe|DATA:POINts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-104

*TRG (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-104

TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SLOPe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

TRIGger[:SEQuence]:SOURce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

TRIGger[:SEQuence]:TIMer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-106

TRIGger[:SEQuence][:IMMediate] (No Query Form). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-106

*TST? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-107

*WAI (No Query Form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-107

Status and Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Status Reporting Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-4

Queues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Messages and Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Programming Examples

Appendices

Index

Programming Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Accessories and Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

General Care and Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

General Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

SCPI Conformance Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Default Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index-1

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List of Figures

List of Figures

Figure 1-1: Dual-channel model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Figure 1-2: Front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Figure 1-3: Waveform parameter and graph display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Figure 1-4: Graph comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Figure 1-5: Waveform parameter comparison (CH1 selected) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Figure 1-6: Waveform parameter comparison (CH2 selected) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Figure 1-7: Run Mode menu (Continuous) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Figure 1-8: Screen interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Figure 1-9: Level meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Figure 1-10: Graphical representation of button status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

Figure 1-11: Default display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Figure 1-12: Frequency/Period/Phase Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Figure 1-13: Screen display with Frequency active (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Figure 1-14: Screen display with Frequency active (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Figure 1-15: Screen display with Frequency active (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15

Figure 1-16: Screen display with Frequency active (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Figure 1-17: Amplitude/Level Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Figure 1-18: PWM sample screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

Figure 1-19: PWM parameter menu (Freq is selected) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17

Figure 1-20: PWM parameter menu (Period is selected) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18

Figure 1-21: Rear panel connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

Figure 2-1: Sweep type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Figure 2-2: Frequency sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Figure 2-3: Number of Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Figure 2-4: Using the Cursor (Line edit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Figure 2-5: Line Edit example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Figure 2-6: Operation – Edit by Data Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19

Figure 2-7: Cut example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Figure 2-8: Paste at Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Figure 2-9: Paste at End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Figure 2-10: Browse waveform files (USB memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Figure 2-11: Write As - Character entry box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Figure 2-12: Recall menu (Internal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Figure 2-13: Save As - Character entry box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32

Figure 3-1: Command message elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Figure 3-2: Example of SCPI subsystem hierarchy tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Figure 3-3: Example of abbreviating a command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Figure 3-4: Example of chaining commands and queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Figure 3-5: Example of omitting root and lower level nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Figure 4-1: Error and event handling process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Figure 4-2: The Status Byte Register (SBR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Figure 4-3: The Standard Event Status Register (SESR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Figure 4-4: Operation Condition Register (OCR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

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Figure 4-5: Questionable Condition Register (QCR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Figure 4-6: Event Status Enable Register (ESER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Figure 4-7: Service Request Enable Register (SRER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Figure 4-8: Operation Enable Register (OENR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

Figure 4-9: Questionable Enable Register (QENR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Figure A-1: Fuse adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

vi AFG3000 Series Arbitrary/Function Generators Reference Manual

List of Tables

List of Tables

Table 2-1: Sine/Square Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Table 2-2: Ramp Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Table 2-3: Pulse Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Table 2-4: Arb Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Table 2-5: More Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Table 2-6: Modulation Parameter Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Table 2-7: Sweep Parameter Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Table 2-8: Burst Parameter Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Table 2-9: Output Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Table 2-10: Save/Recall Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Table 2-11: Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Table 2-12: Operations submenu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Table 2-13: Utility Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Table 3-1: BNF notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Table 3-2: Command message elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Table 3-3: Query response examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Table 3-4: Parameter types used in syntax descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Table 3-5: Calibration and Diagnostic commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Table 3-6: Display commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Table 3-7: Memory commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Table 3-8: Mass Memory commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Table 3-9: Output commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Table 3-10: Source commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Table 3-11: Status commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Table 3-12: System commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Table 3-13: Synchronization commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Table 3-14: Trace commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Table 3-15: Trigger commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Table 3-16: AFG Control command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Table 4-1: SBR bit functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Table 4-2: SESR bit functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Table 4-3: OCR bit functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Table 4-4: QCR bit functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Table 4-5: Definition of event codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Table 4-6: Command error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Table 4-7: Execution error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Table 4-8: Device-specific error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Table 4-9: Query errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Table 4-10: Power-on events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Table 4-11: User request events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Table 4-12: Request control events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Table 4-13: Operation complete events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Table 4-14: Device errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

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Table A-1: Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Table A-2: Standard accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Table A-3: Optional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Table C-1: SCPI conformance information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Table D-1: Default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

viii AFG3000 Series Arbitrary/Function Generators Reference Manual

General Safety Summary

Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to this
product or any products connected to it. To avoid potential hazards, use this
product only as specified.

Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.

To avoid Fire or

Personal Injury

Use Proper Power Cord. Use only the power cord specified for this product and

certified for the country of use.

Ground the Product. This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of
the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding conductor must be
connected to earth ground. Before making connections to the input or output
terminals of the product, ensure that the product is properly grounded.

Observe All Terminal Ratings. To avoid fire or shock hazard, observe all ratings and
markings on the product. Consult the product manual for further rating information
before making connections to the product. Do not apply a potential to any terminal,
including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

Power Off. The power cord provides Mains disconnect.

Do Not Operate Without Covers. Do not operate this product with covers or panels

removed.

Do Not Operate With Suspected Failures. If you suspect there is damage to this
product, have it inspected by qualified service personnel.

Do Not Operate in Wet/Damp Conditions.

Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere.

Keep Product Surfaces Clean and Dry.

Provide Proper Ventilation. Refer to the manual's installation instructions for details

on installing the product so it has proper ventilation.

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General Safety Summary

Symbols and Terms

Terms in this Manual. These terms may appear in this manual:

WAR N I N G. Warning statements identify conditions or practices that could result

in injury or loss of life.

CAUTION. Caution statements identify conditions or practices that could result in

damage to this product or other property.

Terms on the Product. These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER indicates an injury hazard immediately accessible as you read the
marking.

WARNING indicates an injury hazard not immediately accessible as you read the
marking.

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.

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Preface

This manual provides operating information for the AFG3000 Series
Arbitrary/Function Generators. The manual consists of the following sections:

 Operating Basics covers operating principles of the instrument. The operating

procedures help you understand how your generator operates.

 Reference provides in-depth descriptions of the instrument menu structures

and menu button functions.

 Syntax and Commands defines the command syntax and processing

conventions, describes command notation.

 Status and Events explains the status information and event messages reported

by the instrument.

 Programming Examples contains remote interface application programs to

help you develop programs for your application.

 Appendix A: Accessories & Options describes the standard and optional

accessories as well as the instrument options.

 Appendix B: General Care and Cleaning describes how to take care of the

instrument.

Documentation

 Appendix C: SCPI Conformance Information contains a list of commands and

SCPI information.

 Appendix D: Default Setup contains a list of the menus and controls that are

recalled when you push the front-panel Default button.

In addition to this AFG3000 Series Arbitrary/Function Generators Reference
Manual, the following documentation is available for this instrument:

AFG3000 Series Quick Start User Manual. The quick start user manual provides
information on installation, general features, operating the instrument, and user
interface. It also provides electrical, environmental, and physical specifications for
the instrument.

Built in Help System. The built-in help system that is integrated with the User
Interface application that ships with this instrument.

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Preface

Contacting Tektronix

AFG3000 Series Service Manual. A service manual is available as an optional

accessory. The service manual includes procedures to service the instrument to the
module level. The manual also includes performance verification procedures so
that you can verify performance to the advertised specifications.

Phone [phone]*

Address Tektronix, Inc.

Department or name (if known)
14200 SW Karl Braun Drive
P.O. Box 500
Beaverton, OR 97077
USA

Web site www.tektronix.com

Sales support 1-800-833-9200, select option 1*

Service support 1-800-833-9200, select option 2*

Technical support 1-800-833-9200, select option 3*

6:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Pacific time

*

This phone number is toll free in North America. After office hours, please leave a voice
mail message.
Outside North America, contact a Tektronix sales office or distributor; see the Tektronix
web site for a list of offices.

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Operating Basics

Operating Basics

The AFG3000 Series Arbitrary/Function Generators front panel is divided into
easy to use functional areas. This section provides you with a quick overview of the
controls. Figure 1-1 shows the front panel of dual-channel model.

AFG

DUAL CHANNEL

3102

ARBITRARY/FUNCTION GENERATOR

USB

USB

Memory

Memory

Figure 1-1: Dual-channel model

1GS/s
100MHz

Sine

Square

Ramp

Pulse

Arb

Output

View

Run ModeFunction

Continuous Modulation

Frequency/Period Amplitude/High

Offset/Low

Leading/TrailingDuty/Width

Utility

Edit

Save RecallMore...

Channel

Ch1

Phase Delay

Ch2

Sweep Burst

Help

Default

TriggerTrigger

InputOutput Output

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Front Panel Controls

This section introduces you to the front panel controls of the instrument and
provides a brief overview on how to use the front panel key controls.

Figure 1-2: Front panel controls

The AFG3000 Series Arbitrary/Function Generators front-panel key controls are
divided into the following categories:

 Action buttons

 Menu buttons

 State buttons

 Function buttons

 Shortcut buttons

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Action Buttons

The Power (not shown in Figure 1-2), Upper Menu, Top Menu, View, and Manual
Trigger buttons are called action buttons. When you push these action buttons, it
will cause an action.

Power button. Pushing the power button once turns the instrument on. Pushing the
power button when the instrument is on will turn off the instrument.

Upper Menu button. Pushing the Upper Menu button returns the currently
displayed bezel menu to the upper level of the menu tree.

Top Menu button. The Top Menu button is used to return to the top level of the
menu tree from the current menu location.

View button. The View button is used to toggle the screen view format. The
arbitrary/function generator provides the following three screen view formats:

 View format 1: Waveform parameter and graph display, see Figure 1-3

 View format 2: Graph comparison, see Figure 1-4

 View format 3: Waveform parameter comparison, see Figure 1-5 and

Figure 1-6

When the instrument is in one of the three display format, pushing the View button
will toggle through the three views in a repeating cycle in the order described
above.

When the instrument is in the Edit Menu, pushing the View button will toggle
between Edit text and graphical views. This is the only function of the
single-channel model view button.

When the instrument is in the Save/Recall, Utility, Output, or Help menu, pushing
the View button will have no effect.

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View Format 1. Figure 1-3 is a single channel parameter and graph setup display. In
this view, Channel 1 is selected with the Channel Select button. When Channel 2
is selected, the parameters and graph for Channel 2 will be displayed in this view.
You can easily toggle between the information for Channel 1 and Channel 2 with
this view.

Figure 1-3: Waveform parameter and graph display

View Format 2. Figure 1-4 is a graph compare view. In this view, the Channel

Select button selects the active graph. The selected channel is highlighted.

Figure 1-4: Graph comparison

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View Format 3. Figure 1-5 is a channel compare view. In this view, Channel 1 is
selected with the Channel Select button.

Figure 1-5: Waveform parameter comparison (CH1 selected)

In Figure 1-6, Channel 2 is selected with the Channel Select button.

Figure 1-6: Waveform parameter comparison (CH2 selected)

Manual Trigger button. Pushing the Manual Trigger button generates a trigger

event manually. The Manual Trigger is one of the trigger sources for sweep or burst
waveform. If you push the Manual Trigger button, the arbitrary/function generator
will initiate one sweep in the Trigger Sweep mode, or output a waveform that has
the specified number of cycles in the Burst mode. If the instrument is in Gated
mode, it outputs a waveform while the Manual Trigger button is depressed.

The Trig’d LED lights whenever the instrument responds to a trigger.

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Other Action buttons. The Enter button and the following related buttons are also
classified as Action buttons.

 Enter button. The Enter button causes a numeric input to be updated.

 +/– button. This button is only active when you are setting a value. The +/–

button changes the sign of the currently selected parameter from positive to
negative. If the value is already negative, this button makes it positive.

 Cancel button. The Cancel button is active when you are setting a value.

Pushing the Cancel button closes the Units menu and restores the previous
value for the selected setting.

When the front-panel controls are locked, you can use the Cancel button to
unlock the front-panel controls. See page 1-10.

 Backspace (BKSP) button. The BKSP button is only active when you are

setting a value in the Numeric Input Area. Pushing the BKSP button deletes
the currently selected digit.

Menu Buttons

The Edit, Utility, Save, Recall, Help, and Default buttons are called Menu buttons.

Edit button. The Edit button opens Edit menu. See Table 2-11 on page 2-14 for the
Edit menu map.

Utility button. The Utility button opens Utility menu. See Table 2-13 on page 2-23
for the Utility menu map.

Save button. The Save button opens the Save menu. See Table 2-10 on page 2-13
for the Save menu map.

Recall button. The Recall button opens the Recall menu. See Table 2-10 on
page 2-13 for the Recall menu map.

Help button. The Help button opens the built-in Help.

Default button. The Default button restores the instrument settings to the default

values. When you push this button, you will be prompted on the display with a
pop-up window message requesting you to confirm that you want to restore the
defaults. See Default Setup on page D-1 for the settings when you push the Default
button.

Run Mode buttons. When one of four Run Mode buttons is selected, the menu for
configuring the run mode is displayed on the screen. See State buttons on page 1-7.

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State Buttons

The Channel Select, CH1/CH2 Output and Run Mode buttons are called State
buttons.

Ch2

Channel Select button. The Channel Select button directly controls the

Ch1

display, toggling between the two channels. This button is used to select the
channel that you are currently interacting with. Only one channel can be selected
at a time.

When you push the Channel Select button on the Edit, Utility, Save, Recall, or Help
screen, the arbitrary/function generator returns to previous display. The displayed
channels do not toggle if you push the Channel Select button on those screen
menus. After restoring the main display area, pushing the Channel Select button
toggles between CH1 and CH2.

CH1/CH2 Output On button. The arbitrary/function generator allow you to turn on
and off the signal output for CH1 and CH2 independently. You can configure the
signal with the outputs off, to minimize the chance of sending a problematic signal
to your device. You can select either one or both of these buttons. Each button is
lit with an LED when in the On state.

Run Mode buttons. Only one Run Mode menu can be selected for each channel.
The Run Mode buttons are unique because they are both State and Menu buttons.
When one of four buttons is selected, that run mode is activated and the menu for
configuring that run mode is displayed on the screen. The selected button is lit with
an LED.

 Continuous

 Modulation

 Sweep

 Burst

If your instrument is a dual-channel model, Run Mode can be set independently for
each channel.

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Select the Run Mode Menu bezel button from the default screen (see page 1-14)
to display the Run Mode menus. The Continuous mode is selected in Figure 1-7. If
you select Modulation, Sweep, or Burst as the Run Mode, the corresponding bezel
menu is highlighted.

Continuous Mode is
selected (active).

These are inactive bezel
menus.

Function Buttons

Figure 1-7: Run Mode menu (Continuous)

Only one of the Function buttons can be selected for each channel at a time. The
selected button will be lit with an LED.

Sine button. Pushing the Sine button selects the sine waveform, causing the Sine
button LED to turn on. See Table 2-1 on page 2-3 for the menu map.

Square button. Pushing the Square button selects the square waveform, causing the
Square button LED to turn on. See Table 2-1 on page 2-3 for the menu map.

Ramp button. Pushing the Ramp button selects the ramp waveform, causing the
Ramp button LED to turn on. See Table 2-2 on page 2-4 for the menu map.

Pulse button. Pushing the Pulse button selects the pulse waveform, causing the
Pulse button LED to turn on. See Table 2-3 on page 2-4 for the menu map.

Arb button. Pushing the Arb button causes the Arb waveform menu to be displayed
on the screen, and causes the Arb LED to turn on. See Table 2-4 on page 2-5 for
the menu map.

More... button. Pushing the More... button causes the More waveform menu to be
displayed on the screen, and causes the More... LED to turn on. See Table 2-5 on
page 2-6 for the menu map.

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Shortcut Buttons

The following six buttons are called Shortcut buttons and are provided as shortcuts
for experienced users. You can push this button while viewing any of the display
types. If you are not in view format 1, 2, or 3 (see page 1-3), pushing the shortcut
button will take you to the last view you used and highlight the selected setting.

Frequency/Period button. This button selects the setting that was last used
(Frequency or Period). If Frequency was selected, you can change the shortcut by
selecting Period with the bezel menu. The next time you push the
Frequency/Period button, Period will be selected. This shortcut button allows you
to select the setting and enter their numeric value using the front panel, without
requiring any bezel menu selection.

Amplitude/High button. This button selects the setting that was last used (Ampli-
tude or High Level).

Offset/Low button. This button selects the setting which was last used (Offset or
Low Level).

Duty/Width button. This button only operates when the Pulse function is selected
for the current channel. Otherwise, the button does nothing when pushed. The
instrument remembers which setting (Duty or Width) was last selected from the
bezel menu and highlights that setting when this shortcut button is pushed.

Knob and Arrow Keys

Leading/Trailing button. This button only operates when the Pulse function is

selected for the current channel, otherwise, the button does nothing when pushed.
The instrument remembers which setting (Leading Edge or Trailing Edge) was
last selected from the bezel menu and highlights that setting when this shortcut
button is pushed.

Phase | Delay button. This shortcut button is different from the other buttons. This
button does not toggle between two parameters. For example, if you push the
Phase | Delay shortcut button in the pulse parameter menu, Delay becomes active.
Pushing the Phase | Delay button again will have no effect, because there is no
Phase parameter in the pulse parameter menu. Similarly, when you push the Phase
| Delay button in the Sine, Square, or Ramp parameter menu, Phase becomes
active. Pushing the button again will have no effect, because there is no Delay
parameter in these menus.

The general purpose knob can be used to increase and decrease selected numeric
values. The arrow keys (digit select keys) are used to move the underbar to a field
that contains an editable number. This will allow you to change the digit with the
knob. Refer to page 1-15 for entering or changing numeric values using the knob
and the arrow keys.

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BNC Connectors

USB Memory

Refer to Figure 1-2 on page 1-2 for the locations of the front panel BNC connec­tors.

CH1 Output. This BNC connector will output the Channel 1 signal. This connector
will be deactivated when the Channel 1 output button is not selected. The load
impedance for this connection can be set in the Output Menu.

CH2 Output. Same functionality as Channel 1 Output. This output is not present in
the single channel instrument model.

Trigger Output. This connector provides a TTL level pulse synchronized with the
Channel 1 output. The connector provides a signal that will allow an oscilloscope
to synchronize with the arbitrary/function generator.

When you synchronize multiple arbitrary/function generators, the Trigger Output
on the master instrument is connected to the Trigger Input of the slave instrument.

Trigger Input. When the arbitrary/function generator is a slave to another device,
The Trigger Input connector will be used to synchronize the arbitrary/function
generator with the master device. Trigger signals from other devices can also be
input here.

The USB Memory connector is a host connector, which allows a USB client
memory device to be connected. You can perform the following tasks:

To Unlock Front Panel

Controls

 Save or recall user-defined waveforms to/from a USB memory

 Save or recall setups to/from files on a USB memory

 Update your arbitrary/function generator firmware

CAUTION. Do not remove USB memory while writing or reading data. It may cause

data loss and the USB memory may be damaged.

Before reinsert a USB memory after removing it from the instrument, wait at least
one second.

Do not repeat insertion and removal of USB memory without waiting one second
each time to avoid damage to the instrument.

The front panel may be locked by a remote user while the instrument is being
remotely controlled via GPIB, USB or Ethernet. When the front panel is locked, all
keys and buttons are disabled except the power switch. The “Lock” symbol at the
top right of the screen indicates that the instrument front-panel controls are locked.

To unlock the front-panel, use the remote command or push the front-panel Cancel
button twice in a row. This method is not applied if the arbitrary/function generator
is in the GPIB LLO (Local Lockout) state.

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Display Area and Screen Interface

Figure 1-8 shows the main areas of the instrument display.

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Main Display Area

Message display area

Main display
area

Level meter

View tab

Numeric input is available

Knob is available

Output status

Bezel menu

Figure 1-8: Screen interface

Pushing the front-panel View button changes the view format of the main display
area. See page 1-3 for screen view formats.

View Tab. The view tabs correspond with the current view format.

Output Status. If the output is set to disable, the Output Off message is displayed

in this area. When you push the front-panel channel output button to enable the
output, the message will disappear.

From the Output menu, you can set the load impedance, invert a waveform, or add
an external signal to the CH1 output. The status will change based on the output
status.

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Level Meter. Amplitude level is displayed. To protect your DUT (device under test),
use the Output Menu to set the limit values for high level and low level. Figure 1-9
shows Level Meter.

Message Display Area

1

Figure 1-9: Level meter

1. Shows maximum amplitude level of your instrument.

2. Shows the range of high limit and low limit that you have set.

3. Shows the amplitude level that is currently selected.

A message that monitors hardware status such as clock or trigger is displayed in
this area.

The arbitrary/function generator displays a message at the top of the screen, which
conveys the following types of information about hardware status:

 External Reference out of range

 Waiting for Trigger

You can also display a text message in this area by using the following remote
command. See page 3-20.

2

3

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