Tektronix AWG710, AWG710B User Manual

User Manual

AWG710 & AWG710B 4 GS/s / 4.2 GS/s Arbitrary Waveform Generator

071-1413-01

This document supports firmware version 4.00 and above.

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WARRANTY

Tektronix warrants that the products that it manufactures and sells will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of on e (1) year f rom the da te of shi pment. If a pr oduct pr ov es defecti v e during this wa rranty 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.

In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration of the warranty period and make s uitable arrangements fo r the perform ance of service. Cu stomer shall be respo nsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by Tektronix, with shipping charges prepaid. T ektronix shall pay for the return of the product to Customer if the shipment is to a location within the country in which the T e ktronix serv ice center is lo cated. Custo mer shall be respo nsible for payi ng all shippi ng char ges, 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 -T ektronix su pplies; or d) to s ervice a product that has been modified or inte grated with other products when the effect of s uch modif ication or integration increases the time or diff iculty of servicing the product.

THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY TEKTRONIX IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TEKTRONIX AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A P AR TICULAR 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

General Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Manual Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx

Related Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Contacting Tektronix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Getting Started

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Incoming Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Power Cord Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Language Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Repackaging for Shipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16

Operating Basics

Reference

Operating Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Controls and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Menu Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Numeric Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Text Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Shortcut Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17

Quick View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Editor Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Setup Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

Theory of Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

Signal Edit Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46

Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49

Tutorial 1: Instrument Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51

Tutorial 2: Loading and Outputting a Sample Waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53

Tutorial 3: Creating and Editing Standard Function Waveforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56

Tutorial 4: Editing a Waveform Using Quick Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63

Tutorial 5: Using the Equation Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67

Tutorial 6: Creating and Running Waveform Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70

Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Menu Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

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Setup Menu Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

EDIT Menu Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

APPL Menu Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26

Utility Menu Hierarchy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30

The Setup Menu Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33

Setup Menu Screen Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33

The Waveform/Sequence Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36

The Vertical Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38

The Horizontal Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40

The Run Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

The Trigger Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

The Save/Restore Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48

The Extended Operation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-50

Waveform, Pattern and Sequence Waveform Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51

The Graphical Waveform Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

Editor Screen Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

The File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58

The Operation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-59

The Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72

The Zoom/Pan Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-81

The Window Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82

The Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-82

The Pattern Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-85

About Waveform and Pattern Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-85

Starting the Pattern Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86

The File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87

The Operation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87

The Tools Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87

The Zoom/Pan Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

The Window Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

The Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

The Undo! Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-91

Selecting Data Bits to Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-92

Defining Edit Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-93

Creating a Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-94

Creating Standard Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

Inserting Data From Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-96

Set Pattern... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-96

Quick Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-99

Screen Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-99

Quick Edit Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

Quick Edit Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

About Smoothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101

Quick Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101

Starting Quick Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-102

Exiting Quick Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-103

Setting Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-103

Moving the Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-104

Renewing Edit Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-104

About Undo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-104

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The Table Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

Opening The Table Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-105

Editing The Table Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-106

The Equation Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-109

Starting the Equation Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-110

Using the Equation Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-111

Entering Keywords and Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-114

Compiling Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-115

The Sequence Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-117

Starting the Sequence Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-117

Sequence Table Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-120

Sequence Table Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-122

The APPL Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-131

Disk Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-131

Network Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-140

Jitter Composer Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-147

The UTILITY Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-155

External Keyboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-155

Setting General Purpose Knob Direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-156

Formatting a Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-157

Displaying Disk Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-157

Screen Display Enable/Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-158

Focused Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-158

Displaying Instrument Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-158

Internal Clock (Date and Time) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-159

Resetting the Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-159

Connecting to a GPIB Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-160

Ethernet Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-162

Hardcopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-170

Calibration and Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-172

Upgrading the System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-179

Capturing Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-181

Possible Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-181

Basic Concept on Communication for Capturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-181

Procedures for Capturing Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-182

About Transferred Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-184

Waveform Programming Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-185

Command Syntax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-185

User–Defined Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-186

Waveform Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-187

Command Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-189

Bpf( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-189

Brf( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-190

Code( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-191

Conv( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-191

Copy( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-192

Corr( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-192

Data( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-193

Delete( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-194

Diff( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-194

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Expand( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-195

Extract( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-195

For (Control Statement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-196

Hpf( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-197

If (Control Statement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-198

Integ( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-198

Join( ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-199

Lpf( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-199

Math Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-200

Math Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-202

Norm( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-203

Pn( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-203

Rename( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-204

Variables (predefined) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-205

Write( ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-206

Programming Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-207

File Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-219

Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-219

Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-221

Convert between Waveform and Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-221

Executing File Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-222

File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-225

Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-225

Path Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-225

File Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-226

File Operation in Double Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-230

FG Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-233

Change the generator mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-234

Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-236

Waveform Mixing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-241

Change the generator mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-242

File... menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-243

Waveform Mixing parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-245

Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-246

Save/Restore Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-247

Operation Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-247

Synchronous Operation Mode (AWG710B only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-249

restrictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-250

Connecting the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-250

Change the generator mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-252

Setup screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-253

Setting a Slave IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-254

Testing the Network Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-254

Connection with Slave. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-255

Error messages on connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-255

Trigger Timing Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-256

Save/Restore Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-257

Operation Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-257

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Specifications (AWG710B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Electrical Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Certification and Compliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25

Specifications (AWG710) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-27

Electrical Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28

Certification and Compliances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-40

Performance Verification (AWG710B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Self Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B-2

Performance Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Operating Mode Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . B-19

Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out),

(except option 02). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23

Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (for option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27

Pulse Response Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B -31

Trigger Input Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-37

External Clock Input and VCO Out Output Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-46

VCO OUT Output Frequency and 10 MHz Reference Input Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-48

Marker Output Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-50

Synchronous Operation Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-52

Performance Verification (AWG710) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-55

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-55

Self Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-56

Performance Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-60

Operating Mode Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-66

Amplitude and Offset Accuracy Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . B-72

Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (Direct DA Out),

(except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-77

Amplitude, Offset Accuracy and Rise Time Tests (for option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-81

Pulse Response Tests (Normal Out), (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B -85

Trigger Input Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-87

Event Input and Enhanced Mode Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-91

1/4 Clock Frequency and 10 MHz Reference Input Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-98

Marker Output Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-100

Inspection and Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Sample Waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Waveform File Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

File Transfer Interface Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

Sampling Theorem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F -1

Differentiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1

Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3

Convolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-4

Correlation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5

Code Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-7

Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-8

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Index

Sequence File Text Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

Header . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

Line Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-1

Jump Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-3

Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-4

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

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List of Figures

Figure 1-1: Rear panel power switch, fuse holder, and power connector . . . . . 1-13

Figure 1-2: Location of the ON/STBY switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Figure 2-1: Front panel controls (AWG710) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Figure 2-2: Front panel controls (AWG710B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Figure 2-3: Front panel keypad area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Figure 2-4: Front panel trigger and output controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Figure 2-5: Rear panel signal and power connectors (AWG710) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Figure 2-6: Rear panel signal and power connectors (AWG710B) . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Figure 2-7: Menu buttons, bezel menu buttons, and the CLEAR MENU button 2-8

Figure 2-8: Bottom and side menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Figure 2-9: Pop–up menu example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Figure 2-10: Dialog box example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Figure 2-11: Knob icon displayed in Status Display area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Figure 2-12: Keypad buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Figure 2-13: Three type of Input text dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Figure 2-14: Shortcut controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Figure 2-15: Files and directories with read only attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Figure 2-16: Input Filename dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21

Figure 2-17: File list window examples in which Quick View is available . . . . 2-24

Figure 2-18: Viewing a file by Quick View function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Figure 2-19: Main Edit screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Figure 2-20: Edit top level menu screen with Edit side menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Figure 2-21: Editor screen elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Figure 2-22: Cursors and edit area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30

Figure 2-23: Multiple editor windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Figure 2-24: Main Setup screen (except option02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34

Figure 2-25: Select File dialog on the Load menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36

Figure 2-26: Viewing a file in the Setup screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37

Figure 2-27: AWG710 block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43

Figure 2-28: AWG710B block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44

Figure 2-29: Relationship between memory address control and

waveform memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45

Figure 2-30: Cable connection between AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary

Waveform Generator and digital storage oscilloscope . . . . . . . . . 2-50

Figure 2-31: Initial screen (Right Figure: option02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50

Figure 2-32: System utility screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-51

Figure 2-33: The Select File list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54

Figure 2-34: Viewing a waveform loaded into memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55

Figure 2-35: Waveform editor initial screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-57

Figure 2-36: The Standard Function dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-58

Figure 2-37: Standard sine wave function created in the Waveform Editor . . 2-59

Figure 2-38: Waveform created with the multiply operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-60

Figure 2-39: File Name Input dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-61

Figure 2-40: Waveform in the waveform editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64

Figure 2-41: Waveform edit in quick editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65

Figure 2-42: Viewer displaying compiled waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-69

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Figure 2-43: Waveforms created at the same time in three windows . . . . . . . . . 2-72

Figure 2-44: Initial sequence table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-73

Figure 2-45: Example of sequence (SUBSEQ.seq) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-75

Figure 2-46: Screen for setting jump mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-77

Figure 2-47: Screen for setting event jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-78

Figure 2-48: Setup of Goto <N> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-79

Figure 2-49: Example of sequence (MAINSEQ.seq) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-80

Figure 3-1: Overview of AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform

Generator process flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Figure 3-2: Setup main screen (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33

Figure 3-3: 1/4 CLOCK OUT output format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

Figure 3-4: 1/4 CLOCK OUT connection examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42

Figure 3-5: Run mode and current status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

Figure 3-6: Trigger slope and trigger level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47

Figure 3-7: Waveform output sequence example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51

Figure 3-8: Waveform editor initial screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55

Figure 3-9: Standard Function Waveform dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60

Figure 3-10: Register value and tap setting example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66

Figure 3-11: Shift Register Generator dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-67

Figure 3-12: Set Pattern dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68

Figure 3-13: Waveform compare operation example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

Figure 3-14: Digital Filter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78

Figure 3-15: XY View dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-80

Figure 3-16: Settings dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83

Figure 3-17: Pattern editor initial screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86

Figure 3-18: Code Convert dialog box and side menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-88

Figure 3-19: Code conversion table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89

Figure 3-20: Operating data bits (scope) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-92

Figure 3-21: Area cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-94

Figure 3-22: Counter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

Figure 3-23: Set Pattern dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-96

Figure 3-24: A waveform example under quick editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-100

Figure 3-25: Controls for quick editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-101

Figure 3-26: Table Editor window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-106

Figure 3-27: Equation editor window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-110

Figure 3-28: Text selection (example) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-113

Figure 3-29: File list listing two waveforms created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-116

Figure 3-30: Sequence editor initial screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-117

Figure 3-31: EVENT IN connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-124

Figure 3-32: Event signal timing and strobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-127

Figure 3-33: Compiling and storing sequences and subsequences . . . . . . . . . . 3-129

Figure 3-34: Outline flow for producing HDD reading test signal . . . . . . . . . . 3-131

Figure 3-35: Disk application initial screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-132

Figure 3-36: Writer Data menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-132

Figure 3-37: Isolated Pulse menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-133

Figure 3-38: Execution of superpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-133

Figure 3-39: Outline flow for producing network test read signal . . . . . . . . . . 3-140

Figure 3-40: Network application initial screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-140

Figure 3-41: Side menu will change after selecting a standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-141

Figure 3-42: Side menu for selecting the Isolated pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-142

Figure 3-43: Execution of superposing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-143

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Figure 3-44: Outline flow for Jitter waveform creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-147

Figure 3-45: Jitter composer application initial screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-148

Figure 3-46: Input Data menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-148

Figure 3-47: A pre–defined pattern was selected as an input data . . . . . . . . . 3-149

Figure 3-48: Jitter profile menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-149

Figure 3-49: Execution of jitter composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-150

Figure 3-50: Jitter parameters and jitter waveform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-153

Figure 3-51: GPIB setup screen menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-161

Figure 3-52: Network setup screen menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-163

Figure 3-53: Message box to indicate the establishment of communication . . 3-165

Figure 3-54: Network Status screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-165

Figure 3-55: UTILITY screen mounting remote file system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-166

Figure 3-56: Drive selections in EDIT menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-168

Figure 3-57: Hardcopy setup screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-171

Figure 3-58: Hardcopy complete message box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-172

Figure 3-59: Calibration and diagnostic screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-173

Figure 3-60: Status message box (except option02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-174

Figure 3-61: Source instrument selection dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-182

Figure 3-62: Source instrument selection under Others... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-183

Figure 3-63: Waveforms generated from the Example 1 equation . . . . . . . . . 3-208

Figure 3-64: Waveform generated by the Example 2 equation . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-209

Figure 3-65: Waveforms generated by the Example 3 equation . . . . . . . . . . . 3-210

Figure 3-66: Sequence generated by the Example 3 equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-211

Figure 3-67: Source waveform and those generated by the Example 4

equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-212

Figure 3-68: Noise waveforms after filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-213

Figure 3-69: Noise waveforms before (upper) and after (lower) 7–point

smoothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-215

Figure 3-70: Gaussian noise and ramp waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-217

Figure 3-71: Screen and side menu buttons for importing and exporting . . . 3-222

Figure 3-72: Select the conversion type dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-222

Figure 3-73: Double Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-230

Figure 3-74: Overwrite confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-232

Figure 3-75: Outline flow for producing Function Generator signal . . . . . . . . 3-233

Figure 3-76: FG mode screen (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-233

Figure 3-77: Change the generator mode (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-234

Figure 3-78: Waveform type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-235

Figure 3-79: Output parameters (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-236

Figure 3-80: Marker pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-238

Figure 3-81: Pulse sub–side menu (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-240

Figure 3-82: Outline flow for producing Mixed signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-241

Figure 3-83: Waveform Mixing mode screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-241

Figure 3-84: Change the generator mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-242

Figure 3-85: Outline flow for producing Synchronous operation . . . . . . . . . . 3-249

Figure 3-86: Synchronous Operation cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-251

Figure 3-87: Change the generator mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-252

Figure 3-88: Synchronous Operation mode screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-253

Figure A-1: Signal Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

Figure A-2: Gated Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

Figure A-3: Enhanced mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

Figure A-4: Sequence 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

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Figure A-5: Sequence 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Figure A-6: 3-1. Sequence 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14

Figure A-7: The cable connection between units in Synchronous operation . . A-15

Figure A-8: Output Voltage Window ( into 50W to GND ) of MARKER . . . . A-16

Figure A-9: Output part equivalent circuit of MARKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17

Figure A-10: Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24

Figure A-11: Signal Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-34

Figure A-12: Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-39

Figure B-1: Diagnostic menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Figure B-2: Calibration result message box (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Figure B-3: EVENT IN connector pins and signals and

ground closure connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Figure B-4: Loading file; selecting storage drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Figure B-5: Cont mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Figure B-6: Triggered mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15

Figure B-7: Relationship between trigger signal and waveform output . . . . . . B-16

Figure B-8: Relationship between gate signal and waveform output . . . . . . . . B-18

Figure B-9: Amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19

Figure B-10: Direct DA output amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . B-23

Figure B-11: Direct DA output pulse rise time initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . B-25

Figure B-12: Option02 output amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . B-27

Figure B-13: Optipn02 output pulse rise time initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . B-29

Figure B-14: Pulse response initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-31

Figure B-15: Trigger input initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

Figure B-16: Trigger signal and waveform output (+5 V check 1) . . . . . . . . . . B-35

Figure B-17: Trigger signal and waveform output (+5 V check 2) . . . . . . . . . . B-35

Figure B-18: Trigger signal and waveform output (-5 V check 1) . . . . . . . . . . . B-36

Figure B-19: Trigger signal and waveform output (-5 V check 2) . . . . . . . . . . . B-36

Figure B-20: Event input and enhanced mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . B-37

Figure B-21: Waveform while all ground disclosure switches are open . . . . . . B-39

Figure B-22: Waveform output when the SW1 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-39

Figure B-23: Waveform output when SW2 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-40

Figure B-24: Waveform output when the SW3 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-40

Figure B-25: Waveform output when SW4 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-41

Figure B-26: Waveform output when SW6 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-42

Figure B-27: Waveform output when SW7 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-42

Figure B-28: Waveform output when SW8 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-43

Figure B-29: Initial waveform output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-44

Figure B-30: DC waveform output when the SW5 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-44

Figure B-31: Trigger input initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-46

Figure B-32: VCO OUT outputfrequency and 10 MHz reference input

initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-48

Figure B-33: Marker output initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-50

Figure B-34: Synchronous operation test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-52

Figure B-35: Diagnostic menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-57

Figure B-36: Calibration result message box (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . B-59

Figure B-37: EVENT IN connector pins and signals and ground closure

connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-62

Figure B-38: Loading file; selecting storage drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-63

Figure B-39: Cont mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-66

Figure B-40: Triggered mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-68

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Figure B-41: Relationship between trigger signal and waveform output . . . . . B-69

Figure B-42: Relationship between gate signal and waveform output . . . . . . . B-71

Figure B-43: Amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-73

Figure B-44: Direct DA output amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . B-77

Figure B-45: Direct DA output pulse rise time initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . B-79

Figure B-46: Option02 output amplitude accuracy initial test hookup . . . . . . . B-81

Figure B-47: Optipn02 output pulse rise time initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . B-83

Figure B-48: Pulse response initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-85

Figure B-49: Trigger input initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-87

Figure B-50: Trigger signal and waveform output (+5 V check 1) . . . . . . . . . . B-89

Figure B-51: Trigger signal and waveform output (+5 V check 2) . . . . . . . . . . B-89

Figure B-52: Trigger signal and waveform output (-5 V check 1) . . . . . . . . . . . B-90

Figure B-53: Trigger signal and waveform output (-5 V check 2) . . . . . . . . . . . B-90

Figure B-54: Event input and enhanced mode initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . B-91

Figure B-55: Waveform while all ground disclosure switches are open . . . . . . B-93

Figure B-56: Waveform output when the SW1 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-93

Figure B-57: Waveform output when SW2 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-94

Figure B-58: Waveform output when the SW3 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-95

Figure B-59: Waveform output when SW4 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-95

Figure B-60: Initial waveform output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-96

Figure B-61: DC waveform output when the SW5 is closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-97

Figure B-62: 1/4 Clock frequency and 10 MHz reference input

initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-98

Figure B-63: Marker output initial test hookup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-100

Figure E-1: File transfer interface outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

Figure F-1: Equation differentiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2

Figure F-2: Equation integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-3

Figure F-3: Conversion image example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-7

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Table 1-1: AWG710&AWG710B waveform editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Table 1-2: Power cord options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Table 1-3: Language options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Table 1-4: Standard accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Table 1-5: Optional accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Table 1-6: Fuse and fuse cap part numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Table 1-7: Power cord identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Table 2-1: Side menu elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Table 2-2: Text input button functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Table 2-3: Shortcut controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16

Table 2-4: AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator file types . . 2-17

Table 2-5: Drive and Directory menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

Table 2-6: Waveform record length adjustment messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Table 2-7: Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Table 2-8: Edit screen bottom menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27

Table 2-9: Edit side menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

Table 2-10: Setup screen parameter icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Table 2-11: Setup bottom menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

Table 2-12: Setup output parameter operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38

Table 2-13: Run modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41

Table 2-14: Extended operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42

Table 2-15: Editors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-47

Table 2-16: Waveforms to be used in sample sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-71

Table 2-17: Sequence table contents in SUBSEQ.seq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-74

Table 2-18: Sequence table contents in MAINSEQ.seq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-76

Table 3-1: AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator main menus 3-2

Table 3-2: Waveform parameter icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

Table 3-3: Setup bottom menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34

Table 3-4: Status area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

Table 3-5: Clock signal output timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41

Table 3-6: External trigger signal requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46

Table 3-7: Instrument run state and state messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-53

Table 3-8: Waveform editor screen elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-56

Table 3-9: Waveform editor bottom menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57

Table 3-10: Standard Function Waveform dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 3-60

Table 3-11: Shift Register Generator dialog box setting parameters . . . . . . . . . 3-67

Table 3-12: Set Pattern dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-69

Table 3-13: Mathematical function commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-72

Table 3-14: Compare dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75

Table 3-15: Convolution dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76

Table 3-16: Correlation dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-77

Table 3-17: Digital filter dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78

Table 3-18: Re–sampling dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79

Table 3-19: XY View dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-80

Table 3-20: Zoom/Pan side menu buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-81

Table 3-21: Setup window parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-83

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Table 3-22: Setup general parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-84

Table 3-23: Pattern editor screen elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-86

Table 3-24: Pattern editor bottom menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-87

Table 3-25: Code conversion commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89

Table 3-26: Code conversion parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-89

Table 3-27: Patterns to be selected in Counter dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-95

Table 3-28: Set Pattern dialog box parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-97

Table 3-29: Equation editor screen elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-110

Table 3-30: Equation editor bottom menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-111

Table 3-31: Front–panel Equation editor controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-112

Table 3-32: Control keys from the external keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-114

Table 3-33: Sequence table columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-118

Table 3-34: Sequence editor bottom menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-119

Table 3-35: Pre–defined patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-134

Table 3-36: Code Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-134

Table 3-37: Superpose parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-138

Table 3-38: Pre–defined patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-144

Table 3-39: Code conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-144

Table 3-40: Network parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-145

Table 3-41: Pre–defined patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-151

Table 3-42: Jitter composer parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-152

Table 3-43: External keyboard edit operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-156

Table 3-44: Available FTP commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-169

Table 3-45: Diagnostic categories and error codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-176

Table 3-46: BNF symbols and meanings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-185

Table 3-47: Programming language math functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-200

Table 3-48: Math operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-202

Table 3-49: Predefined variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-205

Table 3-50: File utility commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-225

Table 3-51: Special symbols used for expressing file path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-226

Table 3-52: File operation in double windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-231

Table 3-53: Confirmation selection for copy–all and move–all operations . . . 3-232 Table 3-54: Output frequency and filter cut–off frequency (except option02) 3-237

Table 3-55: Predefined Marker signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-238

Table 3-56: Output Frequency and Waveform Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-239

Table 3-57: Combination of the file type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-243

Table 3-58: Difference between AWG mode and

synchronous operation mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-254

Table 3-59: Error/Warning messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-255

Table A-1: Operation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Table A-2: Extended Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Table A-3: Arbitrary waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Table A-4: Clock generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Table A-5: Internal trigger generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Table A-6: Main output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Table A-7: Filter (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Table A-8: Auxiliary outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Table A-9: Marker output Period Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Table A-10: Marker output Cycle to Cycle Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Table A-11: VCO output Period Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Table A-12: VCO output Cycle to Cycle Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

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Table A-13: Auxiliary inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

Table A-14: Event Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Table A-15: 10 MHz reference clock input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Table A-16: External clock input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Table A-17: C input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19

Table A-18: T input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19

Table A-19: Function Generator (FG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20

Table A-20: Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Table A-21: AC line power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Table A-22: Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Table A-23: Interface connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Table A-24: Installation requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22

Table A-25: Maintenance requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22

Table A-26: Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22

Table A-27: Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23

Table A-28: Certifications and compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25

Table A-29: Installation category and Pollution degree Descriptions . . . . . . . . A-26

Table A-30: Operation modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28

Table A-31: Arbitrary waveforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28

Table A-32: Clock generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

Table A-33: Internal trigger generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

Table A-34: Main output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

Table A-35: Filter (except option 02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-31

Table A-36: Auxiliary outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-31

Table A-37: Period Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-32

Table A-38: Cycle to Cycle Jitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-32

Table A-39: Auxiliary inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-33

Table A-40: Event Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-35

Table A-41: 10 MHz reference clock input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-35

Table A-42: Function Generator (FG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-36

Table A-43: Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37

Table A-44: AC line power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37

Table A-45: Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37

Table A-46: Interface connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-37

Table A-47: Installation requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-38

Table A-48: Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-38

Table A-49: Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-39

Table A-50: Certifications and compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-40

Table A-51: Installation category and Pollution degree Descriptions . . . . . . . . A-41

Table B-1: Performance test items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Table B-2: Test equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Table B-3: Waveforms and sequences in performance check disk . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Table B-4: Performance test items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-60

Table B-5: Test equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-61

Table B-6: Waveforms and sequences in performance check disk . . . . . . . . . . B-64

Table C-1: External inspection check list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Table D-1: Waveform and equation files in the sample disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Table D-2: Gaussian pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Table D-3: Lorentz pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Table D-4: Sampling function SIN(X)/X pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Table D-5: Squared sine pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

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Table D-6: Double exponential pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

Table D-7: Nyquist pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

Table D-8: Linear frequency sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

Table D-9: Log frequency sweep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

Table D-10: Amplitude modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

Table D-11: Frequency modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

Table D-12: Pulse width modulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

Table D-13: Pseudo–random pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

Table D-14: Waveform for magnetic disk signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-8

Table D-15: Isolated pulse for disk application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

Table D-16: Isolated pulse for disk application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-9

Table D-17: Isolated pulse for disk application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-10

Table D-18: Isolated pulse for network application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-10

Table D-19: Isolated pulse for network application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-11

Table D-20: Isolated pulse for network application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-11

Table D-21: Isolated pulse for network application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-11

Table D-22: Isolated pulse for network application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-12

Table D-23: Isolated pulse for network application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-12

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General Safety Summary

Revie w the follo wing safety pre cautions to a void injur y and prev ent damage to thi s product or any produc ts connected to it. T o av oid potential hazard s, 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 gro unded t hro ugh the groundi ng conduc tor 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. T o a void f ire or shock hazar d, observe all r atings and markings on the product. Consult the product manual for further ratings information before making connections to the product.

The common terminal is at ground pot ential. Do not connect the common terminal to elevated voltages.

Do not apply a potential to any terminal, including the common terminal, that exceeds the maximum rating of that terminal.

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

Use Proper Fuse. Use only the fuse type and rating specified for this product.

Avoid Exposed Circuitry. Do not touch exposed connect ions and compo nents when

power is present.

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. Refe r to the manual’ s installa tion instructions fo r details

on installing the product so it has proper ventilation.

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Symbols and Terms

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

WARNING. Warni ng statements identi fy conditions or pr actices that could result i n

injury or l oss of life.

CAUTION. Caut ion statements ide nti fy conditions or pr a ct ice s 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 immedi at el y acc essible as you read the marking.

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property including the product.

Symbols on the Product. The following symbols may appear on the product:

WARNING

High Voltage

Protective Ground

(Earth) Terminal

CAUTION

Refer to Manual

Double

Insulated

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Preface

Manual Structure

This manual provides user information for the AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator.

The AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual contains the following sections:

The Getting Start ed se ction cover s in it ial instrument inspe ct ion, ava il abl e opt io ns and accessories, instrument installation procedures, and power on and off procedures. In particular, the installation section covers the procedures required prior to turning on the unit and are as of the ins tr um ent tha t require special care or caution.

The Operating Basics s ection describes i nstrument control s and menus, introduce s instrument–specific terminology, provides an overview of the instrument internal structure, operating principles, basic operating procedures, and numeric input methods. This section also provides basic signal editing examples.

The Reference section describes the functions and menu operations.

The Appendices provide product specifications, performance verification procedures, sample waveforms, file transfer, outline sequence file text format, inspection and cleaning instructions.

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Conventions

This manual uses the following conventions:

 Front–panel button and control labels are printed in the manual in upper case

text. For example, SETUP, SHIFT, APPL. If it is part of a procedure, the button or control label is printed in boldface. For example, Select SETUP.

 Menu and on–screen form titles are printed in the manual in the same case

(initial capitals or all uppercase) as they appear on the instrument screen (for example, Offset Vertical). If it is part of a procedure, the menu title is shown in boldface (for example, ‘Select the Vertical menu’).

 A list of buttons, controls, and/or menu items separated by an arrow symbol

(!) indicates the order in which to perform the listed tasks. For example: Select SETUP (front)!Vertical (bottom)!Offset (side)!10MHz (knob). The text in parenthes is indi ca tes the type of button, knob, menu, or form ite m

to select or modify, as described in the following table.

Type Description

front Push the indicated front–panel button

bottom Push the indicated bottom–menu button

side Push the indicated side–menu button

knob Turn the indicated front–panel control knob (usually the general purpose knob)

pop–up Make selections or change values in the indicated pop–up menu

dialog Make selections or change values in the indicated dialog box

screen Make selections or change values on the indicated instrument screen

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Related Manuals

Contacting Tektronix

Preface

Followi ng ar e additional manuals that ar e availabl e f o r t he AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator:

 The AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator Programmer

Manual provides co mplete information on progr amming and remote control of

the instrument thr ough the GPIB/Ethernet interfaces. Thi s manual is a stand ard accessory.

 The AWG71 0&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator Service Manual

describes how to maintain and service the AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary W a veform Gen erator and pro vides a complete module –le vel desc ription of t he instrument operation. This manual is an optional accessory.

Phone 1–800–833–9200* Address Tektronix, Inc.

Department or name (if known) 14200 SW Karl Braun Drive P.O. Box 500 Beaverton, OR 97077–0001 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 Email: support@tektronix.com

1–800–833–9200, select option 3* 1–503–627–2400

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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Getting Started

Product Description

This section provides the following inform ation:

 Description and features of the AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform

Generator

 Initial ins pec ti on proc edure  Standard and optional accessories listings  Installation procedures  Power on and off procedures  Repackaging procedure for shipment

The AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator is a waveform generator that can generate simple and arbitrary waveforms and generates one–channel dif f er ent ia l output arbitrary waveforms and function generat or waveforms.

Main Features

The AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator allows you to create sine, triangle, square, ramp, and complex waves, as well as direct current and noises signals. It allows you to set waveform attributes, such as frequency, amplitude, and offset.

This instrument contains a hard disk drive, a 3.5–inch floppy disk drive, and Ethernet interface for storing and recalling waveform data and instrument settings.

You can remotely control the instrument by sending commands through both the GPIB and 100/10BASE–T interfaces, as well as transfer waveform data directly from a digital storage oscilloscope to the AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator using the GPIB interface. This enables you to use the instrument in combination with other measurement equipment and a computer.

The AWG710&AWG710 B Ar bit ra ry Waveform Generat or c ont ains the following main feature s:

 4.2 GS/s Sampling Rate: AWG710B

4.0 GS/s Sampling Rate: AWG710

 8–bit DA converter

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 32.4 M–word waveform memory (62.8 M optional):AWG710B

16.2 M–word waveform memory (32.4 M optional): AWG710

 Two arbitrary marker outputs  Five waveform editors (see Table 1-1)

Table 1-1: AWG710&AWG710B waveform editors

Editor Description

Waveform Creates analog waveform data in graphic or tabular form.

Pattern Creates analog waveform data in timing and table form.

Sequence Creates sequences of waveforms by combining the waveform files

created with the Waveform and/or Pattern Editors.

Text Edits plain ASCII–format waveform files. For example, you can use

the Text editor to edit ASCII–format waveform files that are read from an external device.

Equation Creates files with equations and compiles them into waveform files.

Additional Features

 FG mode to generate a standard functional waveform easily  Waveform Mixing mode to generate a mixing two-signals digitally.  Synchronous operation mode to generate 2 channel signals by two

AWG710Bs. (AWG710B only)

The A WG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Wa v eform Generator provides the following additional features:

 An Ethernet port for using the NFS (Network File System) and/or FTP link.

Refer to Ethernet Networking on page 3-162 for information.

 A GPIB interface that can be used for remotely controlling the

A WG710&AWG710B Arbitrary W a ve form Generator and for transferring the waveform data from the external oscilloscopes.

Refer to Connecting to a GPIB Network on page 3-160 for information on setting the GPIB parameters.

Refer to the AAWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator Programmer Manual for information on the remote control commands.

Refer to Capturing Waveforms on page 3-181 for information about transferring waveforms from the external oscilloscopes to the AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator.

 A port on the rear panel for connecting a 101– or 106– type keyboard to the

AWG710&AWG710B Arbitrary Waveform Generator. You can input values or text with the keyboard instead of using the numeric keypad on the front–panel. Refer to External Keyboards on page 3-155 for information.

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