Tektronix AWG710B manuals

User Manual

1

AWG710 & AWG710B

1

071-1413-01

1

WARRANTY

3

Table of Contents

10

List of Figures

11

List of Tables

16

General Safety Summary

21

Symbols and Terms

22

Manual Structure

23

Conventions

24

Related Manuals

25

Contacting Tektronix

25

Getting Started

27

Additional Features

30

Setup on page 2-51

31

Incoming Inspection

32

Power Cord Options

33

Language Options

33

Accessories

34

Option 11 (Removable

37

Hard disk)

37

Option D1,TDAT (Test

37

Result Report)

37

Installation

38

Check Fuse

39

Check Voltage Settings

39

Connect Power Cord

39

Standby Power

40

Power On

42

Power-On Diagnostics

43

Power Off

43

Repackaging for Shipment

44

Operating Basics

45

Rear Panel

52

Menu Operations

54

Menu Elements

55

Text/Numeric fields

57

1-of-N choice

57

Text Input

60

Shortcut Controls

61

Table 2-3: Shortcut controls

62

Locating Files

64

Deleting Files

66

Read Only Attribute

66

Saving Files

67

Archive, Extract

68

 Blocking factor is 20

69

Quick View

70

Editor Overview

72

Main Edit Screen

73

Loading a Waveform File

74

Creating a New Waveform

74

Editor Screen Elements

75

Cursors and Editing

76

Multiple Editor Windows

77

Quitting Editors

79

Setup Overview

80

Viewing a Waveform

83

Editing a Waveform

84

Setting Waveform Output

84

Outputting a Waveform

85

Saving and Restoring

86

Setup Parameters

86

Theory of Operation

87

(AWG710B only)

88

Signal Edit Process

92

Waveform Edit

93

Quick Edit

93

Tut ori als

95

Tutorial 1: Instrument Setup

97

Set the Date and Time

98

Set the Focused Color

98

LCD Back Light

98

Display the SETUP Menu

99

Load a Sample Waveform

100

View the Sample

101

Waveform

101

Output the Waveform

101

Open the Waveform Editor

102

Reset the Instrument

102

Create a Sine Wave

103

Math Operation

105

Save the Waveform

106

Text field

107

Character palette

107

Preparation

109

Open the Quick Editor

109

Edit a Waveform

110

Save Changes

112

Load an Equation File

113

Edit the Equation

114

Save the Edited Equation

114

Compile the Equation

114

Creating Waveforms

117

Open the Sequence Editor

118

Create the Subsequence

119

Save the Subsequence

122

Create the Main Sequence

122

AWG710BAWG710

123

Set Run Mode

126

Load and Run the

127

Sequence Files

127

Run the Sequence Files

127

Reference

129

Menu Structures

133

Setup Menu Hierarchy

134

EDIT Menu Hierarchy

143

APPL Menu Hierarchy

156

Utility Menu Hierarchy

160

The Setup Menu Screen

163

Table 3-4: Status area

165

The Waveform/Sequence Menu

166

The Vertical Menu

168

The Horizontal Menu

170

Clock Out

171

1/4 Clock Out (AWG710

171

MC100EL57

171

1/4 CLOCK OUT

171

Clock Ref

172

Clock Src (AWG710B only)

173

The Run Mode Menu

174

Enhanced

175

The Trigger Menu

176

Slope (or Polarity)

177

Trigger Leve l

177

Impedance

177

The Save/Restore Menu

178

Save Setup

179

Restore Setup

179

The Extended Operation Menu

180

Automatic Reloading of

182

Output Files

182

Waveform Files and

182

Sample Clock Rates

182

Starting and Stopping

183

Turning Channel Output

183

On and Off

183

Turning Marker Output

184

On and Off (AWG710B

184

The Graphical Waveform Editor

185

The File Menu

188

The Operation Menu

189

Paste (Insert)

191

Paste (Replace)

191

Multiple Paste

191

Set Data High/Low

192

Horizontal Shift

192

Horizontal Rotate

193

Vertical Shift

193

Expand

194

Vertical Scale

194

Horizontal Invert

195

Vertical Invert

195

Shift Register Generator

196

Set Pattern

198

Numeric Input

201

The Tools Menu

202

Compare

205

Convolution

206

Correlation

207

Digital Filter

208

Re-sampling

209

Code Convert

210

XY View

210

The Zoom/Pan Menu

211

The Settings Menu

212

The Window Menu

212

The Pattern Editor

215

Starting the Pattern Editor

216

Code Conversion Process

218

Code Conversion Table

219

Code Conversion

220

Mechanism

220

The Undo! Command

221

Selecting Data Bits to Edit

222

Defining Edit Area

223

Creating a Pattern

224

Creating Standard Patterns

225

Inserting Data From Files

226

Quick Editing

229

Quick Edit Mode

230

Quick Edit Mechanism

230

About Smoothing

231

Quick Controls

231

Starting Quick Edit

232

Exiting Quick Edit

233

Setting Parameters

233

Moving the Cursor

234

Renewing Edit Buffer

234

About Undo

234

The Table Editor

235

Editing The Table Data

236

The Equation Editor

239

Starting the Equation Editor

240

Using the Equation Editor

241

Front-Panel Edit Controls

242

Selecting Text

242

Cutting, Copying, and

243

Pasting Text

243

Using an External

244

Keyboard

244

Compiling Equations

245

Compiling from

246

The Sequence Editor

247

Sequence Table Editing

250

Cutting a Line

251

Copying a Line

251

Pasting a Line

251

Sequence Table Fields

252

Wait Trigger

253

Goto <N>

253

EVENT IN

254

Software Jump

257

Limitations on Using

258

Sequences

258

The APPL Menu

261

Operation Flow

262

Input data

264

Isolated Pulse

265

Creating Isolated Pulse

266

Superpose Parameters

268

Generating Waveform

269

Saving to File

269

Network Application

270

Line Code Conversion

274

Jitter Composer Application

277

Jitter composer

282

The UTILITY Window

285

About Key Operation

286

Formatting a Floppy Disk

287

Displaying Disk Usage

287

Screen Display Enable/Disable

288

Focused Color

288

Displaying Instrument Status

288

Resetting the Instrument

289

Connecting to a GPIB Network

290

GPIB setup

291

Ethernet Networking

292

Network setup parameters

293

Testing the Network

294

Connection

294

Network Parameter

295

Optional Parameters

296

Mounting Remote File

296

FTP Link

299

Hardcopy

300

Running Hardcopy

301

Calibration and Diagnostics

302

– – – to be displayed

303

Power-on Diagnostics

304

Manual Diagnostics

305

Upgrading the System Software

309

Capturing Waveforms

311

About Transferred Files

314

Waveform Programming Language

315

User–Defined Variables

316

Waveform Files

317

Command Descriptions

319

Arguments

320

Code( )

321

Copy( )

322

Corr( )

322

Data( )

323

Delete( )

324

Diff( )

324

Expand( )

325

Extract( )

325

For (Control Statement)

326

If (Control Statement)

328

Integ( )

328

Math Functions

330

≠ 0 and a = 0: Always 0

331

Math Operators

332

Norm( )

333

Rename( )

334

Variables (predefined)

335

Write( )

336

Programming Examples

337

Example 2

338

Example 3

339

Example 4

341

Example 5

342

Example 6

343

Example 7

344

Example 8

345

File Conversion

349

 TDS.ISF to Waveform

350

 EASYWAVE.WAV to Waveform

350

 Text file to Waveform

350

 Waveform to text file

351

 Waveform to Pattern

351

 Pattern to Waveform

351

Executing File Conversion

352

File Management

355

File Operations

356

Moving Directories

357

Making Directory

357

Selecting Files

357

Copying Files

357

Moving Files

358

Renaming Files

359

Deleting One or All Files

359

Assigning Attribute to

359

Window Operation

360

Operation in Double

361

 Select the waveform type

363

Change the generator mode

364

Waveform type

365

Parameters

366

Marker signal

368

Frequency and Resolution

369

Save/Restore Setup

369

Waveform Mixing Mode

371

File... menu

373

Save Mixed Wfm... menu

374

View... menu

374

Waveform Mixing parameters

375

Connecting the cables

380

Setup screen

383

Setting a Slave IP address

384

Connection with Slave

385

Error messages on connection

385

Trigger Timing Calibration

386

Appendices

389

Performance Conditions

391

Electrical Specification

392

, Filter: Through)

396

Table A-13: Auxiliary inputs

398

Figure A-1: Signal Timing

399

Figure A-2: Gated Mode

400

Figure A-3: Enhanced mode

401

Figure A-4: Sequence 2

402

Figure A-5: Sequence 3

403

Figure A-6: 3-1. Sequence 4

404

Marker output

407

Table A-14: Event Input

408

Table A-17: C input

409

Table A-18: T input

409

option 02)

410

Table A-26: Environmental

412

Table A-27: Mechanical

413

Figure A-10: Dimensions

414

Certification and Compliances

415

Up to 200 mV

416

Table A-32: Clock generator

419

Table A-34: Main output

419

Table A-35: Filter

421

Table A-37: Period Jitter

422

Table A-39: Auxiliary inputs

423

Figure A-11: Signal Timing

424

Table A-40: Event Input

425

Table A-48: Environmental

428

Figure A-12: Dimensions

429

Table A-49: Mechanical

429

Self Tests

434

Calibration

436

Performance Tests

438

Prerequisites

439

Equipment Required

439

Loading Files

441

Performance

443

Check/Adjustment Files

443

Operating Mode Tests

445

Check Triggered Mode

446

Check Gated Mode

449

Check Amplitude

451

Accuracy

451

Check Offset Accuracy

453

DC Offset

455

Check Pulse Rise Time

457

50Ω SMA coaxial cable

463

Trigger Input Tests

465

Check Event Input with

469

Strobe Off

469

Check Strobe Input

475

Check VCO OUT

481

Check 10MHz Reference

481

Marker Output Tests

482

Synchronous Operation Tests

484

Check 1/4 Clock

531

Inspection — Exterior

535

Cleaning Procedure —

536

Exterior

536

Cleaning the

536

Instrument Interior

536

Appendix D: Sample Waveforms

537

Waveform File Descriptions

538

Table D-3: Lorentz pulse

539

Table D-5: Squared sine pulse

540

Table D-7: Nyquist pulse

541

 Floppy disk (FD)

549

 NFS (Network File System)

549

Appendix F: Miscellaneous

551

) at point x

552

Integration

553

Examples

558

Text Files

562

Line Descriptions

563

Jump Settings

565

Polarity, 3-237

571

Operation, 3-59, 3-87

574

, 3-75, 3-80

579

, 3-81, 3-91

579

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