Basic Digital Operation

Using the Dual ARB Waveform Player

2.Create the first waveform segment:

a.Press Mode > Dual ARB > Waveform Segments > Load Store to Store.

b.Highlight the default segment AUTOGEN_WAVEFORM.

c.Press Rename Segment > Editing Keys > Clear Text.

d.Enter a file name (for example, TTONE), and press Enter > Store Segment To NVWFM Memory. This renames the waveform segment, and stores a copy in non volatile memory.

3.Generate the second waveform:

a.Press Mode > Multitone > Initialize Table > Number Of Tones > 9 > Enter > Done.

b.Press Multitone Off On to On, then Off.

Remember that a waveform cannot be renamed as a segment while it is in use.

This generates a multitone waveform with nine tones. During waveform generation, the M-TONEand I/Q annunciators activate. The waveform is stored in volatile memory with the default file name AUTOGEN_WAVEFORM.

4.Create the second waveform segment:

Repeat Step 2, giving this segment a descriptive name (for example, MTONE).

Building and Storing a Waveform Sequence

This example shows how to build and edit a waveform sequence using the two waveform segments created on page 84. To use a segment in a sequence, the segment must reside in volatile memory; for information on loading waveform segments from non volatile to volatile memory, see page 87.

1.Select the waveform segments:

Define a sequence as one repetition of the two- tone waveform segment followed by one repetition of the nine- tone multitone waveform segment.

a. Press Mode > Dual ARB > Waveform Sequences > Build New Waveform Sequence > Insert Waveform.

b. Highlight the a waveform segment (for example, TTONE) and press Insert Selected Waveform.

c. Highlight a second waveform segment (for example, MTONE) and press Insert Selected Waveform.

d.Press Done Inserting

2.Optional: Enable markers as desired for the segments in the new sequence: see page 97.

3.Name and store the waveform sequence to the Catalog of Seq Files in the memory catalog:

a.Press Name and Store.

b.Enter a file name (for example, TTONE+MTONE).

c.Press Enter.

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