Agilent Technologies E4400-90326 LCD display provides information on the current instrument

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ESG Family Signal Generators

Exploring the User Interface

 

 

 

Front Panel

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Display

The LCD display provides information on the current instrument

 

 

state such as modulation status, frequency and amplitude settings,

 

 

status indicators, and error messages. Softkey labels corresponding

 

 

to their adjacent keys are located on the right-hand side of the

 

 

display.

 

22.

Hold

Press this hardkey to deactivate the currently active function and

 

 

blank the softkey menu. Once Hold is pressed, the front panel knob,

 

 

the arrow keys, and the numeric keypad have no effect. To return to

 

 

normal operation, press a function or menu hardkey.

23.

Softkeys

Press a softkey to activate the function indicated by the

 

 

corresponding label on the display.

 

24.

Knob

The knob increases or decreases a numeric value. Any of the values

 

 

that can be set through the numeric keypad or the step keys can

 

 

also be set with the knob.

 

25.

Amplitude

Press this hardkey to activate the power level amplitude function so

 

 

that you can change the amplitude of the RF output.

26.

Frequency

Press this hardkey to activate the frequency function so that you

 

 

can change the frequency of the RF output.

 

27.

Save

This hardkey lets you save up to 100 different instrument states in

 

 

a combination of 100 memory registers and 10 register sequences.

 

 

The number of states you can save, however, is limited by the size of

 

 

whatever else is stored in the file system.

 

28.

Menu Keys

These hardkeys provide access to the signal generator’s primary

 

 

functionality. Press these keys for access to softkey menus where

 

 

you can configure modulations, step and list sweeps, and various

 

 

frequency and power capabilities.

 

29.

Incr Set

Press this hardkey to toggle between the current active function and

 

 

the increment size for that function. With increment size selected,

 

 

you can change the current increment value.

 

Quick Start Guide

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Contents Agilent Technologies ESG Family Signal Generators Part No. E4400-90326Supersedes April Copyright 1999, 2000 Agilent Technologies Contents Getting Started Signal Generator at a Glance Setting the Carrier Frequency Creating an FM SignalSetting the Power Level Press PresetSetting the FM Rate Setting the FM DeviationRF Output connector Turning On Frequency ModulationConfiguring a Step Sweep Creating a Step Sweep and a List SweepState first level of sweep softkeys is displayedTurning On Continuous Step Sweep RF ON. The swept RF signal is now available atPress Return PressConfiguring a List Sweep Using Step Sweep Data Data Turning On List Sweep for a Single SweepTurned off You triggered the single sweep in the previous stepCreating an Instrument State Saving and Recalling an Instrument StateSaving an Instrument State Recalling an Instrument StatePress Save followed by Enter −5 using the numeric keypad and press the dBm softkey Setting Up a Digital Modulation in the GSM FormatSelecting the Data Format Setting Up TimeslotThis selects the GSM communications standard Configure Timeslots has become an active softkeyPress the Timeslot Type softkey Press the Normal softkey Press the following softkeysThis moves the softkey menu up one level Press Return twice Turning On the GSM Format and the ModulationExploring the User Interface Front Panel Will be returned to normal instrument operation ConnectorAssociated with the event Numeric keypad consists of the digit keys 0 through 9, aComponent of I/Q modulation. This female BNC connector is This connector accepts an externally supplied, analogProvided only on ESG-D and ESG-DP Series Signal Generators Darken in comparison to the text on the displayLCD display provides information on the current instrument Frequency and power capabilitiesTo their adjacent keys are located on the right-hand side DisplayApplications. This female BNC connector is provided only on This hardkey lets you restore any instrument state that youSoftkey or via Scpi command. The maximum input for this Previously saved in a memory register. You can save up toDisplay DisplayCan be viewed by pressing Utility Error Info Multiple error messages occur, only the most recent messageALC circuit is disabled This annunciator appears when a sweep has been initiatedThis annunciator appears when an error message is placed Series Signal GeneratorsView and delete error messages using the Utility menu Modulations that you have enabled are modulating the RFS annunciator appears when the signal generator has RF signal is present at the RF Output connectorGenerated a service request SRQ over the Gpib List or step modeRear Panel Timebase or 1 ppm high stability timebase Option 201 this connector is used for system reset output Output signals for this connectorTTL/CMOS high to TTL/CMOS low edge trigger. With Option UN8 Second output is generated every two seconds indicatingBER Meas END connector outputs a signal that indicates Q OUT connector outputs the analog, quadrature-phaseConnector is present only on instruments with Option UN7 BER Sync Loss connector outputs a signal that indicatesExploring the User Interface