Agilent 81101A 50 MHz Pulse Generator
Front Panel Display and Softkeys
Agilent 81101A 50 MHz Pulse Generator
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Contents
Contents
General Programming Aspects
GP-IB Interface Bus
Agilent 81101A Remote Control
DISPlay OFF
Programming Recommendations
SOURcePULSeDOUBle1STATe ONOFF. Sufficient to use
# set default settings
# switch off display update
# switch off error check
# enable the output
Common Command Summary
Command Parameter Description
Status Model
Transition Filters
Condition Register
Event Register
Enable Register
Registers in Group Status Group CONDition
EVENt
QUEStionable OPERation
Standard Event Status Group
Status Byte
Bit Description
This Status Group is not used in the instrument
OPERation Status Group
Always
QUEStionable Status Group
Bit QUEStionable
Programming Reference
Agilent 81101A Scpi Command Summary
See
High
DOUBle1 STATe
KEY
SET
Default Values, Standard Settings
Parameter RST, Default Values
Auto
KEY
LEVel SLOPe POSitive SOURce IMMediate
Programming the Instrument Trigger Modes
ARM Event detection layer
Triggered
Continuous
Gated
External Width
Pulses
Burst
Pulse period Source TRIGger SOURce
Scpi Instrument Command List
Use the SOURceFREQuencyCWFIXed command
Armewid
On OFF 1
Armfreq
Armimp
Armlev
10.00 ∝s
Armper
Ns to 999.5 s
Frequency of the arming signal
Signal
Armsens
Edge LEVel
Armsour
Disp
MMEMCAT?
Mmemcdir
Mmemdel
Mmemcopy
Mmeminit
Mmemstorstat
Mmemloadstat
Filename,A
To switch on the output
OUTP1IMP
OUTP1IMPEXT
50.0 Ω
NORMal INVerted
OUTP1POL
CURR1
To program the amplitude current of the output signal
Offset
OUTPutIMPedanceEXTernal
CURR1OFFSet
SOURceCURRent subsystem
CURR1HIGH
CURR1LOW
CURR1LIM
CURR1LIMLOW
CURR1LIMSTAT
Freq
Use this command to enable either of the SOURceVOLTage or
Freqauto
Hold
Voltage or current
With SOURcePULSeDELay
SOURcePULSeDELay1HOLD PRATio
PULSDCYC1
10.0% derived from width and period
001% to 99.9%, depends on width, transition & period
Period is varied rather than the absolute pulse width use
PULSDEL1HOLD
SOURcePULSeDELay1HOLD Time
Time PRATio
To set the pulse delay to 50% of period
PULSDEL1UNIT
Parameter is programmed to a value without a unit suffix
PULSDOUB1
To set and hold the double-pulse delay
SOURcePULSeDOUBle1DELayHOLD Time
PULSDOUB1DEL
To set the double-pulse delay to 50%
PULSDOUB1DELHOLD
TIMEPRATio
PULSDOUB1DELUNIT
PULSHOLD1
Pulsper
Pulsperauto
PULSTDEL1
To program the pulse width by means of the delay parameters
When the pulse width is varied
PULSTRAN1HOLD
Pulse width
PULSTRAN1UNIT
PULSTRAN1
PULSTRAN1TRA
To set the leading and trailing edges independently
PULSTRAN1TRAAUTO
PULSTRIG1VOLT
PULSWIDT1
Roscsour
To set up the external PLL reference
Roscextfreq
MHz
MHz or 10 MHz
Numeric Parameter suffix V with engineering prefixes
SOURceVOLTage subsystem
VOLT1OFFSet
With Amplitude, see
To +10
Specified current limits
VOLT1HIGH
With low level, see
500 mV
To 10.0 V 50 Ω into 50 Ω
VOLT1LOW
With high level, see
To 9.9 V 50 Ω into 50 Ω
To set the low level voltage
VOLT1LIM
VOLT1LIMLOW
VOLT1LIMSTAT
Command STATusOPERation
To set and activate the high and low voltage limits
This command
Command STATusQUEStionable
Status Group Register
PTR NTR
STATusQUEStionableENABle
STATusQUEStionableEVENt?
STATusQUEStionableCONDition?
STATusQUEStionableNTRansition
Systchec
SYSTERR?
Systkey
No suffix allowed
Key Description
No key pressed Query only
Cursor Up Cursor Down Cursor Left Cursor Right
Softkey
Command Systpres
Systsec
SYSTVERS?
Systset
SYSTWARN?
SYSTWARNSTR?
Separator between the messages
SYSTWARNBUFF?
TRIGCOUNt
Triggered by a positive edge at the EXT Input
EXT Input
Trigimp
50 Ω or 10 kΩ
Trigslop
Triglev
Trigsour
Pulse period sources set by Trigsour
Pulse period source
TRIGSOURce
IMMediate INTernal1
Scpi Instrument Command List
Temperature
Pulse Generator
Used by the instrument
Warranted Performance
Declaration of Conformity
Agilent 81112 a
Agilent 81101A Specifications
Safety
Power requirements
Maximum Dimensions H x W x D
Weight
Warranty
Recalibration period
Acoustic Noise Emission
Period
Glitch-free timing changes
Period can also be entered as frequency
Period Agilent 81101A
Delay
Delay Agilent 81101A
Width
Width Agilent 81101A
Double Pulse Delay
Double Pulse Delay Agilent 81101A
Transition Times
Transition Times Agilent 81101A
External Load compensation
Level Parameters Agilent 81101A
Level Specifications 50 Ω into 50 Ω 1k Ω into 50 Ω
Level Parameters
Pulse Performance
Pulse Performance Agilent 81101A
Input Specifications Agilent 81101A
Phase Locked Loop PLL
Clock / PLL Reference Input
Pulses Mode
Burst Mode
External Clock
Burst Parameters Agilent 81101A
Externally Gated
Externally Triggered
Generate continuous pulses, double pulses, or bursts
Trigger Output Specifications Agilent 81101A
Strobe Output Specifications Agilent 81101A
Trigger Output
Strobe Output
Mode From Value
Typical Delays
Typ
Overprogramming
Help Key
Non-Volatile Memory
Memory Card
Function Code
Programming Times
Operates according to Ieee standard 488.2, 1987 and Scpi
SH1, AH1, T6, L4, SR1, RL1, PP0, DC1, DT1,C0
Pulse Parameter Definitions
105
Trigger Delay
Time Reference Point
Pulse Period
Pulse Width
Interchannel Delay Skew
Pulse Delay
Interval between leading edge medians of the double pulses
Linearity
Transition Time
108
Jitter
Stability
Pulse Levels
109
Settling Time
Preshoot, Overshoot, Ringing
110
Repeatability
111
112
Symbols
113
Burst
Gated
Jitter
114
Period
Safety
115
116
Front Panel Controls
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Manual Changes
Model 81101A
Index of Manual Change Manual Frame Errata
Manual Change
Declaration of Conformity