Reference Guide
 Front Panel Display and Softkeys
 Reference Guide
Agilent 81130A 400/660 MHz Pulse/Data Generator
 Copyright
Warranty
 Services and Support
Limitation of Warranty
Exclusive Remedies
Certification
 Before Applying Power
Safety Summary
General
Environmental Conditions
 Fuses
Ground the Instrument
Do Not Operate in an Explosive Atmosphere
Do Not Remove the Instrument Cover
 Protective earth ground terminal Manuals
Safety Symbols
 About this Book
 Conventions Used in this Book
 Contents
 102
Agilent 81130A Specifications
103
105
 General Programming Aspects
 General Programming Aspects
GP-IB Interface Bus
 Agilent 81130A Remote Control
 DISPlay OFF
Programming Recommendations
 OPC?
 Common Command Summary
 Questionable Status
Status Model
 Condition Register
Transition Filters
Event Register
 NTR PTR
Enable Register
 Standard Event Status Group
Status Byte
 OPERation Status Group
 QUEStionable Status Group
 Programming Reference
 Programming Reference
Agilent 81130A Scpi Command Summary
 DIGital
 Copy
 High
 Hold
 SOURce ROSCillator
 STATus OPERation EVENt?
 KEY
 Parameter RST, Default Values
Default Values, Standard Settings
 Load
 TTL
 TRIGger COUNt PULSes LEVel TERMination SOURce
 Programming the Instrument Trigger Modes
 Started
Continuous
Gated
Pulses
 Pattern
Burst
 Started
Manually Starting and Gating
 Scpi Instrument Command List
 Armmode
Armlevterm
 Armsour
Armsens
 Output 2 can be used in parallel
Instrument with two Output channels installed
 To setup an infinite loop over segment 2 to segment
Use this command to set up a counted loop across one or more
 See previous example
Use this command to set up the destination segment
 Digpattloopleng
Digpatt
Digpattprbs
 Data
1 Prbs on Output
Segment
Segment 2 to Segment 4 set to all bits set to zero
 See
 DIGPATTSEGM1DATA2 #1501011
 32, 0, 0, 0 segment 1 = 32, segments 2, 3, and 4 =
Restrictions
Be overwritten no undo
 DIGPATTSEGM1234TYPE12
 Update the hardware with the new pattern data by sending a
DIGitalSTIMulusPATTernUPDate
Pattern generating hardware following a
DIGSIGN12FORM
 Disp
 Filetype is always blank. a directory name has filesize =
Query
Event
Directoryname
 Filename,A,copyname,A
Only select a directory name within the current directory
Directory of the current directory
Mmemdel
 Mmemstorstat
Mmeminit
 OFF
OUTP12COMP
 Output signals are the same at the device-under-test
CORR12EDELay
25.0 ns to +25.0 ns
CURR12
 CURR12OFFSet
Execute the SOURceHOLD CURRent command to enable
∝A 50 Ω into 50 Ω
Amplitude
 Execute Sourcehold CURRent command to enable
+10 mA 50 Ω into 50 Ω
Low-level
 8V Outputs 50 Ω into short max mA typical
10 mA 50 Ω into 50 Ω
0V Outputs 50 Ω into short max mA typical
High-level
 CURR12LIMSTAT
10.0 mA
 Hz with engineering prefixes, or MHZ for Megahertz
Output limits cannot program the output-levels beyond
00 MHz
Agilent 81131A 1 kHz to 400 MHz
 Use this command to enable either of the SOURceVOLTage or
Connector as the frequency source Trigsour EXT
Freqauto
Once
 Programming the pulse phase also executes SOURcePULSeHOLD
To 360 constrained by delay and period limits
PHAS12
PULSDCYC12
 To 3.00 µs
Specified limits 0.1  99.9%, depends on Width & Period
 PHAS2 180DEG
Pulse-delay
 PULSDEL12UNIT
PULSHOLD12
Pulsper
 Available resolution depend on the selected source
Programmed by this command. Note that the specified limits
Connector as the frequency source Trigsour EXT2
Agilent 81131A 2.5 ns to 1 ms Agilent 81132A 1.5 ns to 1 ms
 PULSTRAN12
PULSTRAN12UNIT
 Agilent 81131A 0.8 ns or 1.6 ns
Trailing-edge = Leading-edge fixed coupled
Within the defined pulse-width
 PULSTRIG1MODE
PULSTRIG1POS
PULSTRIG1VOLT
 To set width as dutycycle use SOURcePULSeDCYCle12
 Roscextfreq
MHz, 2 MHz, 5 MHz or 10 MHz reference signal using
 Agilent 81131A 0.10 Vpp to 3.80 Vpp
VOLT12
Agilent 81132A 0.10 Vpp to 2.50 Vpp
Execute
 VOLT12HIGH
Execute the SOURceHOLD VOLTage command to enable
 VOLT12LOW
 +500 mV
Hardware, this is a software limit
500 mV
 Limits are always enabled/disabled together
 Scpi Instrument Command List STATusPRESet Long
 STATusQUEStionableEVENt?
STATusQUEStionableENABle
STATusQUEStionableCONDition?
STATusQUEStionableNTRansition
 Replaced with -350meaning Queue overflow
Message are put into the instruments output buffer
Output example
Systkey
 Key Description
Scpi Instrument Command List Specified limits
 Systkey 19 sets the instrument to Local mode
Emptied by *RST and returns the value -1 when empty
 Systsec
Systpres
 SYSTVERS?
 Separator between the messages
Active
Trigcoun
 Burst
Set by TRIGgerCOUNt. Changes of the number of pulses on
Changes on the channels
 TRIGCOUNPULS1? ⇒ TRIGCOUN? ⇒
 Triglevterm
Output 1 or Output
 Command Trigsour
 Scpi Instrument Command List
 81132A
Temperature
Used by the instrument
Warranted Performance
 Declaration of Conformity
Specifications
 Safety
Agilent 81130A Specifications
Power requirements
Maximum Dimensions H x W x D
 Weight
Recalibration period
Acoustic Noise Emission
 Period & Frequency
 Delay
Width
100
 Deskew
Compensation for different cable delays
Transition Times
Digital Channel Add
 Main Output Level Specifications
 External Clock/PLL Reference Input
External Input
 104
Specifications of EXT INPUT/CLK-IN REF Input
 Externally Started
Externally Gated
Generate continuous pulses, bursts, or patterns
 Output Modes
Specification of Trigger Output
 Burst Mode
Patterns and Sequences
107
 Overprogramming
Human Interface
 Non-Volatile Memory
Help Key
Memory Card
Function Code
 Programming Times
All checks and display off
110
 Pulse Parameter Definitions
 Time Reference Point
Trigger Delay
Pulse Period
Pulse Width
 Interchannel Delay Skew
Pulse Delay
 Transition Time
Linearity
114
 Stability
Jitter
Pulse Levels
115
 Preshoot, Overshoot, Ringing
Settling Time
116
 Repeatability
 118
 119
Index
 120
 Scpi
121
 122
 Front Panel Controls