Part No. E4400-90326

Quick Start Guide

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ESG Family Signal Generators

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Part No. E4400-90326 Agilent Technologies ESG Family Signal GeneratorsSupersedes 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 Preset Setting the FM Rate Setting the FM DeviationRF Output connector Turning On Frequency Modulation Conﬁguring a Step Sweep Creating a Step Sweep and a List SweepState ﬁrst level of sweep softkeys is displayed Turning On Continuous Step Sweep RF ON. The swept RF signal is now available atPress Return Press Conﬁguring 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 step Creating an Instrument State Saving and Recalling an Instrument State Recalling an Instrument State Saving 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 Format Selecting the Data Format Setting Up TimeslotThis selects the GSM communications standard Conﬁgure Timeslots has become an active softkey Press the following softkeys Press the Timeslot Type softkey Press the Normal softkeyThis moves the softkey menu up one level Press Return twice Turning On the GSM Format and the Modulation Exploring 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, a Component 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 display LCD display provides information on the current instrument Frequency and power capabilitiesTo their adjacent keys are located on the right-hand side Display Applications. 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 to Display Display Can 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 initiated This 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 RF S 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 mode Rear 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 indicating BER 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 indicates Exploring the User Interface

Agilent Technologies E4400-90326 quick start Agilent Technologies ESG Family Signal Generators

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Agilent Technologies

ESG Family Signal Generators

Part No. E4400-90326

Supersedes April 2000

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