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Exploring the User Interface	ESG Family Signal Generators
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2-2	Quick Start Guide

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Agilent Technologies E4400-90326 quick start Front Panel

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 Power Level Creating an FM SignalSetting the Carrier Frequency Press Preset RF Output connector Setting the FM DeviationSetting the FM Rate Turning On Frequency Modulation State Creating a Step Sweep and a List SweepConﬁguring a Step Sweep ﬁrst level of sweep softkeys is displayed Press Return RF ON. The swept RF signal is now available atTurning On Continuous Step Sweep Press Conﬁguring a List Sweep Using Step Sweep Data Turned off Turning On List Sweep for a Single SweepData You triggered the single sweep in the previous step Saving and Recalling an Instrument State Creating an Instrument State Saving an Instrument State Recalling an Instrument StatePress Save followed by Setting Up a Digital Modulation in the GSM Format Enter −5 using the numeric keypad and press the dBm softkey This selects the GSM communications standard Setting Up TimeslotSelecting the Data Format Conﬁgure Timeslots has become an active softkey Press the Timeslot Type softkey Press the Normal softkey Press the following softkeysThis moves the softkey menu up one level Turning On the GSM Format and the Modulation Press Return twice Exploring the User Interface Front Panel Associated with the event ConnectorWill be returned to normal instrument operation Numeric keypad consists of the digit keys 0 through 9, a Provided only on ESG-D and ESG-DP Series Signal Generators This connector accepts an externally supplied, analogComponent of I/Q modulation. This female BNC connector is Darken in comparison to the text on the display To their adjacent keys are located on the right-hand side Frequency and power capabilitiesLCD display provides information on the current instrument Display Softkey or via Scpi command. The maximum input for this This hardkey lets you restore any instrument state that youApplications. This female BNC connector is provided only on Previously saved in a memory register. You can save up to Display Display ALC circuit is disabled Multiple error messages occur, only the most recent messageCan be viewed by pressing Utility Error Info This annunciator appears when a sweep has been initiated View and delete error messages using the Utility menu Series Signal GeneratorsThis annunciator appears when an error message is placed Modulations that you have enabled are modulating the RF Generated a service request SRQ over the Gpib RF signal is present at the RF Output connectorS annunciator appears when the signal generator has List or step mode Rear Panel Timebase or 1 ppm high stability timebase TTL/CMOS high to TTL/CMOS low edge trigger. With Option UN8 Output signals for this connectorOption 201 this connector is used for system reset output Second output is generated every two seconds indicating Connector is present only on instruments with Option UN7 Q OUT connector outputs the analog, quadrature-phaseBER Meas END connector outputs a signal that indicates BER Sync Loss connector outputs a signal that indicates Exploring the User Interface