Basic Operation

Using Security Functions

Table 2-3 Baseband Generator Memory (Options 601 and 602) (Continued)

Memory

 

DuringWritable Operation?Normal

RetainedData PoweredWhenOff?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

Purpose/Contents

 

Data Input Method

 

Remarks

and Size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BBG

 

No

Yes

firmware image for

 

firmware upgrade

 

 

 

Firmware

 

 

 

 

 

baseband generator

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Flash)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coprocessor

 

Yes

No

operating memory of

 

During normal

 

This memory is used during normal baseband

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

baseband coprocessor CPU

 

operation, some

 

generator operation. It is not directly accessible by

(SRAM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

user information,

 

the user. Not battery backed.

32 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

such as payload

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

data, can remain in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffer

 

No

No

support buffer memory for

 

normal user

 

This memory is used during normal baseband

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

ARB and real- time

 

operation

 

generator operation. It is not directly accessible by

(SRAM)

 

 

 

 

 

applications

 

 

 

 

the user. Not battery backed.

5 x 512 kB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2-4 Hard Disk Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

DuringWritable Operation?Normal

 

RetainedData PoweredWhenOff?

 

Purpose/Contents

 

Data Input Method

Remarks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media

 

Yes

 

Yes

 

user files, including flatness

user- saved data

 

The magnetic residue requires several rewrite

Storage

 

 

 

 

 

calibrations, IQ calibration,

 

 

 

 

cycles or drive removal and destruction.

(Built- in

 

 

 

 

 

instrument states,

 

 

 

 

The hard disk is an option and is therefore

Hard Disk)

 

 

 

 

 

waveforms (including header

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not installed in some instruments. If it is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and marker data),

 

 

 

 

6 GB or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

installed, these files are stored on the hard

 

 

 

 

 

modulation definitions, and

 

 

 

 

10 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk instead of in flash memory.

 

 

 

 

 

sweep lists

 

 

 

 

(4 GB usable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User data is completely sanitized when you

in both

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

perform the Erase and Sanitize function.

cases)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buffer

 

No

 

No

 

buffer (cache) memory

 

normal operation

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

through hard disk

 

 

(DRAM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

512 kB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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