Creating and Downloading Waveform Files

Downloading Waveform Data

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Code Description—Open a Connection Session with the Signal Generator

 

 

1

Sets up a structure (indicated above by io) used by subsequent function calls to establish a LAN connection to

 

the signal generator.

 

• agt_newconnection() is the function of Agilent Waveform Download Assistant used in MATLAB to build a

 

connection to the signal generator.

 

• If you are using GPIB to connect to the signal generator, provide the board, primary address, and

 

secondary address: io = agt_newconnection('gpib',0,19);

 

Change the GPIB address based on your instrument setting.

 

 

2

Send a query to the signal generator to verify the connection.

 

• agt_query() is an Agilent Waveform Download Assistant function that sends a query to the signal

 

generator.

 

• If signal generator receives the query *idn?, status returns zero and query_result returns the signal

 

generator’s model number, serial number, and firmware version.

 

 

3–5

If the query fails, display a message.

 

 

2. Download the I/Q data

The following code downloads the generated waveform data to the signal generator, and if the download fails, displays a message.

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Code—Download the I/Q data

6[status, status_description] = agt_waveformload(io, IQwave, 'waveformfile1', 2000, 'no_play','norm_scale');

7if status == -1

8display ‘fail to download to the signal generator’;

9end;

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N5183A, N5183A MXG, E8663B, N5181A/82A specifications

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