Preparation for Use

Applying and Interrupting Power

Refer to the following information when you power on or power off the instrument, or when power is interrupted due to an external power failure.

Power On Upon power on, the Waveform Generator runs a power-on self check. If it passes, the AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator displays a Pass status message and a prompt to press any key to continue. If this fails, the AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator displays a diagnostic log that identifies the area(s) that failed and a prompt to press any key to continue. Refer to the Maintenance section for information on diagnostics and fault isolation.

Power Off

￿￿UTION￿ DO NOT power off the Waveform Generator when either running a signal path compensation or when doing any of the adjustments described in the Adjustment Procedures section. To do so might result in the loss of internally stored adjustment constants.

Do not power off the instrument when doing operations that affect the data stored in the memory. Wait for the instrument to finish the operation when doing adjustments, saving waveforms, or saving setups.

Improper power off, toggling the instrument to STBY improperly, or unexpected loss of power to the AWG710 Arbitrary Waveform Generator can result in calibration data corruptions on the hard disk.

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