Operating Basics
2-2 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
CLEAR MENU button
Bottom and side
bezel menu buttons
Thebottom buttons call up
submenus,and the side buttons
executemore detailed operations
withinthe submenus.
Cancelsthe current
operationand closes
sideand submenus.
Thedisplay can be
returnedto the top level
bypushing this button
repeatedly.
Arrow buttons
Controlsup, down, right, and left
movementsof the cursor or a selected item;
forexample, movements of a selected item
ina dialog box or popĆup menu.
Floppy disk drive
Saveor load the various types of data
createdor used in the instrument to/from
the3.5 inch 2HD floppy disk with
MSĆDOSformat. You can also format a
floppydisk with this instrument.
UTILITY menu button
SETUP menu button
Displaysthe SETUP Main Menu for
settingthe waveform output parameters.
EDIT menu button
Displaysthe EDIT Main Menu for
creatingor editing waveforms, as well as
performingdirectory and file tasks.
APPL menu button
Displaysthe APPL Main Menu for running
aspecific application program to create
waveforms.
Displaysthe UTILITY Main Menu for
settingthe instrument parameters.
HARDCOPY button
Producesa hardcopy of the screen display,
whichcan be transferred, as a file, to the hard
disk,a floppy disk, and/or a networked
device.
HDD LED indicator
Output connectors MARKER OUT connectors
Outputsmarker signals. Each channel is
equippedwith two MARKER OUT connectors.
Ifyou use only one output connector for each
marker,you must terminate the other
connectorusing an SMA termination.
PANELLOCK LED indicator
TheLED indicator is on when the front panel
controlis locked. You can lock the front panel
controlsonly through GPIB interface.
TheLED indicator is on when the disk drive is in operation.
Providesnormal (CH1) and inverted
(CH1)waveforms.
Themaximum output level is 2 VpĆp
intoa 50 Wload in Normal mode,
and1 VpĆp into a 50 Wload in Direct
mode.
ON/STBY button
Thisbutton is the power
switchin normal
operation.The
PRINCIPALPOWER
SWITCHon the rear
panelmust be on.
See Figure 2-3
See Figure 2-2
Figure 2-1: Front panel controls