Operating Basics
AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual 2-27
The default Edit screen displays a list of files in the current drive. To load a file
and open an editor window, use the general purpose knob or the front-panel
arrow buttons to highlight a file name. Then push the ENTER front-panel
button. The instrument loads the selected file and opens the editor appropriate for
that file type. You can also edit an existing file by selecting the file in the list,
pushing the Edit bottom button, then pushing the Edit side button. This process
takes two more steps than that described previously. If the file you want to edit is
located in a different directory of the hard disk drive, on a floppy disk, or on a
network drive, use the bottom menu Drive, Directory, and File buttons to
change the current drive and load a file from another location. Refer to File
Management on page 2–15 for information on locating and saving files.
. There are waveform data restrictions derived from the instrument
waveform memory block size. The waveform memory is internally divided into
blocks, each of which contains 64 data points. For example, a 512-point
waveform uses 8 memory blocks (512 / 64 = 8 blocks with no remainder) for a
total of 512 points. However, a 520-point waveform uses 9 memory
blocks (512 points in blocks1 through 8 plus 8 points in block 9) for a total of
576 points.
Therefore, the required waveform memory size can be as much as 56 data points
larger than the actual file data point size. As a result, you may be unable to
output a waveform even if the total number of points of the output waveform is
less than 8.1M. This is especially true for sequence tables containing multiple
waveform files.
Loading a Waveform Fileto Edit