Agilent Technologies Agilent 33500 Series, User Manual

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Chapter 3 Features and Functions
System-Related Operations
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System-Related Operations
This section gives information on topics such as instrument state
storage, power-down recall, error conditions, self test, and front-panel
display control. This information is not directly related to waveform
generation but is an important part of operating the waveform
generator.
Instrument State Storage
There are two ways you can store and retrieve instrument states in the
Agilent 33500 Series. One way is to use named state files, using either
the front panel or the SCPI commands
MMEMory:STORe:STATe
and
MMEMory:LOAD:STATe
. The second way is to save states to memory
locations 1 through 4 with
*SAV
, to retrieve states from these locations
with
*RCL
.
• If you choose to use
*SAV
and
*RCL
, you can use the special storage
location “0” to store a fifth instrument state (you cannot store to this
location from the front panel). However, note that location “0” is
automatically overwritten when power is cycled (the instrument state
previously stored will be overwritten).
• Regardless of which method you use, the state storage feature
“remembers” the selected function (including arbitrary waveforms),
frequency, amplitude, DC offset, duty cycle, symmetry, as well as any
modulation parameters in use.
• When power is turned off, the function generator automatically stores
its state in the special storage location “0”. You can configure the
function generator to automatically recall the power-down state when
power is restored. However, when shipped from the factory, the
function generator is configured to automatically recall the factory
default state at power-on.