Part Number E4400-90392 Printed in USA
January 2004
Supersedes October 2001
Installation Note
Agilent Technologies ESG-B Family Signal GeneratorsOption 300 Enhancement Kit: Part Number E4400-60246
Page 1: ...Part Number E4400 90392 Printed in USA January 2004 Supersedes October 2001 Installation Note Agilent Technologies ESG B Family Signal Generators Option 300 Enhancement Kit Part Number E4400 60246 ...
Page 2: ...ard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Agilent Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Copyright 2001 Agilent Technologies ...
Page 3: ...ide that is included in this kit Enhancement Kit Parts List This item cannot be ordered separately Product Affected E4430B E4431B E4432B E4433B Serial Numbers All Options 300 To Be Performed By X Agilent Technologies Service Center X Personnel Qualified by Agilent Technologies X Customer Estimated Installation Time 2 hours Estimated Verification Time 0 25 hour Item Quantity Description Part Number...
Page 4: ... causes both the OVEN COLD annunciator and the ERR annunciator to turn on After approximately five minutes the OVEN COLD annunciator automatically clears but the ERR annunciator remains on until all errors are cleared from the error queue To check signal generator functionality 1 Turn on power to the signal generator and let it warm up for at least five minutes 2 Cycle power on the signal generato...
Page 5: ... must be installed on the signal generator Safety Considerations WARNING Before you disassemble the instrument turn the power switch off and disconnect the line cord Failure to unplug the signal generator can result in personal injury CAUTION Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage or destroy electronic components All work on electronic assemblies should be performed at a static safe workstation ...
Page 6: ...mately 5 to 7 MB of data CD ROM Drive or Modem Use of a CD ROM drive is only required when the computer being used does not have Internet access Use of a 56 k modem is only required for systems downloading firmware updated from the Internet GPIB Connection Refer to GPIB Interface Requirements on page 7 Operating System IBM PC Operating System Windows 98 or Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 with Servi...
Page 7: ...river Software Revision Windows Version Agilent 82341C for ISA bus computers Agilent Technologies I O Libraries SICL VISA J 01 01 00 98 2000 NT 4 0 Agilent 82350A for PCI bus computers PCI GPIB National Instruments NI 488 2M 1 60 98 2000 NT 4 0 PCI GPIB 2000 NT 4 0 PCMCIA GPIB 98 2000 NT 4 0 ...
Page 8: ... 5 Press Confirm Change Instrument will Reboot The signal generator reboots to the preset condition and removes Option UN7 Connecting the Signal Generator to a PC Using a GPIB Interface Card 1 Connect the signal generator to the PC as shown in the following diagram GPIB communications require a GPIB interface card installed in the PC and a GPIB cable connected between the interface card and the si...
Page 9: ...s or rotate the front panel knob to set the desired address and press Enter The signal generator s GPIB address is set to 19 at the factory The acceptable range of addresses is 0 through 30 Once initialized the state of the GPIB address is not affected by a signal generator preset or by a power cycle Other instruments on the GPIB cannot use the same address as the signal generator ...
Page 10: ...ant on page 11 Method 2 To Install ESG B Upgrade Assistant 3 3 and Firmware Release Files from the Internet 1 Access the Agilent Technologies website at http www tm agilent com 2 From the Agilent Technologies website in the Quick Search box type Upgrade Assistant 3 From the list that is displayed select ESG B Upgrade Assistant 3 3 and download the installation program onto your computer 4 Install ...
Page 11: ...ogram s Setup Parameters dialog box under Firmware Release click the Browse button 4 From the Select Release File dialog box locate and double click the folder for the version of firmware that you would like to install For Option 300 Rev B version B_03_84_2001_Sep or greater is required 5 When the folder opens double click the filename for the version of firmware that you would like to install for...
Page 12: ...e the upgrade process The program performs a number of checks to confirm proper configuration for the PC and the signal generator The ESG B Upgrade Assistant will then proceed with downloading the selected firmware release into the signal generator CAUTION When the firmware download is complete the ESG B Upgrade Assistant will display the following message Power Cycle the signal generator and IMME...
Page 13: ... handles item 1 from each side of the signal generator by loosening the two screws item 2 on each handle 4 Remove the four bottom feet item 3 5 Remove the four rear feet item 4 from the signal generator by removing the four screws item 5 that secure them 6 Slide the instrument cover item 6 off the back of the signal generator 7 Refer to Figure 2 on page 14 Remove the 11 screws item 1 that secure t...
Page 14: ...14 Installation Note E4400 90392 Figure 2 Top Chassis Cover Removal ...
Page 15: ... from the A6 and A21 boards Figure 3 Location of Option 300 Card Cage Boards 2 Pull up on the A6 and A21 boards to remove them from the CPU motherboard connector 3 Replace the A6 and A21 boards with the A6 and A21 boards from the kit 4 Refer to Table 1 on page 16 and Figure 4 on page 17 Make the proper connections for the cables and connectors ...
Page 16: ...RP to Demodulator A21 W27 8120 8725 1 16 Pin Ribbon Cable Parallel Data In Data Generator A8 to Baseband Generator A7 W28 8120 5206 1 Flexible Cable BERT A6 BER Gate In to Demodulator A21 W29 8121 0045 1 Flexible Cable BERT A6 BER Clk In to Demodulator A21 W30 8120 5014 1 Flexible Cable BERT A6 BER Data In to Demodulator A21 W31 8120 8789 1 Ribbon Cable Motherboard A14J26 to Down Convertor A20 W32...
Page 17: ... the 11 screws item 1 that secure it to 9 in lbs 2 Refer to Figure 1 on page 13 From the back slide the instrument cover item 6 onto the signal generator 3 Replace the four rear feet item 4 and torque the four screws item 5 to 21 in lb 4 Replace the two strap handles item 1 one on each side of the instrument and torque the two screws item 2 on each handle to 21 in lb 5 Replace the four bottom feet...
Page 18: ... steps 1 Press Utility Instrument Adjustments Hardware Options 2 Verify that Opt BER has an X placed in the Selected column An X indicates the hardware has been identified by the firmware Go to step 3 If no X appears one of the following has occurred the hardware was improperly installed the installation process failed Review the complete installation process If no resolution can be found there ma...
Page 19: ...by pressing Utility Error Info View Next Error Message The first error message in the error queue appears in the display text area Refer to the signal generator error messages document for information about each error message After resolving all problems causing errors press Clear Error Queue s If the ERR annunciator is off the signal generator functionality check has passed ...
Page 20: ...al generator Figure 5 Equipment Setup 2 Press Preset 3 Press Frequency 321 4 MHz then press Amplitude 10 dBm 4 Press RF ON OFF The RF ON annunciator is now displayed 5 Press Mode BERT BTS BERT EDGE Loopback Configure Measurement Transmit Settings 6 Press Data Format Pattern Framed until Framed is highlighted 7 Press Configure Timeslots Configure Normal E Multiframe Channel Uncoded PN9 Return Retur...
Page 21: ...d 6 Press EDGE BERT Off On On is now highlighted and the signal generator is synchronizing in time to the valid EDGE burst The ESG will display the following statement Synchronizing to PDCH 7 Press Synchronize to BCH PDCH The ESG will display the following statements Waiting for PDCH The signal generator is extracting a valid PDCH framing structure Ready PDCH Sync Lock PDCH and PN9 are synchronize...
Page 22: ...22 Installation Note E4400 90392 ...
