Keysight EXG and MXG X-Series Signal Generators User’s Guide
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Preferences & Enabling Options
User Preferences
Setting Time and Date
The signal generator’s firmware tracks the time and date, and uses the
latest
time and date as its
time/date reference point.
Figure 2-1
Setting the Time or Date Forward
If you set the time or date forward, be aware that you are using up any installed time–based
licenses, and that you are
resetting the signal generator’s time/date reference point
. When you
set a new time or date that is later than the signal generator’s current reference point, that date
becomes the new reference point. If you then set the date back, you run the risk described in the
next section.
Setting the Time or Date Backward
When you set the time back, the signal generator notes that the time has moved back from the
reference point. If you set the time back more than a few hours, you disable the signal generator’s
ability to use time–based licenses, even if there is no license installed at the time that you set the
time back. In this case, you can re-enable the signal generator’s ability to use time–based licenses
by moving the clock forward to the original time or simply waiting that length of time.
Changing the time or date can adversely affect the signal generator’s ability to use
time.
— based licenses, even if a time based license is not installed.
Utility
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Instrument Adjustments
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Original time/date reference point
Time
New time/date reference point
