Keysight Technologies N8241A, User Manual

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50 Chapter 2
Basic Operation
Using the Graphical User Interface
Markers Tab
• Marker 4 is assigned to a Software marker and is grayed out
Triggers Tab
• Start trigger is assigned to Trigger 4 and is grayed out
Selecting the Slave Unit
1. Open a second N8241A Control Utility session.
2. Highlight the unit designated as the
Slave in the N8241A Selection window list
and click OK .
3. Select the desired signal conditioning path.
4. Select the desired waveform file.
5. Select the
Clock tab.
6. From the SYNC CLK IN drop-down list, select Slave .
Notice the following changes to the graphical user interface that are automatically
configured when the Slave unit is assigned:
Clock Tab
• the internal clock is disabled
• the sample clock is driven by the external clock in signal
• the sync clock out is disabled
• the sync clock in signal communicates with the sequencer
Triggers Tab
• Start trigger is assigned to Trigger 4 and is grayed out
Initiating Synchronous Playback
1. In the Quick Play area of the Slave GUI , select Play . This arms the waveform
playback.
2. In the Quick Play area of the Master GUI , select Play . This initiates
synchronous waveform playback.
NOTE
You can view the output on an oscilloscope by setting Marker 1 on the Master
module to Waveform Start and cabling the marker output to trigger the
oscilloscope.