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Table of Contents
Chapter 3 – Using Mini-Circuits GUI ......................................................... 18-37
3.1 Starting the GUI program ........................................................................ 18-21
3.2 Operating the attenuator with the GUI program ...................................... 22-24
3.2.1 Manual mode functions .............................................................................................. 22
3.2.2 Automatic mode functions .......................................................................................... 23
3.2.3 Log Attenuation Changes ........................................................................................... 23
3.2.4 Configuration Settings ................................................................................................ 24
3.3 Changing Ethernet Settings in the GUI ................................................... 25-26
3.4 Sweep and Hop functions ....................................................................... 27-28
3.4.1 PC Control Mode (Sweep & Hop Sequences) ........................................................... 27
3.4.2 High Speed Mode (Sweep & Hop Sequences) .......................................................... 27
3.4.3 Attenuator Switching Time ......................................................................................... 28
3.5 Dynamic addressing .............................................................................. 29-31
3.6 Multiple attenuation modes (RCDAT-40G-30) ..............................................31
3.7 Alerts during operation of the Programmable Attenuator ..............................32
3.8 Firmware update ..................................................................................... 33-37
Chapter 4 – Revision History ..................................................................... 38-39
