Racal Instruments 3162A/B, User Manual

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User Manual 3162A/B
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Assigning the Source For The SYNC Output ................................................................................ 3-17
Selecting the SYNC Position...................................................................................................... 3-17
Using the Built-In Standard Waveforms ........................................................................................ 3-18
Selecting an Operating Mode...................................................................................................... 3-20
Triggered Mode ......................................................................................................................... 3-21
Gated Mode.............................................................................................................................. 3-21
Burst Mode............................................................................................................................... 3-22
Selecting the Trigger Source....................................................................................................... 3-23
Using the Internal Trigger Generator ............................................................................................ 3-23
Selecting the Trigger Slope......................................................................................................... 3-24
Selecting the Trigger Level.......................................................................................................... 3-24
Using the Soft Trigger ................................................................................................................ 3-24
Generating Arbitrary Waveforms.................................................................................................. 3-25
What Are Arbitrary Waveforms?.................................................................................................. 3-25
Arbitrary Memory Management ................................................................................................... 3-27
Memory Management Commands............................................................................................... 3-27
Loading Arbitrary Waveforms ...................................................................................................... 3-29
Reversing Byte Order................................................................................................................. 3-33
Using Shared Memory ............................................................................................................... 3-33
Generating Sequenced Waveforms ................................................................................................. 3-35
What Are Sequenced Waveforms?.............................................................................................. 3-35
Sequence Commands................................................................................................................ 3-35
Sequence Advance Commands .................................................................................................. 3-36
Sequence Advance Source Commands ....................................................................................... 3-37
Front-Panel / VXIbus Phase Synchronization ............................................................................... 3-38
PLL Commands ........................................................................................................................ 3-39
Using the Frequency Counter ..................................................................................................... 3-40
Using the Phase Modulation Input ............................................................................................... 3-40
Inter-Channel Phase Control ....................................................................................................... 3-41
Amplitude Modulation Commands ............................................................................................... 3-41
System-Related Commands ....................................................................................................... 3-42
Chapter 4
SCPI COMMAND REFERENCE ..............................................................................................................4-1
What’s In This Chapter........................................................................................................................4-1
Introduction To SCPI Language ............................................................................................................4-1
Command Format ...........................................................................................................................4-2
Command Separator....................................................................................................................4-2
The MIN and MAX Parameters......................................................................................................4-3
Querying Parameter Setting .........................................................................................................4-3